Chief Finance & Investment Architect

Sussex & Brighton Strategic Authority; England; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sussex & Brighton Strategic Authority is seeking a Section 73 Chief Finance Officer to lead the financial strategy, MTFP, and commercial activities as we prepare for major governance changes from 2027 onward.

You will bring substantial senior financial leadership in local government or a comparably complex organisation, with a track record of turning policy into investable pipelines and attracting funding through government and partners.

Qualifications

• You will be a qualified accountant with substantial senior financial leadership experience in local government or a comparably complex organisation.
• Beyond that, we want curiosity and creativity: evidence that you have unlocked investment or shaped financing and commercial arrangements, built consensus across organisations with different priorities, and given candid advice when it mattered.

Responsibilities

• Lead our financial strategy and Medium Term Financial Plan.
• Set the financial side of our Local Assurance Framework with the Monitoring Officer and lead our commercial strategy, procurement and audit arrangements.
• Design a finance and investment function around the Authority’s needs as functions and funding grow.

Skills

Qualified accountant

Public sector experience

Leadership

Job description

Sussex & Brighton Strategic Authority is seeking a Section 73 Chief Finance Officer to lead the financial strategy, MTFP, and commercial activities as we prepare for major governance changes from 2027 onward.

You will bring substantial senior financial leadership in local government or a comparably complex organisation, with a track record of turning policy into investable pipelines and attracting funding through government and partners.