Finance Manager

As a fully regulated business by both the PRA and FCA, establishing and maintaining the appropriate Information Technology financial and value management is critical from business as usual activities through to major change programmes and the transformation portfolio.

This is a senior professional role in our Finance and Value team.  The role will support the ‘Senior Manager – CIDO Finance and Value’ in the effective financial management of the CIDO function.

This role will work closely with Chief Information Digital Officer Senior Management and SME’s to undertake cost management and financial planning activities across the function; producing robust Operational and Long Range budgets (Capital and Revenue) and multi-year forecasting.  This role will actively engage with CIDO Senior Management and provide commercial insight, financial risk management, expertise, analysis and challenge.  The role will provide guidance and support on the financial impact of business decisions in line with the Society’s Long-term strategic objectives.

The role will be responsible for:

• production of robust, timely and accurate monthly, quarterly and annual financial performance reports
• managing and resolving issues, queries and concerns raised by internal and external stakeholders.
• continuous improvement by maintaining a view of the emerging needs of the CIDO Department
• proactively responding to changing needs to ensure that the Finance and Value team is an enabler to CIDO being an efficient and well-managed department.

Championing the definition of ‘Value’ within the CIDO Operating Model, the role will work with Product Portfolios, Central Finance and Strategic Planning in the development of robust business cases.  The role will support the Senior Manager CIDO Finance and Value to identify ‘Invest to Save’ and ‘Cost Management’ initiatives and lead activity to deliver efficiencies through the CIDO Operating Model.

You will have:

• You are passionate about ensuring the business delivers a great customer service and experience. Seeking to understand how decisions affect the end user and asking question to gain insight into the customer perspective and experience.
• You create a culture of continuous improvement.  You learn from mistakes and use the experience to change how you and the team respond to similar situations in the future.
• Intellectually curious; you encourage ideas and challenge. Keeps pace with change – acquires knowledge /skills as the business develops.
• Highly self-aware and emotionally intelligent, you understand your impact on others and take time to understand all colleagues and help them to operate at their best.
• With great resilience, you maintain energy and enthusiasm, and embrace situations positively.
• An analytical mind with problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail