Financial Controller, UKEA

*Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM BST on Monday, 11 August 2025. We encourage you to apply early as the position may close sooner if a suitable candidate is found.

About Palladium:

Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 2,100 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities. 

Palladium is part of GISI’s Consulting Group, which aims to create solutions for the world’s most complex challenges. With annual revenues of $14 billion, GISI’s approximately 15,000 employees are engaged in projects across 100 countries worldwide providing construction, program/project management, and engineering consulting services. 

This Opportunity:

As Senior Associate within the Climate, Environment and Natural Capital (CENC) team at Palladium, you will apply your Spanish and / or French language skills to work across programme implementation and business development. The team works with both public-funded and private-funded clients to deliver nature positive restoration at scale in the UK and across the globe.
A selection of the key programmes include: UKPACT2, Partnerships for Forests, Revere, and the Rebuild Facility.

Location & Position Details: 

The position is based in Palladium’s Bristol or London office, within our United Kingdom, Europe, and Africa (UKEA) region. Please note that applicants must have the right to work in the UK, as visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Palladium supports a hybrid working model with 3 days in office, 2 days from home.

Reporting Lines:

The role will report to a Senior Manager within the team. This role will be the task manager for  Project Associates and/or more junior staff members on programmes.

Primary Roles and Responsibilities: 

Functions in an agile manner by working with multiple team members to deliver on multiple requests and project/corporate needs. This may include leading on different components for on two or more programmes within the team.  
Contributes to the pursuit of new business opportunities, including managing the bid process, leading on commercial development, writing, strategy and recruitment
Supports cross sectoral collaboration as applicable
Researches trends and identifies opportunities for improvement within the project and/or portfolio
Manages subcontracts and third-party vendor contracts to address contractual and payment matters as needed
Supports the management of operational activities associated with the various aspects of the life cycle of a project
Processes contract action requests (i.e. travel, personnel additions/changes, partner, grant, budget realignment)
Contributes to technical activities – workplans, activity deliverables, communication products
In collaboration with the Project Director, ensures clear and timely communication between all stakeholders
Serves as the project’s liaison between all internal stakeholders including, but not limited to, corporate services, Senior Managers, the Compliance and Project Excellence Hub
Identifies, builds, and maintains sector-specific relationships with partners and consultants that can provide technical expertise to Palladium-managed projects
Reviews and processes invoices from consultants, subcontractors, and vendors for timely and accurate submission in accordance with project requirements and Palladium procedures
Contributes to financial forecasting and system uploads, identifies and corrects errors, identifies inconsistencies with technical planning and recommends solutions, plans for procurements/grants to ensure resource availability at critical times
Contributes to sector-specific research, reports, budgets, workplans, proposals and other outputs intended for distribution to internal and external stakeholders
May require national and international travel
Performs other duties as required

Essential Criteria:

Professional working proficiency in another language, with priority given to Spanish or French
Proven experience winning and managing nature-positive programmes in the donor or private sector
Ability to learn and apply complex programme procedures with exceptional attention to detail
Ability to work independently and autonomously
Financial acumen and the ability to analyse and interpret financial reports
Demonstrated competence to assess priorities and manage a variety of activities in a time-sensitive environment and meet deadlines with attention to detail and quality
Demonstrated ability to work as an effective team member in a complex and fast-paced environment
Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to interact professionally with culturally diverse staff, clients, and consultants
Sound problem solving and decision-making skills
Strong editing skills and demonstrated competence using Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
Ability to work in the UK without sponsorship

Desirable Criteria:

Experience working within an international organisation or firm
Experience of mentoring or delegating tasks to more junior members of staff

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status. 

Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made during the recruitment process (due to disability, neurodiversity, or for any other circumstance), please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse.  All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.