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SalaryWe are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.
Historic England have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Finance & Procurement Director.
What you will be doing
The Finance & Procurement Director is a key member of the Corporate Leadership Team. In this role you will be responsible for overseeing the financial operations and strategies of Historic England. You will play a critical role in ensuring financial stability, transparency, and compliance with regulatory requirements as well as delivering excellent shared services to our customers.
As our Finance & Procurement Director, you will develop and implement Historic England’s financial strategy (including long-term financial plans and recommendations), aligned with its strategic objectives.
You will oversee ongoing development of finance systems and process improvement projects, whilst also identifying and mitigating financial risks, informing Historic England’s risk management policies and procedures.
Who we are looking for
Professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA)
Proven experience in a senior finance role within the public sector, including experience with government financial regulations and reporting
Experience of working in complex, multi-site and multi-functional organisations
Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to lead, inspire and develop a finance team
Ability to build trust, engage, influence, negotiate and effectively challenge successfully at all levels of the organisation
We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance.
We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can.
We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working. Please visit our jobs pages or contact us to find out more.
Why work for Historic England
We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 28% contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.
