Deputy Director Head of Corporate Financial Planning

LocationCroydon, Liverpool, London, Manchester, SheffieldAbout the jobSummaryThis post reports to the Corporate Finance Director, one of three Directors within Home Office Finance. The Financial planning Unit plays a key role in ensuring that the department's budgets reflect the priorities of the Home Secretary, and as such the postholder plays a key role at the heart of Home Office strategic business planning. In order to perform the role successfully, the postholder has to be financially qualified (CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA, etc.) and adept at managing a broad range of senior stakeholders, including ministers.Job descriptionKey responsibilities include: • Ensuring that annual budgets are presented to and understood by stakeholders, by working with senior budget holders, ministers, and finance business partners; • Supporting the Corporate Finance Director in the leadership of fiscal events including the forthcoming Spending Review; • Working to embed the department's new approach to efficiency and productivity; • Implementing longer-term financial planning, including horizon scanning and the identification of future risks and mitigations; • Playing a leadership role in the ambitions that the Finance Directorate and wider Home Office have to change and improve; • Promoting high standards in management and leadership to safeguard the wellbeing of finance staff; • Leading and maintaining the relationships with HM Treasury, Cabinet Office, devolved administrations, users and other government departments officials at senior levels and leveraging/influencing these relationships to the benefit of the Home Office; • Developing and presenting financial insight and analysis to the Executive Committee, ministers, and other senior forums, in a way that facilitates effective prioritisation and strategic alignment; • Continually reviewing the service provided to internal customers, seeking feedback and responding to change; • Building a dynamic and positive team culture that can satisfy multiple and sometimes challenging demands; • Line management of a team of 10-15 staff (numbers could change over time, and functions could be added as a result of the ongoing finance change programme).ResponsibilitiesThe successful candidate will be financially qualified, and an excellent experienced Finance leader, comfortable working with and presenting at Executive Committee level, with a breadth of experience gained whilst working in large scale, complex, and unionised organisations. It is essential that in your written application you give evidence of examples of proven experience in each of the essential criteria of the person specification. These responses will be developed and discussed with those candidates invited for interview. Essential Criteria• Experience of providing professional finance and corporate services to senior stakeholders and influencing business decisions. • Strong leadership, interpersonal skills and authority; able to successfully foster and manage interrelationships between own team and other areas. A proven track record of creating a common purpose and instilling organisational values and behaviours that promotes a corporate vision. • Experience of working in a complex financial environment managing large and complex budgets. • An ability to foster an organisational culture that is positive about change and committed to delivery of the Department's strategic vision. • Excellent communication, networking and negotiating skills. • Evidence of handling political and presentational risks and consequences, anticipating strategic risks and hurdles. • CIPFA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent.QualificationsCIPFA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent.Benefits• Learning and development tailored to your role • An environment with flexible working options • A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity • A Civil Service pensionThings you need to knowSecuritySuccessful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check.People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.Selection process detailsApply no later than 23:55hrs on 28th February 2021. Provide some basic personal information; 1. A CV - setting out your career history, highlighting specific responsibilities and achievements that are relevant for this role, including details where applicable of budgets and numbers of people managed, relevant achievements in recent posts, together with reasons for any gaps within the last two years; 2. A Statement of Suitability - (limited to 1250 words) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience, provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the essential criteria in the person specification. Failure to submit both a CV and Supporting Statement will mean the panel only have limited information on which to assess your application against the criteria in the person specification. 3. Diversity Monitoring - as part of the online application process, you will be asked a number of diversity-related questions. If you do not wish to provide a declaration on any of the characteristics, you will have the option to select 'prefer not to say'. See the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy for more information.Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.Nationality requirementsThis job is broadly open to the following groups:UK nationalsnationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UKnationals of the Republic of Irelandnationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with (or eligible for) status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Servicerelevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Servicecertain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationalsFurther information on nationality requirementsWorking for the Civil ServiceThe Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.Apply and further informationOnce this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.Contact point for applicantsJob contact :Name : Elaine HunterEmail : elaine.hunter@homeoffice.gov.ukRecruitment team :Email : HOrecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.ukReference number 98804 Salary£71,000 - £85,000GradeSCS Pay Band 1Contract typePermanentBusiness areaHO - Capabilities & Resource Group, FinanceType of roleFinanceWorking patternFlexible working, Full-time, Job shareNumber of posts1