Head Of Finance

Working closely with the Finance team, as the Head of Finance you will be responsible for shaping the finance function, enabling and ensuring a high standard of financial planning and management of the programme's budgets and delivering the finance systems and processes needed to operate.

You will brief and support the Deputy Director for implementation in addition to directly advising the interim Chief Operating Officer. You will support the achievement of the programme's financial objectives and help ensure the programme's delivery meets the expectations of more widely as you promote and protect government interests.

We are looking for a leader who can set direction, however some of your responsibilities will include:

Designing & implementing the finance operating model

* Making recommendations to the SLT within the Regulators on the future Finance function

* Designing and implementing the Finance function processes, policies and procedures

* Providing relevant expertise to inform delivery of a finance system Compliance and Control

* Ensuring Treasury controls are understood by all partners, that they are in place and complied with to satisfy audit requirements

* Ensuring financial business risks are tracked and mitigated as effectively as possible Financial Budgeting and Forecasting

* Advising and working with several teams

* Consolidating and monitoring financial accounts forecast and budget

* Leading on fiscal events and collaborating with central strategic finance

* Providing regular reports on expenditure against budget, forecasts and risks

* Ensuring that all Regulator teams are appropriately advised, supported and challenged to enable them to manage their implementation projects effectively

* Ensuring the timely and regular provision of information on the latest position against budget

* Working closely with the financial accounts team to ensure annual accounts accurately reflect the Regulators position.

The ideal candidate would have the following key skills and experience:

Essential Requirements

? Leadership and management experience with a strong track record of delivery in a high profile, financial environment

? Excellent financial skills with experience of formulating and implementing strategies, policies and programmes which cross service or professional boundaries

? Strategic finance/financial management experience (planning, budgeting, forecasting and in-year reporting)

? Well developed leadership, communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to quickly secure the confidence of senior stakeholders, Board-level colleagues and chief executives, building highly effective, influential and collaborative relationships

? Knowledge and experience of central government finance and the associated financial reporting rules and requirements, including HM Treasury and NAO arrangements

? Experience of providing visible leadership to support long term projects

? Finance professional, with a professional qualification eg CIMA, ACCA, CCAB

? Experience in implementing new finance processes and systems

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