Senior Finance Manager - Contract - SC Cleared

Rate: Up to £550 per day

Location: Remote / London

IR35: Inside

The role:

A leading Central Government organisation are urgently seeking a Senior Finance Manager, to develop & maintain a financial cost model to support a major Programme.

This is an initial 6-month contract, Inside IR35 and requires SC Clearance.

Responsibilities:

* Develop & maintain a financial cost model to support the Programme that integrates with the Programme's overarching Full Business Case.
* Lead on the identification and documentation of risks and mitigation to support the undertaking of formal Optimism Bias and Quantified Risk Assessments.
* Identify and cost options, within the programme's agreed design and procurement strategy, to support appraisal and recommendation of the preferred option.
* Provide suitable scrutiny and challenge of cost information provided to ensure the robustness of the resulting financial estimates.
* Produce as required a form of business case justification which follows the principles of HM Treasury's five case model and ensure timely approval within the Programme's governance structure and plan timetables.

Essential Experience:

* Strong financial skills (Qualified Accountant)
* Strategic financial leadership
* Strategic Stakeholder Management Skills
* Capacity to work collaboratively within a multi-stakeholder environment, developing successful relationships between own team and other areas
* Proven experience of cost and schedule risk analysis
* Excellent track record of cost modelling multibillion-pound programmes

If you are available and interested, please apply in the first instance and you will be contacted to discuss the position further.