Product Control Manager

Centrica plc; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company in the UK is seeking a Product Control Manager to oversee financial controls and lead a team of Product Controllers. The role involves ensuring the integrity of financial statements, managing daily P&L reporting, and developing team members. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in financial markets, excellent communication skills, and a proven track record in team management. Join us to contribute to a sustainable energy future.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Total rewards for well-being

Supportive Carers Policy

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in financial markets with knowledge of commodities products.
• Strong team management and influencing skills.
• Proven track record of delivering projects under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 10 Product Controllers and guide their development.
• Oversee daily P&L and position reporting.
• Prepare and deliver month-end pack for review.

Skills

Financial Markets knowledge

Team management

Stakeholder communication

Analytical skills

Time management

Job description

time left to apply End Date: August 25, 2025 (10 days left to apply)

job requisition id R0075432

Join us, be part of more.

We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising how we power the planet. We're energisers. One team of 21,000 colleagues that’s energising a greener, fairer future by creating an energy system that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels, whilst living our powerful commitment to igniting positive change in our communities. Here, you can find more purpose, more passion and more potential. That’s why working here is #MoreThanACareer.We do energy differently – we do it all. We make it, store it, move it, sell it and mend it.

About your team:

At Centrica Energy, our mission is to move it.

We’re energy movers by nature. We’re a global renewable energy trading company which helps move energy from source to use – powering businesses, homes, and societies as they transition to a new sustainable energy future. If the idea of working to create a sustainable energy future also moves you, we may very well be the right place for you.

Within Centrica Energy Finance, Product Control is the cornerstone of the control functions, ensuring the integrity of Centrica Energy’s financial statements and responsibility for the preparation and independent verification of daily, monthly and annual P&L, balance sheet reconciliation and substantiation, and valuation testing of trading inventory.

This is a position is for a highly experienced, technically strong Product Control Manager with excellent communication skills and with a proven track record as the role will have stretching goals. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to play a management role leading a team of c10 Product Controllers, leading the Product Control plan and implementation, assist in the build out of the Product Control Target Operating Model and become a key member of the team guiding the Product Control partnership with the wider Centrica Energy business.

This role reports to the Head of Finance Business Partnering & Product Control and will be based out of our London office (close to Marble Arch).

Identify areas / processes where development is required to achieve efficiency gains for Product Control

Work with business partners on reporting up to management and roll out of Target Operating Model

Oversee Daily P&L, Position and Risk reporting

Own trading book P&L up to Gross Margin including reconciliation up to GL

Management and development of members of the team

Carry out preparatory work on analysis for new business

Prepare and deliver Month End pack for Integrity Review

Represent the needs of Product Control in working groups and Steer Co’s

Be an escalation point for all Product Control related activities.

What we are looking for:

Extensiveexperience in Financial Markets with knowledge of Commodities products

Experience of working within a busy Trading House or Investment Bankingbackground

Strong people / team management experience

Strong influencing skills and able to articulate to multiple stakeholders’ requirements, needs etc for Product Control to deliver on Controls and value add to the business

Able to communicate with senior management up to MD / CFO level within Centrica Energy and Centrica Group

Effective communication and sense of accountability and ownership of deliverables

Ability to plan and deliver processes to increase Product Control added value to key stakeholders

Proven track record of bringing projects to fruition

Strong numerical, analytical conceptual and presentation skills

Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.

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Why should you apply?

We’re not a perfect place – but we’re a people place. Our priority is supporting all of the different realities our people face. Life is about so much more than work. We get it. That’s why we’ve designed our total rewards to give you the flexibility to choose what you need, when you need it, making sure that you and your family are supported not only financially, but physically and emotionally too. Visit the link below to discover why we’re a great place to work and what being part of more means for you.

https://www.morethanacareer.energy/centricaenergy

If you're full of energy, fired up about sustainability, and ready to craft not only a better tomorrow, but a better you, then come and find your purpose in a team where your voice matters, your growth is non-negotiable, and your ambitions are our priority.

Help us, help you. We would love for you to share any information about yourself throughout our recruitment process so that we can better understand you and help shape your journey.

We are Centrica

We’re a family of brands revolutionising how we power the planet. When it comes to energy, no one does it like us. We make it, store it, move it, sell it and mend it. We’re made up of 12 different businesses, but united by our purpose as Centrica. We’re energisers. Our journey to a greener, fairer future is powered by individuals like you.

We’re powered by purpose

Through innovative green products, intelligent energy solutions and developing smarter ways to use and save energy, we’re not just part of the energy transition, we’re leading it. Our commitment goes beyond sustainability. Together we’re bringing our collective energies to create positive change in our local communities. If you immerse yourself in our fight to change tomorrow, you might just find your why.

We’re looking for people to add to our culture – not fit in with it. We're building a community where you can be unapologetically you, where differences are celebrated, and where everyone can belong. Real inclusivity also means supporting the different realities our people face. That’s why we have the UK’s best Carers Policy and are continually building our approach to flexibility and wellbeing. Of course, we love having fun too. We’re a people place after all.