Sustainability and Reporting Accountant

NATS is the UK’s leading air navigation service provider, handling over 2 million flights each year. It provides air traffic control services from two control centres supporting airports all around the UK, as well as a wide range of commercial solutions to over 30 countries internationally. Our people are at the heart of our purpose to advance aviation and keep the skies safe.

Job Purpose/Overview

A core member of the Group Financial Control (GFC) team responsible for leading the development of compliant climate and sustainability related financial disclosures, including the Non-Financial & Sustainability Statement included in the annual report and accounts.

Legislation and other developments are significantly increasing the breadth, detail and prominence of non-financial disclosures. This includes a specific focus on climate related financial disclosures and broader ESG reporting.

This role will be a leader within the organisation on climate related financial reporting. Ensuring NATS is well prepared for existing and future legislation on climate related financial disclosures, impact assessing and delivering adoption action plans.

Other duties:

• Focal point for climate and sustainability reporting requirements. Developing a subject matter expertise in climate disclosures, building a diverse network and delivering industry best practice standards. Able to identify and impact assess future requirements and turn these into deliverable implementation plans is critical.
• Provide accounting guidance to the business on climate related matters, including forecasting, risk management and scenarios analysis.
• Responsibility for drafting climate related disclosures within NATS’ annual report to the high standards required. The role will contribute to other internal and external climate related reporting.
• An effective written and verbal communicator, at all levels within the organisation. Proposing solutions to future challenges, demonstrating the imperative for change.
• The role will include financial statement preparation.
• A leader and key contributor to the wider GFC team, supporting broader activities and implementation of new requirements, such as ERP development.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Experience and understanding of UK climate related financial reporting requirements.
• Qualified Accountant, with proven track record of producing high quality financial statements, including non-financial disclosures.
• Experience in statutory audits.
• A proven track record of delivering change.
• Good knowledge of ERP systems.
• Self-confident and professional expert able to articulate arguments and challenge constructively.
• A proven track record of identifying issues or blockers to change early, and in response developing and adapting implementation strategies that deliver successful outcomes.
• An excellent business-wide communicator able to convey the imperative for change and bring others along.
• A self-starter who is able to pick up a new and undefined problem, identify requirements and then implement necessary improvements.

Additional vacancy information:

We are proud to offer a fantastic total reward package to help you thrive both personally and professionally - for more information on what NATS can offer you please visit - Why NATS? - NATS

We have adopted agile working to provide greater flexibility and increased choice over working arrangements, with the opportunity for this role to work in our modern office facilities as well as remotely. We also welcome discussions on flexible and part-time working arrangements. Find out more here.

If you share our passion to advance aviation and keep the skies safe – we would like to hear from you whatever your age, sex, race, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, visible or invisible disability. Individuals that bring different perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds help us be at the forefront of our industry.