Head of Financial Intelligence

Job Description : HEAD OF FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CARDIFF WALES Role is open to International candidates This role is pivotal within the organisation, providing the successful candidate with the chance to join the Finance Division Senior Management Team. The role involves leading a small team with a diverse portfolio including costing, value and performance. What you'll do: As the Head of Financial Intelligence, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of our client's finance division. You will be responsible for leading on financial intelligence, ensuring that value is an integral part of their arrangements. Your strategic planning skills will be put to good use as you develop operational plans dealing with both long-term and short-term requirements. You will also be tasked with developing financial forecasts and embedding them into their work processes. Your ability to monitor resource use, support policy decisions with evidence-based financial information, ensure fit-for-purpose financial governance arrangements, consider financial consequences across various levels of the organisation, and provide sound commercial advice will be key to your success in this role. · Lead on financial intelligence ensuring that value is integral to our arrangements · Handle resource planning for both long and short term requirements · Develop and embed financial forecasts and modelling into our work processes · Ensure effective risk management arrangements are embedded · Monitor resource use, including long term trends and projections · Support policy decisions and business cases with evidence-based financial information · Ensure financial governance arrangements are fit for purpose · Consider financial consequences across the organisation and within Directorates, Divisions and Priorities · Provide sound, commercial advice What you bring: As the Head of Financial Intelligence, you bring a wealth of experience, passion, dedication, vision and enthusiasm for value and performance. You have a broad set of skills in strategic and operational management. Your proven experience in leading and implementing change will inspire confidence with Executive Team, staff and stakeholders. You possess an in-depth professional specialist knowledge of several disciplines acquired over a significant period, including workforce and service planning. Your qualifications include being a CCAB Qualified Accountant with membership in a professional Chartered Accounting institution. · CCAB Qualified Accountant - professional accountancy qualification plus further specialist knowledge training and experience · Membership of a professional Chartered Accounting institution · Postgraduate Master's level qualification in management or finance, or equivalent experience gained through senior finance roles · In-depth professional specialist knowledge of several disciplines acquired over a significant period, including workforce and service planning · Experience in leading and implementing change and improvement

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