Executive Director of Finance, Sustainability and Resources

Royal Navy Museums, Portsmouth; England; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth invites applications for Executive Director of Finance, Sustainability and Resources. This strategic leadership role combines financial stewardship with sustainability, governance, people, IT and health and safety.

Working with our CEO and Trustees, you will translate ambitious aims into sustainable outcomes, ensure robust governance and financial planning, and lead inclusive, high‑performance teams across sites.

Qualifications

• Requires professional accounting qualification.
• Experience in public sector or museum sector preferred.
• Strong governance and risk management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic financial stewardship across the organisation, sustainability, governance, and IT.
• Lead on financial planning, reporting and compliance, ensuring financial sustainability.
• Collaborate with the CEO, Trustees and stakeholders to translate strategy into delivery.

Skills

Financial leadership

Education

Professional accounting qualification

Job description

Location: Portsmouth, with travel to other museum sites
Working arrangements: Hybrid working, three days per week in Portsmouth

Help shape our next chapter

Royal Navy Museums is entering an important period of ambition and change. Our 2025–2030 Strategy sets a clear direction for our people, places, collections and audiences, and financial sustainability will be central to its successful delivery.

We are seeking a commercially minded, strategic leader to join our Executive Team as Executive Director of Finance, Sustainability and Resources.

This is a broad executive leadership role, combining strategic financial stewardship with responsibility for sustainability, governance, people, IT and health and safety. Working alongside our Chief Executive Officer, Trustees and colleagues across the organisation and external stakeholders, you will help translate our strategic ambitions into sustainable outcomes, supporting informed decisions and effective delivery.

You will bring strong financial expertise with a professional accounting qualification, sound judgement and collaborative approach. We welcome different experiences, perspectives and career paths, and an inclusive approach to leadership.

This is more than a finance leadership role. It is an opportunity to help create the conditions in which our people, places, collections and stories can thrive.

Discover more: Read our candidate pack and full role profile using the links below.

Candidate Pack: https://jobs.royalnavymuseums.org.uk/pages/candidatepack-edof-2

Role Profile: https://jobs.royalnavymuseums.org.uk/pages/roleprofile-edof

Closing date: 23:59, Monday 30 November 2026.

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to the application process because of a disability, please contact the People team on [e-mail] for support.

This post requires a DBS check as a requirement of working on the naval base, as well as the right to work in the UK. Please note we cannot currently sponsor work visas.