Finance Manager - Central Government

Role: Finance Manager x 3 REF 101446
Contract Length: Until March 2028
Location: Remote with ad hoc travel for meetings
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: Up to £700 per day
Security Clearance: BPSS

Spinwell is recruiting for a Finance Manager for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FINANCE MANAGER

The client is recruiting three roles, covering:

Depending on the role, the postholder will either:

• Play a key role in supporting ERP implementation activity across the lifecycle, or
• Focus on maintaining high-quality BAU delivery (notably in Tax), while working closely with ERP programme colleagues to share knowledge, provide input, and support readiness.

All postholders will be expected to build strong stakeholder relationships, manage competing priori-ties, and contribute to the successful delivery of both operational and programme objectives

Responsibilities will vary slightly by role but will include:

• Supporting or leading elements of the ERP implementation lifecycle, including:
  • Local design phase: refining common design to meet operational needs
  • Build phase: supporting configuration and data preparation activities
  • System integration testing: ensuring end-to-end processes and data flows work effectively
  • User acceptance testing: engaging end users, supporting testing and identifying training needs
  • Cutover phase: supporting data migration, readiness activities and transition planning

For Tax (BAU-focused role):

• Leading delivery of day-to-day tax operations (e.g. VAT and tax compliance)
• Ensuring continuity and accuracy of BAU activities
• Collaborating with ERP programme teams to share expertise, input into design decisions, and suggest improvements
  • Attending cross-government meetings to represent client’s position
  • Working with other departments to align accounting policies and processes
  • Learning from and adapting approaches based on other departments’ ERP implementation experiences
  • Reviewing documentation and providing clear, constructive feedback
  • Delivering training and producing supporting guidance materials where required
  • Line management responsibilities (where applicable)
  • Supporting wider CFA team BAU delivery as needed

  SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE FINANCE MANAGER

  All roles:

• Experience working with Oracle/SOP and related financial systems
• Strong planning and organisational skills, with experience delivering to tight timescales
• Ability to think strategically and solve complex problems
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Credible and engaging leadership style, with the ability to motivate and support others
• Ability to identify opportunities for improvement and drive change
• Experience managing projects and/or delivering change in complex environments
• Experience working collaboratively across teams and functions
• Knowledge of government finance

  Additional role-specific requirements:

  Tax (BAU role):

• Strong functional tax expertise, particularly in VAT within a government context
• Experience of government VAT rules, including contracted out services
• Knowledge of taxable benefits, IR35, and provision of tax guidance/advisory support
• Proven experience delivering high-quality BAU tax operations
• Good understanding of ERP systems and implementation principles (not essential to have led ERP delivery)
• Ability to work closely with programme teams to provide insight and input into ERP design and implementation

   

  Inventory role:

• Strong hands-on experience in inventory management systems
• Experience operating within complex or large organisations, managing inventory processes at scale
• Good understanding of inventory accounting principles
• Experience contributing to ERP implementation or system change activity is desirable
• Ability to work independently and quickly establish credibility in role

   

  Group Accounts / Consolidation role:

• Strong technical accounting experience, particularly in group consolidation and financial re-porting
• Experience with consolidation tools and processes within complex organisations
• Ability to contribute to ERP design and implementation, particularly in relation to group re-porting requirements
• Comfortable working independently in a fast-paced programme environment

If you are a Finance Manager, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!

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