Deputy Director, Strategic Finance

Government Recruitment Service; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency is seeking a Deputy Director Strategic Finance. This role involves leading a team in driving financial strategy, ensuring effective financial management, and managing relationships with HM Treasury. The ideal candidate will oversee cross-cutting financial projects and lead on financial planning. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to the financial direction of the department, working closely with senior management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and maintain a diverse team driving financial strategy.
• Work with senior leaders to ensure effective financial management.
• Develop and implement cross-cutting financial projects.
• Lead on Financial Planning and budgetary control.
• Manage the Department’s relationship with HM Treasury.
• Senior member of the DCMS Finance Team.
• Manage fiscal events and Spending Reviews.

Job description

Information session

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 overview

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.