Description:
This is a key leadership role with the opportunity to engage and promote HMRC Financial and Control standards and requirements across HMRC Transformation. The role offers a variety and breadth of responsibilities working in second line of defence to provide assurance to the Chief Finance Officer. You will achieve this by:
- Leading the assurance of ground-breaking change to ensure it is delivered in line with departmental standards and strategies and provides effective financial management and control.
- Setting a clear vision for the Financial accreditation assurance process in line with the HMRC change framework.
- Inspire the continued development of a high performing team, building Financial Accreditation capability, and ensuring clear direction across the team.
- Developing and maintaining relationships with change senior leads on a portfolio of programmes across HMRC.
- Influencing senior partners in decision making and design/processes for change. Ensuring they align to set standards, providing constructive challenge to change leads where they do not meet these standards.
- Ensuring robust audit trails are maintained to enable response to the National Audit Office or Internal Audit Office enquiries.
- Liaise closely with all Finance Subject Matter Specialists ensuring they are aware of change that will impact on the financial processes or delivery of the HMRC accounts.
- Providing technical advice and decision making to complex accounting and control solutions.
- Become a proactive and engaged member of change Boards including deputising for the Deputy Director, Finance Systems and Processes at Programme and other decision-making boards.
- Protect the accuracy and completeness of the department’s accounts by ensuring all financial requirements and strategies are known, understood and efficiently delivered by change leads.
Management
- The successful candidate will be working directly to the Deputy Director, Finance Systems and Processes.
- You will lead a team of 3 senior managers (G7’s) with direct and indirect management of up to 25 staff across multiple locations. (some travel across the UK will be required).
- You will work in collaboration with your G6 counterpart leading the second Financial Accreditation team, who will have similar responsibilities, to build a single team ethos.
This high-profile leadership role will:
- Provide an outstanding opportunity to engage with and inspire change across all the business areas in HMRC.
- Give you responsibility for ensuring programmes and projects receive specialist advice and support and providing assurance that changes meet our current and future needs
- Empower you to use your talents to lead and set strategic vision for a growing financial accreditation team