Principal Reporting Manager

Sizewell C is entering an exciting phase of growth as we mature into an independent organisation and continue building one of the UK’s largest and most important energy projects. We are now recruiting the below position.

Principal Reporting Manager

Location: London (3 days per week) with travel to other sites.

Contract: Permanent, full-time.

Salary: Circa £90,000 per annum, depending on experience.

Benefits include:

• Annual Leave: 28 days per annum, plus bank holidays.
• Bonus: 5% annual bonus.
• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme: with up to 7.5% employee contribution 15% employer contribution.

Impact

The Sizewell C (SZC) Principle Reporting Manager is a key role, responsible for establishing, governing and continuously improving the Central reporting framework across SZC. The role acts as the central point of coordination between Executive Leadership, Company Secretariat (CoSec), Corporate Functions, Programme Controls and Delivery teams, ensuring that Board-level reporting is aligned to strategic objectives, governance requirements and organisational priorities.

Reporting directly to the Reporting & Data Analytics Lead, the role is responsible for defining central reporting standards, overseeing executive-level reporting products, driving consistency across organisational reporting, challenging where necessary, and providing insight that supports informed decision-making at Executive, Board and Shareholder level.

The SZC Principle Reporting Manager role is pivotal in supporting the Reporting & Data Analytics Lead in implementing and maintaining robust reporting processes for the SZC project and enabling the “golden thread” between strategic objectives and performance reporting.

Principal Accountabilities, Activities and Decisions

Executive Reporting Framework & Processes:

• Support the Reporting & Data Analytics Lead in the development, implementation and continuous improvement of the SZC executive reporting framework.
• Lead the production, coordination, quality assurance and timely delivery of executive reporting outputs, including MCR, PPR, Board and Shareholder reporting packs.
• Drive the consistent application of reporting standards, processes and controls across SZC.
• Work closely with Executive Directors, Senior Leadership Teams and functional leads to understand reporting requirements and emerging information needs.
• Provide insight and constructive challenge to reporting narratives, ensuring they accurately reflect organisational performance, risks, opportunities and strategic priorities.
• Oversee reporting processes and inputs to improve data quality, reporting consistency and governance compliance.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve reporting efficiency, automation and user experience.

Reporting Standards & Assurance:

• Support the Reporting & Data Analytics Lead in developing and maintaining reporting policies, standards and best practice across the organisation.
• Provide subject matter expertise on reporting, performance management and project controls to support consistent and high-quality outputs.
• Promote knowledge sharing and continuous improvement across reporting, analytics and project controls communities.
• Conduct reporting assurance activities, including LOD1 quality reviews to validate reporting data and outputs.
• Analyse programme performance information and translate complex data into clear, concise and actionable insights.
• Collaborate with PMO, Programme and Project teams to ensure reporting requirements are met and support successful project delivery.

Governance & Company Alignment

• Partner with Company Secretariat and relevant governance teams to ensure reporting products meet Board, Committee and Shareholder requirements.
• Ensure the consistent application of reporting definitions, KPIs and performance measures across functions and programmes.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders across SZC and external partners as required.
• Support governance forums through the provision of high-quality reporting, analysis and performance insights, ensuring any follow-up actions and feedback are clearly communicated to relevant areas in a timely manner.
• Deputise for the Reporting & Data Analytics Lead as required in key meetings, governance forums and stakeholder engagements.

Team Management:

• Manage, coach and develop Reporting Managers, fostering a high-performing and collaborative team culture.
• Provide leadership, prioritisation and resilience across reporting activities to ensure continuity of delivery.
• Support capability development within the reporting and analytics function and promote the adoption of best practice.

Digital Reporting & Innovation:

• Support the delivery of SZC's Digital by Default reporting and analytics strategy.
• Lead the development and implementation of executive dashboards and digital reporting solutions.
• Work with Power BI developers, data teams and business stakeholders to deliver automated, intuitive and accessible reporting products using data from the SZC Data Platform.
• Drive continuous improvement in reporting, business intelligence, data visualisation and reporting automation.
• Support the Reporting & Data Analytics Lead in identifying opportunities to enhance organisational insight through data analytics and performance intelligence

Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience

• Strong experience of working with Executive Leadership Teams, Boards and strategic governance forums
• Strong experience of developing enterprise-wide reporting frameworks, standards and governance processes
• Strong understanding of corporate governance and executive reporting requirements
• Ability to influence and collaborate with senior stakeholders and drive organisational alignment
• Ability to write and challenge high-quality reporting narratives tailored to diverse stakeholder needs, including strong storytelling and narrative development skills for executive audiences

Desirable

• Understanding of the application of Power BI, data mining, statistical analysis, and data visualisation.
• Experience with monitoring contractual data and reporting KPIs.

Qualifications & Experience

• Proven senior reporting experience, ideally within a major programme environment.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of one of the most important low-carbon energy projects in the UK.
• Work in a mission-driven environment that values innovation, integrity, and long-term sustainability.
• Comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for career development.
• Flexible and hybrid working options.

Behavioural Competences

Humility

• Recognise the value brought from different cultures and experiences
• Be open to other’s points of view and ideas, be willing to debate and to compromise

Positivity

• Positively challenge poor quality and performance
• Identify solutions at the lowest possible level
• Encourage tier 1s and others to bring new ideas forward

Respect

• Value the rules and environment in which we operate
• Give and receive feedback with respect
• Embrace and engage with new people and ideas

Solidarity

• One team, working closely together and helping each other
• Empowered teams always looking forward.
• Shared responsibility for delivery the project outcomes

Clarity

• Communicate clearly and consistently
• Promote collaboration and team alignment
• Clearer and faster decision making
• Drive simplification at all levels

If this sounds like the next step in your career, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today.

When joining Sizewell C, you may wonder why you are contacted by colleagues with an EDF email or see the EDF logo on portals that you access and/or documentation you receive; this is because we have partnered with EDF for the provision of a number of support services whilst we complete a successful transition out of the EDF group.

At Sizewell C we encourage and embrace diversity and how it can improve our experience and performance at work. It is a requirement that those who join us have the right to work in the UK. Whilst sponsorship may be a possibility that we can explore, we are fully committed to local recruitment where possible, and those already holding the right to work in the UK.  

To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting, which will, ordinarily, require you to have been a resident of the UK for at least three of the past five years.