Director of Finance (Temporary) in Salisbury

On behalf of UK Shared Business Services (UKSBS), we are looking for a Finance Director (Inside IR35) for a 3 month contract based Hybrid in Swindon or Newport, 20% a month Flexible on days per week.

We're seeking an exceptional Finance Director to play a pivotal leadership role within a high-impact corporate team delivering a major transformation programme across multiple government departments. This is a rare opportunity to influence a step-change in shared services, driving financial excellence at scale in a complex, evolving and highly visible environment.

You'll operate at the heart of the organisation, partnering with senior leaders, influencing strategy, and ensuring financial sustainability while helping to shape a modern, efficient public sector. Reporting to the Chief Corporate Delivery Officer, you will lead the financial strategy, performance and integrity of the organisation. You'll be responsible for ensuring robust financial planning, delivering insight-led decision making, and building a high-performing finance function that supports transformation at pace.

As a Finance Director, your main responsibilities will be:

• Own overall financial performance, including planning, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow and reporting
• Contribute to organisational strategy and secure long-term business and operating plans
• Ensure financial sustainability, resilience and integrity
• Lead cost analysis and develop effective charging models across services and programmes
• Deliver high-quality management accounts and insight to drive performance and support business cases
• Oversee financial risk, compliance and external audit, including NAO engagement, and ensure statutory accounts are delivered
• Establish and maintain robust financial policies aligned with HM Treasury guidance and best practice
• Provide financial reporting to Executive, Board and Audit Committee while representing finance across governance forums
• Lead and develop a high-performing finance function, building capability and coaching stakeholders to improve financial accountability

Proven FD/Head of Finance experience in complex or public sector environments, with a professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA).

Strong track record across financial planning, budgeting, cost modelling and programme analysis.

Experience in shared services or large-scale transformation within the public sector, ideally involving cloud/SaaS environments.

Exposure to commercial negotiations or contract management, with degree-level education (or equivalent experience).

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident: As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, UKSBS guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.

In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following: this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.