Deputy Director, Strategic Finance

Government Recruitment Service; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK Government Department is seeking a Deputy Director Strategic Finance to lead financial strategy and transformation. This role involves managing a team, liaising with HM Treasury, and ensuring effective financial management across the department. Candidates should have experience in financial planning and a strong ability to communicate with senior stakeholders. This position is based in the City of London and offers an opportunity to drive significant financial projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading financial strategy and finance transformation.
• Ability to support senior decision making through reporting and analysis.
• Proven track record in managing budgets and financial planning.
• Strong communication skills to liaise with HM Treasury and senior management.

Responsibilities

• Lead a diverse team driving financial strategy.
• Develop and implement financial projects and transformation activities.
• Manage relationships with HM Treasury on financial issues.
• Lead on financial planning and analysis for the department.

Job description

Overview

We are running an information session where prospective applicants can find out more about the role. This will be hosted virtually by Megan Attwooll, and will take place on: 14:30, Thursday 2nd October.

The session will be an opportunity to hear more about the role, the team and wider directorate and the department.

It will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions you may have about the application, and the interview and assessment process.

Please register your interest by filling out this form and you will be sent an invitation.

This will take place virtually, via Google Meets.

Please note that the session will not be recorded.

Role and responsibilities

As Deputy Director Strategic Finance in DCMS, you will:

• Lead and maintain a strong and diverse team who drive financial strategy, finance transformation and effectively support senior decision making through reporting and analysis.
• Work directly with the Permanent Secretary, the two Directors General, ministers and senior management to ensure effective and strategic financial management across the Department.
• Develop, lead and implement cross-cutting financial projects as and when required, finance transformation activities and financial reviews. This will include being a leader in implementing the new finance and HR system as part of the cross-government Shared Services programme.
• Lead on all Financial Planning, ensuring any financial decisions take into account future trends and strategies. Lead on performance at both a corporate (core DCMS) and group level, including budgetary control, scrutiny and reporting, supporting finance business partnering to do the same at a team level.
• Take lead responsibility for the Department’s relationship with HM Treasury, including the provision of Estimates process, and other financial reporting. Liaise with HM Treasury on all financial issues and fiscal events.
• Take a lead in the profession as a senior member of the DCMS Finance Team, and in the corporate life of the Department as a member of DCMS’s senior leadership team.
• Lead, together with the strategy team, the Department’s management of and response to fiscal events, including annual Budget and Spring Statements, as well as preparations and involvement in future Spending Reviews.

The Strategic Finance team lead on all Departmental-wide Financial considerations, these include:

• Liaising with HM Treasury on all financial issues and fiscal events;
• Leading on all Financial Planning, ensuring any financial decisions take into account future trends and strategies;
• Leading on Fiscal Events Financial Strategy, including all financial input into Spending Reviews and Budgets;
• Leading on Business Planning for the Department, ensuring our funding is allocated according to our priorities and provides greatest value for money;
• Advising our Executive Board on in-year Financial Management, in particular at each quarter to ensure we can re-prioritise any underspends towards our Ministerial priorities;
• Ensuring financial controls are adhered to and spend is governed appropriately, meeting requirements of our delegated authority and Managing Public Money guidance.
• Providing all Financial Analysis relating to financial planning.
• Implementing the new Matrix Shared Services system, a cross-government programme which will transform our HR and Finance systems, and embedding the new service to deliver the benefits of this programme.