Financial Controller

Care Quality Commission; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

A national healthcare oversight body is seeking a Financial Controller to ensure strong financial governance and support safe care delivery. This role involves leading financial processes, managing the finance team, and overseeing statutory accounts. Candidates should have professional accounting expertise and experience with complex organizations. The position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity for hybrid working, emphasizing inclusion and support for all candidates.

Benefits

27 to 32.5 days annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience working as a qualified accountant with financial control.
• Experience managing end-to-end financial accounting activities.
• Experience working with senior leaders and auditors.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve financial processes to ensure compliance.
• Oversee statutory reporting and treasury activity.
• Lead and develop a finance team.

Skills

Professional accounting expertise

Leading finance operations

Working with others

Education

Qualified accountant

Job description

Grade A – £55,172-£68,348 (National) or £61,028-£74,204 (London – for London office based or home‑based workers within the boundary of the M25) – there is also an additional homeworking allowance of £600 per annum for those working from home.

Contracted Hours: Full time 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Home or office based, flexible location. Hybrid working (working 2 days a week from home). CQC’s offices are in London, Newcastle, Leeds, Nottingham and Bristol.

Closing date: Wednesday 28 January 2026 at 11.59pm

Make a difference

Every role at CQC contributes to our mission. If you’re looking for a new role in Finance that gives a true sense of meaning and purpose, then you've found it! As a Financial Controller, you’ll play a key role in ensuring strong financial governance and supporting CQC to deliver safe, effective care for people across England.

Picture this

Picture working at the centre of CQC’s financial decision‑making, where your expertise supports transparency, trust and good stewardship of public money, while leading a skilled team through important delivery milestones.

As a Financial Controller

You might get the chance to work on:

• Leading the preparation and submission of CQC’s Annual Report and Accounts, including working with auditors and supporting the process of laying accounts before Parliament.
• Improving how CQC manages and reports on different funding streams, helping the organisation meet public finance rules and strengthen long‑term financial planning.

The role

• Strengthen financial control: Maintain and improve financial processes, systems and policies to ensure compliance with standards, audits and public finance rules.
• Lead financial accounting services: Oversee core accounting functions such as statutory reporting, treasury activity, income forecasting and balance sheet management.
• Support people and performance: Lead and develop a high‑performing finance team, setting clear goals, supporting learning, and ensuring delivery against agreed plans.

Show us

• Professional accounting expertise: Experience working as a qualified accountant, with responsibility for statutory accounts and financial control in a complex organisation.
• Leading finance operations: Experience managing end‑to‑end financial accounting activities, using finance systems to deliver accurate reporting and meet deadlines.
• Working with others: Experience working with senior leaders, auditors or external partners to explain financial information and agree actions or improvements.

Apply today to join a workplace where your impact is felt every day.

Compliance

To progress your application, you’ll need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. Without a valid right to work you won’t be eligible for the role. We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. Some roles may also be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.

Next steps

If you apply, you’ll need to create a profile and complete an online application form. Your application will be completely anonymous. Please see our information for applicants for more details on the process.

We contact every applicant to let them know the outcome of their application, so you will hear from us whether or not you are shortlisted.

You can read the full details of the role in the Job Description.

If you’d like an informal chat about the role contact – Gemma Skipsey, Deputy Director of Finance; [e-mail]. For general enquiries, please email [e-mail].

The Benefits

• Annual leave starting at 27 days per year, rising to 32.5 days with service, plus bank holidays (usually 8 days per year).
• Training and development opportunities.
• Wellbeing initiatives, such as gym discounts and meditation.
• NHS pension scheme, with around 14% employer contribution.
• Discount schemes (including eligibility for a Blue Light card, at a cost of £4.99 and valid for 2 years), reward vouchers, car leasing and more!

Please see our benefits page for the full list.

Equity for all

We know job descriptions can feel intimidating. Research shows they can cause some people to doubt whether they’re a good fit. This happens more often to people from underrepresented groups (e.g. ethnic minority backgrounds). If this role interests you, we encourage you to apply. Your unique perspective, skills, and experience could be exactly what we need.

We want every candidate to feel supported and able to do their best. If you need adjustments to our process, we’ll work with you to remove any barriers. Visit our accessibility page for more on this. If you’d like to chat, please contact [e-mail]. Please note, if you have previously informed us of adjustments you need for interview or within your role these are not carried over and must be discussed for each individual application you make.

We promote a workplace where fairness, respect and inclusion are a priority. Diverse teams make our work better, help us deliver our mission and make our culture stronger. See our ED&I page for more about this.

We welcome applications from everyone, and colleagues can find support and community among our many employee networks. This includes people of any:

• Age
• Sex
• Gender identity or expression
• Sexual orientation
• Religion or belief
• Ethnicity
• Disability

Values and vision

Excellence – being a high‑performing organisation.

Caring – treating everyone with dignity and respect.

Integrity – doing the right thing.

Teamwork – learning from each other to be the best we can.

We are a disability confident employer and a carer confident employer.

A Note on AI

• AI can support research, structuring and refining your writing, but your application must reflect your real skills and experience.
• Spell‑checking and condensing word counts are great ways to use AI effectively.
• Do not copy and paste AI generated answers. These will not help you stand out; remember we want to hear about your skills and experience.
• Providing false and insincere examples goes against our core values of honesty and integrity and may lead to your application being withdrawn or termination of your employment.