Overview

The period 2025-30 will define this country’s efforts to drive sustainable economic growth and move towards Nature recovery. Natural England is ready to meet this challenge, and in doing so make a significant contribution to the Government’s missions. This will be more important than ever to reverse the nature crisis and support the implementation of the new Natural England strategy.We are seeking an exceptional individual for the role of Finance Director in Natural England. The Finance Director will play a key leadership role across Natural England and provide direct and essential support, advice and technical expertise to the Natural England Chief Executive Officer (Accounting Officer) and wider leadership team.Natural England faces several strategic challenges over the coming years which will require exceptional financial leadership driving a focus on value for money and delivering efficiency and productivity. As Finance Director the role holder will be responsible for enabling Natural England to address these challenges while continuing to deliver its vision and mission:Develop and drive improved financial insight, capability and maturity across Natural England;Mature Natural England’s approach to service quality, value for money, business case development, and return on investment thinkingSupport delivery of Natural England’s Critical Reform ProgrammesDeliver significant efficiency and productivity savings;Design a new financial model to manage a growing portfolio of novel, strategic schemes, with non-routine sources of income and expenditureAlongside this, Natural England relies on the Defra Group Finance team to maintain the fundamentals of finance and deliver strong financial management and control across the organisation.

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