Senior Controls & Risk Accountant - AIM-listed company

Churchill Howard are working with an AIM-Listed Energy Innovator looking to find a Senior Controls & Risk Accountant.

Focused on sustainable energy solutions, this AIM-listed company is shaking up traditional utility models with data-led energy management and carbon reduction strategies. Accountants here work alongside engineers and strategists, providing financial insight that directly supports green innovation, M&A activity, and regulatory compliance in a future-forward industry.

Drive Control. Elevate Process. Deliver Assurance and Assess Risk.

Are you looking to streamline your business operations, strengthen internal controls, steer risk appetite, and ensure compliance with confidence?

We specialise in end-to-end process mapping across finance, operations, and legal-identifying inefficiencies, manual workarounds, and control gaps before implementing impactful improvements. From control standardisation to risk mitigation, we turn complexity into clarity.

- Control Optimisation - Design and rollout of robust controls templates for seamless BAU handover.

- Compliance Assurance - Rigorous controls testing and dashboard reporting aligned with Provision 29 and audit requirements.

- Audit Readiness - Full support for interim and year-end audits, including walkthroughs, query handling, and MLP implementation.

- Balance Sheet Excellence - In-depth reconciliation quality reviews and training to uplift financial accuracy.

- Strategic Project Support - Proven expertise in business transformation, month-end close optimisation, and system implementation (e.g. BSR, invoice matching).

- Stakeholder Partnership - Close collaboration with senior leaders to ensure timely action on control improvements and strategic outcomes.

Whether it's compliance, control, Risk or transformation, we bring structure, speed, and insight to every engagement.

The role would suit someone from an audit or internal audit background or anyone that has had relevant exposure to controls. You will be a qualified accountant or CIA qualified with strong education, qualifications and experience to date.

Please apply if you would like to be considered for this superb career opportunity and we will get in touch as soon as possible.

Applicants of all ages and backgrounds with the relevant skills and experience are encouraged to apply. Churchill Howard acts in its capacity as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for temporary recruitment.