Head of Strategic Finance

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Job Description

Organisation: Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO)

Work Location: Barnsdale Way, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester, LE19 1ES

Salary: Grade 15 - £61,071 - £67,191 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Working Hours: 37 hours per week - Full time

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 25th February 2025

As a result of an internal move, ESPO are now looking for an experienced and energetic Head of Strategic Finance to be responsible for strategic/commercial finance within the organisation. Reporting into the Commercial Financial Controller, the Head of Strategic Finance will be responsible for a team of 5 business partners, analysts and assistants.

Do you want a job where no two days are the same?

About the Role

As the Head of Strategic Finance your duties will include the following: -

• Overseeing delivery of ESPO's medium-term financial plan
• Engaging with senior business leaders to support decision making and delivery of their targets.
• Ensuring accurate, timely and insightful financial information is being provided to support good decision making around ESPO and good governance. This includes weekly trading reporting, monthly management accounts, quarterly reforecasts and annual budgets.
• Leading and enabling improvements to processes and services - There's opportunity here and scope to make an impact which is visible to the business and adds value.
• Managing a team, setting service levels and performance targets, and training and developing team members.

About You

To apply for this post, you must:

• Experience in commercial trading businesses
• Experience in managing people and services, and developing teams of staff.
• Experience in reviewing and improving processes
• Highly IT literate, being competent in using systems to efficiently manage data to extract insightful information.
• Strong in financial control, decisive and able to solve problems.

We'd also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.

What we offer:

• Flexible working opportunities and access to employee benefits portal with car lease scheme.
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing to 33 after 5 years' service), and a scheme to buy additional leave.
• Local Government Pension Scheme with a generous employer contribution.
• Opportunities for learning development,
• Great office location next to Fosse Park, with free on-site parking and easy access to M1 and M69.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of ESPO. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Gary Tapp - Commercial Financial Controller

Telephone: 07899 261292

Email: g.tapp@espo.org

How to Apply

ESPO is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity, and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our customers. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the customers we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click 'Apply Now'. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.freshdesk.com/support/home.

By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.

About Us

About ESPO

We're a unique organisation, owned by the public sector and sharing their values and ethos, but operating with a commercial edge. As a specialist procurement body, we pride ourselves on establishing procurement solutions that save money for the public sector. View our prospectus to find out more.

We have modern, open-plan offices with excellent transport links and a friendly workplace environment. We offer flexible working, a generous holiday entitlement, a contributory pension scheme, training (including professional CIPS qualification) and opportunities to develop your career.

ESPO is supported by wide range of roles across many different disciplines including sales, marketing, IT, procurement, finance, operations (warehouse management and transport planning) and customer services. So whether you are interested in a public-facing role or playing your part behind the scenes, ESPO could be the place for you.

To learn more about working for ESPO please visit www.espo.org.