Overview
Deputy Director Financial Management – Leeds
About the job
Job summary
Chief Digital and Information Officers Group (CDIO) run and build the technology foundations of HMRC. We have a strategic plan to transform our IT estate and continue to strengthen our Digital Services to customers and colleagues. We’re creating a dynamic, agile technology organisation that works on two levels: we want the most amazing experience for customers and citizens, both internal and external, and we are building careers that are rewarding and enjoyable for all of us.
This position sits in the Finance, Portfolio, Performance and Organisational Transformation team. The role is to lead the finance business partnering function, supporting the Director General and Directors as we deliver our core IT services with excellent, maximise the return on our investments and deliver improvements to our IT estate. We are looking for a senior leader who can build fantastic relationships with stakeholders, a great people leader to your team and as a visible senior leader within HMRC, the finance community and your region.
We have a massive challenge: we need to bring in more tax, reduce costs and improve the experience for customers. To do this, we’re using smart data analysis and innovative IT systems to ensure that customers get their tax affairs right from the outset – and we’re radically improving the technology we use to do our work.
Job description
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced finance leader to join HMRC as Deputy Director of the Financial Management Division (FMD) within the Chief Digital & Information Officers Group (CDIO). CDIO is HMRC’s digital, data, and IT function, responsible for ensuring HMRC has the systems and processes to deliver its services efficiently and effectively. This role offers the chance to shape financial strategy and decision-making within a dynamic and evolving environment, playing a crucial role in enabling HMRC to achieve its strategic objectives. You will lead a large team of finance professionals, act as a trusted advisor to CDIO leadership, and be a key part of the Finance, Portfolio, Performance and Organisational Transformation (FPPOT) Senior Leadership Team.
Key Responsibilities:
As Deputy Director of Financial Management Division, you will be responsible for:
- Leadership and Team Development: Leading, managing, and developing the FMD team to provide a high-performing finance business partnering to CDIO. This includes line management of four Grade 6s and approximately 40 staff in total, fostering a culture of high performance, coaching, and capability building.
- Financial Management and Analysis: Providing timely, accurate, and insightful financial management and analysis to the CDIO Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to drive efficiency and effectiveness, providing robust challenge on the affordability and value for money of investment decisions and business planning. This includes owning the end-to-end financial management service for CDIO, resolving in-year finance challenges, and ensuring accurate financial insights.
- Strategic Financial Advice: Providing strategic advice to the CDIO SLT and budget holders on all finance, resource, supplier, investment, and organisational performance matters. This involves collaborating with stakeholders, ensuring finance is at the heart of decision-making, and providing high-quality support and advice.
- Financial Planning and Strategy: Supporting longer-term financial plans, ensuring alignment with the 5-year business planning outcomes, IT strategy, business goals, and resources. This includes maintaining a strategic overview of the commercial landscape and IT/architectural roadmap to influence effective financial decision-making.
- Stakeholder Management: Building and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders across HMRC, including CDIO SLT Directors, budget holders, and the wider finance community. This includes supporting CDIO SLT Directors in discharging their financial responsibilities, including effective business planning and risk management.
- Performance and Governance: Contributing to the FPPOT Senior Leadership Team’s delivery of strong outcomes in areas such as CDIO performance, risk management and governance, and strategic financial planning.
- Representation and Collaboration: Acting as a visible senior leader, collaborating across CDIO, the finance community, and regional centres. This includes deputising for the Finance Director as required.
- Working within FPPOT: You will be an integral part of the FPPOT Senior Leadership Team, working alongside other deputy directors and heads of function. FPPOT plays a critical role in supporting and shaping how CDIO resources are costed, managed, and allocated to deliver both CDIO and departmental strategic and operational priorities.
Person specification
The successful applicant will need to demonstrate relevant experience and effective delivery of the following essential criteria.
Essential Criteria:
- Proven ability to lead, manage and develop a large team of finance professionals and senior staff, fostering a high-performance culture in a technology-centric business or division (>£100m).
- Demonstrable experience in providing strategic financial advice, developed through effective finance business partnering, to senior leadership teams and budget holders on a wide range of financial matters, including resource allocation, supplier management, investment decisions, and organisational performance.
- Proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including senior leaders, budget holders, and finance communities
- Extensive experience in providing timely, accurate, and insightful financial management and analysis, including experience in resolving in-year finance challenges and providing constructive financial challenge.
- Experience in developing and owning long-term financial plans aligned with business strategies, IT roadmaps, and resource availability.
- Recognised CCAB/CIMA accountancy qualification and proven post qualification experience within a large and complex organisation (>£100m)
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £76,000, HM Revenue and Customs contributes £22,017 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
Things you need to know
Selection process details
This campaign is being managed on behalf of HMRC by Green Park.
Applications must be submitted online at https://micro.green-park.co.uk/hmrc-fd/ no later than 23:55 on Sunday 4th May and should include:
- A CV detailing your career history, key responsibilities and achievements. Please explain any employment gaps within the last two years.
- A Statement of Suitability (no more than 2 pages) demonstrating how your experience meets the essential criteria.
Your CV and suitability statement will be assessed against the criteria set out in the person specification. Please include your full name on both documents.
For all campaign queries including assistance with your application or if you need to discuss a reasonable adjustment, please contact Darcie Stumpf at darcie.stumpf@green-park.co.uk
Longlist / Shortlist
The panel will assess the evidence provided in your CV and statement. Candidates whose applications best meet the essential criteria will be selected for a preliminary interview with Green Park before reconvening to agree a final interview shortlist.
Assessment
If shortlisted, you will take part in the following assessments:
- Individual Leadership Assessment – a combination of psychometric assessments
- Staff Engagement Exercise – a presentation and Q&A with a representative staff group from across HMRC.
Assessments are designed to support the panel’s decision making and highlight areas for further exploration at interview and do not result in a pass or fail decision.
Interview
You will attend a panel interview for a more in-depth discussion of your previous experience and professional competence. This will include a 5-minute verbal presentation (further information will be issued in advance).
Interviews are expected to take place in person at Newcastle upon Tyne HM Revenue and Customs, Brenton Park View, NE981ZZ
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.
As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.
Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.
Nationality requirements
Open to UK nationals only.
Working for the Civil Service
The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) 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 (opens in a new window).
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.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).
