Deputy Director Corporate Finance

Responsibilities

• Oversee financial reporting to the GPA's Executive Committee, Board, ARC, Cabinet Office, HM Treasury, and other key stakeholders.
• Provide financial advice and guidance on accounting treatments for major projects.
• Lead the Corporate Finance function, championing high standards of financial stewardship and a coaching culture.
• Collaborate across the Finance directorate and with executive teams to support budgetary and policy decisions.
• Build and maintain relationships with senior stakeholders, advising on financial implications of strategic decisions.
• Champion continuous improvement, innovation, and capability building across finance teams.
• Represent the organisation in cross‑government finance forums and build networks.
• Deliver consistent, accurate, pragmatic advice on finance, accounting, treasury management, governance, and taxation policy.

Corporate Accounting (Reporting, Operations, Systems and Spending Control)

• Own the preparation and integrity of statutory financial statements in compliance with frameworks (e.g., IFRS, FReM, Managing Public Money).
• Maintain effective spending controls, ensuring all expenditure complies with delegation frameworks and budgetary limits.
• Ensure transactional processes and systems underpinning financial reporting, purchase‑to‑pay, and payroll are robust and continuously improving.
• Provide robust financial analysis to support budget preparation, forecasts, and management of in‑year reporting.
• Evolve management reporting and provide insights to support decision‑making by the Accounting Officer, Board, and ExCo.
• Ensure that GPA meets its financial targets through effective finance processes and delegations.
• Reconcile and report all transactions accurately.
• Coordinate with HR on financial implications of workforce planning.
• Lead IFRS16 implementation and support the development of business cases.

Audit and Financial Risk

• Lead control and assurance, overseeing audit processes and delivering unqualified audit opinions on schedule.
• Maintain the financial risk management framework and mitigate financial risks.
• Ensure compliance with applicable tax law, regulations, and internal controls.
• Report on internal control effectiveness to the Audit and Risk Committee.
• Support the CFO in counter‑fraud responsibilities and strategic financial leadership.
• Maintain high standards of accuracy, probity, and adherence to public sector finance frameworks.
• Lead teams across financial operations, core management accounting, and financial systems, focusing on continuous improvement.

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