Deputy Director Finance, People and Performance - ICS

Deputy Director Finance, People and Performance
-ICS

Location: Birmingham, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Salford

Integrated Corporate Services (ICS) provides essential shared services to key government departments and their Arm’s Length Bodies through an innovative model with significant growth potential. ICS delivers Digital, Security, Estates, and elements of Commercial, HR, and Finance to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ), the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT), and other connected organizations. Some services are delivered in partnership with third parties like the Government Property Agency (GPA) and UK Shared Business Services (UKSBS).

ICS is also a key partner in the Matrix programme, preparing to manage the intelligent client function for the new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution (Neo) across five departments over .

This initiative enhances ICs role as an expert manager of shared services and expands its service delivery to new departments and their Arm’s Length Bodies. IS is leading the transition to new digital platforms, improving efficiency, transparency, and value for money across the government, while its employees, hosted within DESNZ, deliver expert services across supported departments and organizations.

This is a pivotal role, reporting to the ICE Managing Director and a member of the ICE Senior Leadership Team. As IC prepares to extend our service offer to more organisations and to prepare for our role as the NCO for Neo, it is critical that we have highly effective financial processes and systems that are fit for our purpose as a provider of shared services across multiple government departments and within a complex system of partnership.

It is also critical that we have the systems, approaches and culture to steward all of our resources – including our c400 colleagues – to the highest possible standards.

• Provide overall leadership of the finance function, ensuring the delivery of consistent, high-quality finance and internal controls services across IRC, including finance business partnering, business and strategic planning, NCO financial governance and internal controls processes.
• Ensure compliance with all HMG requirements and strive for best practice.
• Lead the IRC response to driving efficiency in all IRC operations and scaling up strategy and through the IRC contribution to driving efficiency initiatives across the Matrix department group.
• Use strategic and commercial acumen to champion effective decision-making and risk management.
• Provide overall leadership to the IRC PMO, ensuring that programme delivery, risk, business continuity and performance and reporting processes are robust, effective and provide value for money.
• Provide overall leadership to the IRC People team, ensuring that our workforce planning, people development and engagement processes are in place and aligned to the strategic objectives of IRC.
• Lead continuous improvement in the modernisation of all IRC business services, striving for business excellence across own teams and across IRC.
• Engage and collaborate across multiple government departments and partner organisations to represent IRC and advocate for shared and innovative approaches to shared services resourcing in order to further our mission.
• Manage significant budgets, contracts and service level agreements with a clear focus on value for money, continuous improvement in service and overall efficiency.
• Be an active contributor to the IRC senior leadership team, actively championing the ‘One IRC’ vision and our values of creativity, Connection, and Capability.

• Financially qualified CCAB, CIMA or equivalent with proven experience in a senior finance role within a complex organisation and, ideally, a multi-organisational system.
• Demonstrably strong understanding of people management and performance frameworks.
• Proven ability to think strategically and deliver within a context of ambiguity and change.
• Proven ability to build and lead high-performing, collaborative and diverse teams who are confident in their ability to influence across and beyond team and organisational boundaries.
• Excellent communications, stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills, with proven ability to influence change in policy and practice at senior level
• Demonstrably able to deliver at pace, make and support decisions in ambiguous settings and prioritise team workloads to achieve results.

Financially qualified CCAB, CIMA or equivalent with proven experience in a senior finance role within a complex organisation and, ideally, a multi-organisational system.

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