Chief Financial Officer in Addlestone

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Salary: £73,165 + 25 days Annual Leave + Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 28.97%

Location: Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3LS

Client Job Reference: 436624

Closing date for applications: 15 December 2025

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is an Executive Agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and is responsible for ensuring the safety, quality, and efficacy of veterinary medicines in the UK.

We have a vacancy for Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

This is a key role in the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), reporting to Chief Operating Officer (COO) and being accountable to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the VMD.

Your role will be to take responsibility for all financial operations as CFO, including strategic financial planning, risk management, budgeting, and reporting. Additionally, you will provide financial advice for decision making and act as key partner to the CEO and others to achieve business goals.

Experience

• Experience of leading a team strategically and operationally.
• Broad senior level finance experience of working in a complex organisation, producing the annual accounts, requiring strong technical accounting skills, up-to-date knowledge of accounting standards, and able to engage with external audit (NAO) to achieve an unqualified audit opinion.
• Proven track record of creating a common purpose and instilling organisational values and behaviours that promote a corporate vision, are positive about change and committed to the delivery of the strategic vision.
• Able to brief and engage at board level.
• Skilled at evaluating complex financial issues.
• Experience of presenting to non‑finance colleagues.
• Effective communicator, capable of working with a range of staff from other disciplines in a highly collaborative manner.
• Experience of risk management, audit and other relevant organisational governance.
• IT skills: proficient in Microsoft Office 365 packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and able to navigate the internet and learn to use the VMD’s bespoke IT systems.

Qualifications

• A fully qualified accountant and a member of one of: CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants), ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales), ICAI (Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland), ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), CIPFA (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy).

How to Apply

We are excited to hear from you! To apply for this position, please submit your application through the Civil Service Jobs website. You can find the full job description, including details on salary and location, by clicking apply.

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate is an Equal Opportunity employer.

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Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Finance

Industry

Government Administration