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You will lead finance transformation and assurance across the Home Office bringing about change and improvement to the finance function as well positioning HO finance as a centre of financial excellence.

The role is critical in ensuring that finance best practice is delivered and requires the postholder to have strong leadership skills and financial expertise that can be applied to advise and support the department, and all its ALBs. This will include leading on the HO finance input to the Synergy Programme and working across the department and Synergy Cluster. The postholder will bring innovation to the financial space to enable transformation within the finance function, including exploiting new technology and increasing professionalisation.

The Head of Transformation and Assurance will work closely with the Head of Financial Operations to maintain and improve financial process and control across the department and ensure adherence to the Finance Functional Standard. This role leads a team of approximately 40 across a range of disciplines with 6 direct reports. Leadership of this group, and its role in delivering assurance and improvement across the department as well as acting as a SCS leader of the wider finance directorate is a pivotal part of this role.

Working as part of the overall Finance Directorate, you will be expected to contribute to the overall management and leadership of the Finance function and contribute to the Government Finance Profession.

Job description

Key responsibilities

(These may change depending on the skills and experience of the successful candidate and shifts in departmental requirements)

Leadership of finance transformation across the Home Office, aligning with the GFF 2030 vision for Finance with its focus on building a function that is insightful & Data Driven, Skilled & Talented, and Innovative & Delivery Focused—all underpinned by strong Finance Foundations.
Oversight of the Transactions team which owns policy, process and assurance for Purchase to Pay, Order to Cash and Expenses. Lead the HO Tax Team to maintain a tax function and manage the department’s tax risks and ensure full tax compliance.
Lead counter-fraud duties by providing central systems, processes and services which monitor, measure and report on compliance and maturity, and maintain an effective relationship with the Public Sector Fraud Authority.
Oversee the relationship with the NAO VfM audit team.
Support the development of the Metis Roadmap and be responsible for driving tech- enabled Finance change, including functional support for onboarding organisations to Metis.
Lead Finance input to the Synergy programme, including acting as the expenses sponsor and driving forwards Synergy design activity.
Lead and champion work on finance professionalism and capability within the department.

Responsibilities of Finance SCS:

Be an important member of the finance leadership of the Home Office, promoting Civil Service reform and contributing to the Home Office and wider Civil Service efficiency agendas.
Exercise leadership across a broad range of corporate responsibilities that connect to Finance within the department and there is the opportunity to modify/adapt some of these responsibilities to suit the specific career interests and strengths of the post holder.
Contribute to the overall management and leadership of the Finance function and contribute to the Government Finance Profession.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate:

Experience of leading & implementing change across a complex organisation, improving systems and processes to deliver efficiency improvements.
Strategic influence - experience of influencing management at a senior level with strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate complex positions clearly and compellingly.
Leadership - substantial experience of leading, motivating and developing a diverse team of finance professionals; fostering teamwork across different functions and organisations to deliver an effective and efficient service. Proven track record in driving and improving team performance.
Financial control & processes leadership – experience of financial control and process ownership in a large organization.
Experience of working with a wide range of stakeholders, including Ministers or board-level executives within a highly complex and politically sensitive environment both internally and externally in different ways and different styles.
CCAB, CIMA or equivalent qualified accountant with a substantial track record of success in a senior finance leadership role in a fast-moving finance area in a highly complex, customer focused organisation. This should include a highly effective track record of interpreting financial information to help shape and influence organisational strategy.

Candidate drop-in session

An optional virtual drop-in session will take place on Monday 27 July from 10:00 to 10:25.

This session will provide candidates with an opportunity to hear more about the role and ask any questions about the vacancy. Attendance is optional and will not form part of the assessment process.

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Benefits

Alongside your salary of £86,000, Home Office contributes £24,914 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).

Learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

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 follow the Job Advert instructions on the Civil Service Jobs website to apply online by 23:55pm on Friday 31st July 2026.

You will be asked to provide:

A CV – (limited to 1250 words) setting out your career history, highlighting specific responsibilities and achievements that are relevant for this role. Please provide reasons for any gaps within the last two years.

A Statement of Suitability – (3 pages max) providing examples of how your experience meets the essential criteria. This is your opportunity to give examples and show how your skills and experience fit the job requirements.

When writing a supporting statement, it is important that you:

Read the job specification so you are clear about the job requirements. Structure your personal statement to reflect the essential criteria listed in the advert.
Make sure you provide evidence against each of the listed criteria - i.e. ‘experienced in leading high performing and diverse teams and promoting inclusivity.’ When have you led a team, how large, what did you do to promote inclusivity, how did you handle diversity?
Ensure any evidence you provide demonstrates the impact of your actions in that situation, provide statistical evidence where relevant.

For more information on how to write a personal statement, click here.

Guidance on the use of AI

Please review the guidance Artificial intelligence and recruitment to understand the acceptable use of AI for your application.

Before you submit an application, we will ask you to confirm the information you provide is true and accurate. More details about this will be provided in the application form and we may reject applications where AI is used inappropriately at any stage of the process.

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 meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is counter-terrorist check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).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

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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).

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Salary range

£86,000 - £96,000 per year