Deputy Director for Group Strategic Resources and Plans and Remediation Programme Finance

Location

Bristol, Darlington, London, Manchester, Wolverhampton

This is a senior leadership role within MHCLG’s Buildings, Fire and Resilience Group (BRF) as Deputy Director for Group Strategic Resources and Plans and Remediation Programme Finance. The role brings together Group-level finance, workforce planning, performance insight and efficiency, across a complex portfolio of building safety, fire remediation and resilience programmes.

You will be at the heart of how the Group plans, prioritises and delivers, working closely with the Director General and Directors to bring stronger strategic grip, clearer insight and better alignment between resources and outcomes. The work spans multi-billion-pound programmes delivered through Arm’s Length Bodies, regulators and delivery partners, where strong financial control and workforce planning are critical to both public value and public confidence.

This is a role for someone who enjoys operating in complexity, can join the dots across systems and is motivated by improving how government plans, spends and delivers at scale.

This role is about bringing coherence and control to how the BFR plans and uses its resources. It sits across finance, workforce, performance and efficiency, and is responsible for making sure these elements work together rather than in silos.

You will help shape BFR’s strategic direction through fiscal events, Spending Reviews and annual business planning, ensuring decisions are grounded in robust insight and a clear understanding of trade-offs, risks and opportunities. A key part of the role is developing and maintaining a credible, forward-looking financial strategy for BFR that improves value for money and supports better prioritisation.

Alongside this, you will strengthen how BFR understands its workforce and capability needs, ensuring people planning is fully aligned to financial and delivery priorities. You will also lead efforts to improve systems, data and insight so leaders can see clearly what is happening across the portfolio and act with confidence.

You will lead the Group’s relationship with the Corporate Centre and play a key role in driving efficiency, reform and continuous improvement across how the Group operates.

The role includes significant responsibility for the remediation portfolio, where you will oversee high-profile and high-risk programmes such as the Developer Debt Programme and Building Safety Fund. This includes assurance, counter fraud oversight, programme closure and engagement with HM Treasury, IPA, NAO and PAC on some of the most scrutinised areas of government delivery.

• Set the strategic direction, plan and manage financial, workforce and performance resources, ensuring a joined-up approach to resourcing and decision-making.
• Lead input to fiscal events, Spending Reviews and Estimates, working closely with HM Treasury and ensuring alignment between priorities, affordability and delivery.
• Develop and maintain a multi-year financial strategy that supports better prioritisation, clearer trade-offs and improved value for money.
• Commission and oversee a workforce plan that aligns capability and capacity with financial and delivery priorities.
• Lead efficiency and improvement agendas, driving better use of resources and strengthening financial, workforce and business processes.
• Improve data, systems and insight by integrating forecasting, performance, workforce and risk information to support better decisions.
• Act as Project Director for the £700m Developer Debt Programme and provide oversight of the wider remediation portfolio, including assurance, counter fraud, funding approvals, cost scrutiny and programme closure.
• The role also has important programme-level responsibilities for the financial aspects of the Building Safety Fund.
• Lead engagement with HM Treasury, IPA, PAC and NAO across remediation programmes, ensuring high-quality, transparent reporting and effective governance.
• Work closely with Finance, HR and Commercial colleagues in the Corporate Centre to ensure alignment and consistency across government frameworks.
• Lead, develop and support a team of…