Chief Finance Officer

HM Land Registry has been at the heart of the property market in England and Wales for more than 160 years. Our future is equally significant, with ambitious plans to modernise our services, improve the home buying and selling process and unlock greater value from our data.

We are looking for an exceptional Chief Finance Officer to help lead that journey. As a member of our Board and Executive Team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping HMLR’s strategic direction, providing the financial, commercial and corporate leadership needed to ensure our people, investment and resources are focused where they can deliver the greatest impact.

Leading a high-impact portfolio spanning Finance, Commercial, Strategic Planning, Performance, Sponsorship & Governance, Analytical Services, Internal Audit, and Property Asset and Facilities Management across our 14-office estate, your influence will extend far beyond the traditional boundaries of a CFO role.

This is a rare opportunity to help steward a vital national asset through a defining period of transformation. We are looking for an outstanding leader who can bring pace, grip and ambition, inspire confidence across the organisation and help shape HMLR’s future with clarity, energy and purpose.

In this role you will:

• Provide strategic financial leadership as a member of the Board and Executive Team, influencing HMLR’s financial, commercial, investment and organisational priorities.
• Lead HMLR’s financial strategy, ensuring strong planning, performance, sustainability and value for money.
• Shape major investment and transformation decisions, providing insight, challenge and assurance on affordability, risk and benefits.
• Lead a broad corporate portfolio spanning Finance, Commercial, Estates, Analytics, Performance and Strategic Planning.
• Build influential relationships across government, including with HM Treasury and the sponsoring department.
• Lead high-performing teams and share Executive accountability for HMLR’s transformation, operational delivery and long-term public value.

For a confidential conversation about the role please contact our partners at GatenbySanderson

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Qualified Accountant holding membership of a recognised accountancy body (ICAEW, ACCA, CIPFA or CIMA)

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Please see candidate pack for full information on the Selection Process.

HMLR is accredited to the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS), which denotes organisations which have a positive attitude towards disabled people. DCS applicants who meet the minimum criteria at shortlisting may be invited to attend an interview. There may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all DCS applicants that meet the minimum criteria for the job. For example, when we receive high number of applications. In these circumstances we may select the DCS applicants who best meet the minimum criteria for the job, rather than all of those that meet the minimum criteria, as we would do for non-disabled applicants.

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