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Recruitment Manager & Matrix Recruitment Business Partner
Finance Director
Corporate Services
Swindon or Newport–hybrid
Band G - DOE
UKSBS is a public sector shared service centre providing high quality HR, Payroll, Finance, Procurement and IT services and expertise to our partners. We are proud of the part we play in enabling our partners to achieve the best outcomes for the British people and the UK economy.
It’s an exciting time to join UKSBS as we transform our business to be the leading UK public sector business service provider. We aim to become a very different organisation over the next few years as we move to a modern multi-platform, digitally enabled organisation.
The Corporate team is supporting the organisation on a major transformation journey so that UKSBS successfully works to deliver ambitious goals of providing a step change in shared service delivery to nine departments of state.
Reporting to the Chief Corporate Delivery Officer (CCDO) and working closely with Executive and Senior Leader colleagues, responsibilities will include, but not limited to the following:
* Financial performance of the organisation, including planning, budgeting, cash flow and reporting.
* Cost analysis and agreeing charging models (both service delivery and change programmes / projects).
* Financial risk, assurance and NAO audit, reporting to Executive, Audit Committee, Board and Clients.
* Act as an active senior champion for UKSBS across the government / public sector finance community.
* As a key member of the Senior Leadership team, contribute to setting the organisational strategy and obtain agreement to a funded five-year Business Plans and annual Operational Plans.
* Ensure the financial performance, viability and integrity of UKSBS.
* Performance lead and develop the team’s capability
* Represent the Finance team at UKSBS Audit, Executive, Finance and Risk Committees.
* Lead UKSBS financial representation at appropriate client governance forums and, as required, at other key partnership / client meetings
* Gain agreement from Board, Owners, Clients and Executive Committee to annual budgets.
* Assess and support gaining agreement to programme budgets and associated business cases
* Manage all financial reporting, costing, charging and external audit activity
To do this role well you will need:
* Significant experience as a FD or Head of Finance in a public sector organisation, company or major corporate business unit.
* Experience of building and maintaining strong working relationships at a senior level within an organisation and with clients, suppliers, and other partners.
* Demonstrable experience of business case development, budgeting, planning and analysis, cost modelling and significant project/programme analysis.
* Ability to think strategically and commercially.
* Excellent team leadership skills and behaviours.
* Strong presentation, written and oral communication skills.
* Strong numeracy and analytical skills informing evidence-based decisions.
* Excellent interpersonal skills, able to influence, build and maintain strong working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders; collaborative and consultative.
* Enthusiastic, motivated, adaptable, and proactive with the ability to work flexibly in a changing environment; highly resilient and politically astute.
In return for your skills and experience, we can offer you flexible and remote working options for a 37hr week (full time) with start and finish times between 8am – 6pm, or part time hours to suit.
More information on the role and our benefits can be found here
For additional information and a confidential discussion please contact our Recruitment Team on recruiting@uksbs.co.uk.
We are an inclusive and Disability Confident employer and welcome all applications. Find out more about our equality, diversity and inclusion commitments on our website.
UKSBS does not hold a Home Office Sponsor Licence under the UK Immigration System, therefore candidates are required to have eligibility to live and work in the UK prior to applying.
We look forward to hearing from you.
We are UKSBS. We are creating a place where people love to work, a culture where we lead, we change, we deliver and we empower our people to be curious, take action and add value.
Seniority level
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Director
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Full-time
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Finance
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