Assistant Director, Financial Control

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is seeking an Assistant Director, Financial Control to provide senior technical leadership for Financial Accounts at the CMA, ensuring robust statutory reporting, compliance with accounting standards, and effective financial controls.

We help people, businesses, and the UK economy by promoting competitive markets and tackling unfair behaviour. Our work is wide ranging, ambitious and often new and challenging.

It’s a fascinating time to be at the heart of competition and consumer protection as our lives become increasingly digital and society grapples with the unique power of large technology firms.

We are fully committed to being a flexible, respectful and inclusive employer. It is a priority to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we welcome applications from under‑represented groups.

The Assistant Director, Financial Control is a key leadership role within CMA’s finance team.

Working collaboratively with the Assistant Finance Director (Strategic Finance) and other Grade 6 leaders, the Assistant Director, Financial Control supports the Director of Finance, Risk, and Business Reporting by ensuring that financial accounting is integrated with business reporting, risk management, and performance frameworks to support evidence‑based decision making. The role contributes to embedding financial accountability across the CMA, supporting the business partnering approach by ensuring robust financial controls and statutory reporting underpin the finance function's strategic advisory role.

This role owns delivery of the Resource Accounts & Trust Statement, manages the relationship with the National Audit Office (NAO) on financial audit, and provides authoritative assurance to the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC) and the Board on complex accounting matters including digital markets competition regime levy (SMS Levy), International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 16, asset revaluations and Task Force on Climate‑related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) disclosures.

By leading Business Process and Systems Improvement (BPSI) work streams for financial systems improvements and ensuring the quality of the Financial Accounts team, this role strengthens financial governance and enables the finance function to provide leadership insights into CMA’s strategic priorities.