Chief Finance Officer

Job summary

HM Land Registry has been at the heart of the property market in England and Wales for more than 160 years. Our future is equally significant, with ambitious plans to modernise our services, improve the home buying and selling process and unlock greater value from our data.

We are looking for an exceptional Chief Finance Officer to help lead that journey. As a member of our Board and Executive Team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping HMLR’s strategic direction, providing the financial, commercial and corporate leadership needed to ensure our people, investment and resources are focused where they can deliver the greatest impact.

Leading a high-impact portfolio spanning Finance, Commercial, Strategic Planning, Performance, Sponsorship & Governance, Analytical Services, Internal Audit, and Property Asset and Facilities Management across our 14-office estate, your influence will extend far beyond the traditional boundaries of a CFO role.

This is a rare opportunity to help steward a vital national asset through a defining period of transformation. We are looking for an outstanding leader who can bring pace, grip and ambition, inspire confidence across the organisation and help shape HMLR’s future with clarity, energy and purpose.

Job description

In this role you will:

• Provide strategic financial leadership as a member of the Board and Executive Team, influencing HMLR’s financial, commercial, investment and organisational priorities.
  
• Lead HMLR’s financial strategy, ensuring strong planning, performance, sustainability and value for money.
  
• Shape major investment and transformation decisions, providing insight, challenge and assurance on affordability, risk and benefits.
  
• Lead a broad corporate portfolio spanning Finance, Commercial, Estates, Analytics, Performance and Strategic Planning.
  
• Build influential relationships across government, including with HM Treasury and the sponsoring department.
  
• Lead high-performing teams and share Executive accountability for HMLR’s transformation, operational delivery and long-term public value.

For a confidential conversation about the role please contact our partners at GatenbySanderson

www.gatenbysanderson.com/job/GSe137641

Person specification

Essential Experience Criteria

Successful senior finance leader with experience in a large, complex and publicly accountable organisation, setting strategic direction and leading a finance function.

Proven transformation and change leadership, improving systems, processes, operating models, productivity and organisational capability.

Strong Board and Executive-level experience, providing strategic advice, constructive challenge and assurance, using financial, analytical and performance insight to inform decisions and priorities.

Strong commercial and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, negotiate and build relationships across organisational and government boundaries, including HM Treasury and senior external stakeholders.

Proven leadership of high-performing multidisciplinary teams, building capability and talent while fostering collaboration, inclusion, accountability and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Qualified Accountant holding membership of a recognised accountancy body (ICAEW, ACCA, CIPFA or CIMA)

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £105,000, HM Land Registry contributes £30,418 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/land-registry/about/recruitment#what-hm-land-registry-can-offer-you

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

Please see candidate pack for full information on the Selection Process.

HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS), which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. DCS applicants who meet the minimum criteria at shortlisting may be invited to attend an interview. There may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all DCS applicants that meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example, when we receive high number of applications. In these circumstances we may select the DCS applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the job, rather than all of those that meet the minimum criteria, as we would do for non-disabled applicants.

If you would like further information about the use of your personal data, please click on the link below:

Job Applicant Personal Information

To Apply for this role please visit our Executive partners www.gatenbysanderson.com/job/GSe137641

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.This role has a minimum assignment duration of 3 years. An assignment duration is the period of time a Senior Civil Servant is expected to remain in the same post to enable them to deliver on the agreed key business outcomes. The assignment duration also supports your career through building your depth of expertise.

As part of accepting this role you will be agreeing to the expected assignment duration set out above. This will not result in a contractual change to your terms and conditions. Please note this is an expectation only, it is not something which is written into your terms and conditions or indeed which the employing organisation or you are bound by. It will depend on your personal circumstances at a particular time and business needs, for example, would not preclude any absence like family friendly leave. It is nonetheless an important expectation, which is why we ask you to confirm you agree to the assignment duration set out above.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

Apply and further information

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Russell Brandon
• Email : Russell.Brandon@gatenbysanderson.com

Recruitment team

• Email : hrresourcingteam2@landregistry.gov.uk

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance to the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email hrresourcingteam2@landregistry.gov.uk in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from HM Land Registry then you may take your complaint to the Civil Service Commission: http://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/making-complaint/

Attachments

CFO Candidate pack final Opens in new window (pdf, 2176kB)

Share this page

• Print
• Email
• Gmail
• Facebook
• LinkedIn