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Deputy Director, Senior Finance Business Partners - Asylum Group and Immigration & Citizenship Service (ICS)

This is a critical Business Partner role which supports both the Asylum and Immigration & Citizenship Service (ICS) Director General areas.

Asylum is one of the most high-profile areas of Government and the role encompasses oversight of the c£4bn budget and assisting the Director General with key objectives of the Government such as ending the use of hotels as asylum accommodation. ICS encompasses visas and passport services as well as refugee resettlement. The budget is c£1bn gross, net of c£3.5bn income.

You will lead a team of finance professionals and work closely with policy, operational and analytical colleagues to support fiscal events and manage relationships with key stakeholders including HM Treasury and the National Audit Office. You will provide strategic financial advice and challenge to senior leaders, ensuring that funding decisions are evidence-based, value for money, and aligned with departmental priorities

Deputy Director, Senior Finance Business Partner for Migration & Borders

This role is part of the Strategic FD portfolio which delivers strategic finance and finance business partner services for the missions and capability business areas across the Home Office. This role will be the senior finance support to the whole of the Migration & Borders system, and you will be a key member of M&B leadership. The system spends c£10bn a year and has the vast majority of the HO staff, at over 40,000 staff in M&B.

You will be directly supporting two Directors General (Migration and Borders Group and the Border Security Commander) as well as the Second Permanent Secretary who oversees the M&B system. You will also be working very closely with the finance teams supporting Border Force, Immigration Enforcement, Asylum and Immigration & Citizenship Service. Key areas of focus will include the policy and operational approach to tackling irregular migration as well as how we transform the M&B system, including oversight of the M&B change portfolio.

You will lead a team of finance professionals and work closely with policy, operational and analytical colleagues to support fiscal events and manage relationships with key stakeholders including HM Treasury and the National Audit Office. You will provide strategic financial advice and challenge to senior leaders, ensuring that funding decisions are evidence-based, value for money, and aligned with departmental priorities.

Job description

Responsibilities of Finance Senior Civil Servants:

• 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.

Please note: For full list of the responsibilities for both roles, please refer to the candidate pack attached at the bottom of the advert.

Person specification

Essential Criteria

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate:

• Leadership - substantial experience of leading, motivating and developing a diverse team of finance professionals, developing a spirit of teamwork across functional and organisational boundaries to deliver an effective and efficient service, with specific experience of driving and improving performance
• Strategic influence – a strategic thinker with the ability to anticipate risks, identify opportunities, and drive organisational change. Experience of influencing management at board level with strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate complex positions clearly and compellingly within a complex, politically influenced environment
• Financial control – experience of financial control in a large organisation with the ability to operate effectively in an environment of complexity and ambiguity. Experience of working with Ministers or board-level executives within a highly complex and politically sensitive environment.
• CCAB, CIMA or equivalent qualified accountant with a substantial track record of success in a senior finance leadership role in a fastmoving finance area in a highly complex organisation. This should include a highly effective track record of interpreting financial information to help shape and influence organisational strategy.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of Government finance in a highly political environment.

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

Online application:

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

You will be asked to provide:

• A CV -(3 pages max) 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 - (limited to 1250 words) 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.

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 security 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

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

Working for 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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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Finance Directorate
• Email : FinanceDirectorateChiefofStaff@homeoffice.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : SCSRecruitment@homeoffice.gov.uk

Further information

Complaints should be sent in writing to:
Civil Service Commission, Room G8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ.

Attachments

Candidate pack - DD Senior Finance Business Partners - Asylum Group & Immigration, Citizenship Service and Migration & Borders ( Opens in new window (pdf, 2300kB)