Job Description

Location: HPC site, Bridgwater, Somerset (hybrid working, 3 days per week on site)

Grade: B

Ready to use your financial insight to influence one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure projects? Join a team where your analysis shapes decision-making, drives performance, and supports long-term value creation on a multi-billion-pound programme. At EDF, “Success is Personal” – and this is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact while developing your career your way.

The Opportunity

As a Finance Analyst supporting the Hinkley Point C (HPC) Project, you’ll play a vital role in providing financial insight, governance, and performance challenge across one of Europe’s largest construction programmes. Working closely with Financial Control Managers and senior stakeholders, you’ll contribute to delivering robust financial planning, forecasting, and reporting that underpins strategic decision-making and supports programme success. This is a role where your expertise will directly influence outcomes, ensuring value is maximised and risks are identified early.

Alongside a competitive salary and potential for an annual bonus, this role is based at the #HPC site in Bridgwater, with hybrid working arrangements requiring a minimum of three days per week on site. You’ll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across finance, commercial, and project controls, gaining exposure to a complex, high-profile programme environment.

This role offers strong development opportunities for finance professionals, particularly those working towards or holding a Professional Financial qualification or bringing significant industry experience. You’ll be empowered to challenge assumptions, identify efficiencies, and contribute to the financial stewardship of the project. As part of EDF’s broader ambition, your work will help support the journey towards An Electric Britain.

Who You Are

We’re looking for a Finance Analyst who combines technical financial expertise with strong commercial awareness and a proactive approach to business partnering. You’re confident working in complex environments, influencing stakeholders, and driving performance insight. To be shortlisted, you need to offer:

• Full or Partly Qualified accountant with recognised UK Professional Organisation (e.g. CIMA, ACCA, ICAEW, ICAS, AAT)
• Proven experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
• Strong financial modelling and analytical capability
• Experience supporting and challenging business performance in a commercial environment
• Ability to present financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders
• Experience working with financial systems (e.g. SAP, Excel, Anaplan, PowerBI, or similar)

What You’ll Be Doing

• Supporting financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes, ensuring accuracy and robust challenge
• Providing financial insight and performance analysis to support decision-making within the Site Construction Programme
• Assisting in the governance and financial control of project spend against approved budgets
• Support the Financial Control Managers in strong accountability and providing insightful commentary for other internal and external stakeholders
• Producing cash forecasts and variance analysis to support funding requirements
• Partnering with commercial and project teams to ensure consistent and accurate financial reporting

Pay, Benefits and Culture

Alongside a competitive salary, potential for an annual bonus, and a market-leading pension scheme, your package will include customisable benefits such as electric vehicle leasing, discounted gym membership, life assurance, tech vouchers, experience days, and more.

At EDF, we believe there are multiple definitions of what it means to succeed. That’s why we offer you the freedom to develop a career that’s unique to you. Here, Success is Personal – it’s your journey, powered by us.

Everyone is welcome at EDF; we’re committed to building a workforce that reflects gender balance, social mobility, and inclusion of minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities, and those with disabilities. As a Disability Confident employer, we will support applicants requiring adjustments.

Join us and find your success at EDF!

To be considered, please submit a formal application by Wednesday 10th June.

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Additional Information

Success is Personal. It's your journey, powered by us. Join us and drive the transition towards An Electric Britain.