Programme Finance Manager
Posted 3 days ago by HMRC
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Programme Finance Manager role involves providing financial leadership and oversight for complex programmes within the TPO Finance and Commercial team at HMRC. The position requires collaboration with programme leads and stakeholders to ensure financial sustainability and compliance, along with direct management of two Finance Analysts. Candidates should ideally be pursuing a professional accountancy qualification or be willing to do so within three years. The role emphasizes financial planning, monitoring, reporting, and stakeholder engagement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the development of programme budgets in collaboration with delivery teams.
- Ensure budgets align with strategic objectives and funding requirements.
- Review, analyse, accrue, and make accounting adjustments as required.
- Produce timely and accurate financial reports, forecasts, and variance analyses.
- Monitor expenditure against budget and highlight risks or opportunities.
- Undertake accounts payable and accounts receivable transactions.
- Identify financial risks and implement mitigation strategies.
- Ensure compliance with department guidelines, audit requirements, and internal controls.
- Act as the key financial point of contact for programme stakeholders.
- Support decision-making around resource allocation.
- Contribute to the development of financial systems, processes, and reporting tools.
Key Skills:
- Studying or willing to study towards a professional accountancy qualification (e.g. ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA, ICAEW or equivalent at Level 7).
- Demonstrable experience of working in finance roles with excellent numeracy skills.
- Strong analytical and data processing skills, particularly in Microsoft Excel.
- Strong organisational skills and ability to manage conflict and urgent tasks.
- High levels of interpersonal skills and ability to build strong working relationships.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Programme Finance Manager - HMRC (Competitive Day Rate) UK Wide (Remote/Hybrid Working) 3-6 Month Contract
This role is based in TPO Finance and Commercial team within CCG Transformation. As a Programme Finance Manager, you will provide financial leadership and oversight across complex programmes, ensuring robust financial planning, monitoring, and reporting. Successful candidates will work closely with programme leads, finance teams, and stakeholders to ensure financial sustainability, compliance, and value for money. Successful candidates will also have direct line management responsibility of the 2 Finance Analysts. Ideally, applicants should be studying towards a professional accountancy qualification (e.g. ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA, ICAEW or equivalent at Level 7) to complement finance experience. We will also consider applications willing to study towards a professional accountancy qualification, with the aim of completing within 3 years.
Person specification
Financial Planning & Budgeting
- Lead the development of programme budgets in collaboration with delivery teams.
- Ensure budgets align with strategic objectives and funding requirements.
Financial Monitoring, Reporting and Transactions
- Working to tight deadlines to review, analyse, accrue and make accounting adjustments as required.
- Produce timely and accurate financial reports, forecasts, and variance analyses, with commentary.
- Monitor expenditure against budget and highlight risks or opportunities.
- Undertake accounts payable and accounts receivable transactions, answer finance queries from internal colleagues.
Risk & Compliance
- Identify financial risks and implement mitigation strategies.
- Ensure compliance with department guidelines, audit requirements, and internal controls.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as the key financial point of contact for programme stakeholders.
- Translate financial data into meaningful insights for non-financial audiences.
Resource Management
- Support decision-making around resource allocation.
- Ensure efficient use of programme funds and adherence to funding conditions.
Continuous Improvement
- Contribute to the development of financial systems, processes, and reporting tools.
- Promote financial literacy and best practices across programme teams.
Essential Criteria
- Studying or willing to study towards a professional accountancy qualification (e.g. ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA, ICAEW or equivalent at Level 7).
- Demonstrable experience of working in finance roles with excellent numeracy skills.
- Demonstrable analytical and data processing skills including a strong grasp of Microsoft Excel (e.g. lookups, pivot tables, sumif formulas etc.).
- Strong organisational skills, ability to manage conflict/ urgent tasks and manage expectations.
- The ability to remain professional whilst working and delivering at pace and a willingness to meet challenging deadlines.
- High levels of interpersonal skills, ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders, demonstrating an ability to engage effectively and influence others.
Our Values
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact your designated recruiter to request accommodation.