Job Description

The CFO will lead on the developing increasing commercial capabilities across company as well as the major deals and financing bids to deliver our strategy. The CFO is visible both internally and externally, with shared responsibility for ensuring that the company operates within its budgets, delivers its mission and government roles, operates within its delegations and for ensuring future income streams for us.
What will you be responsible for?
Working with the executive leadership team to:

• manage the affairs of the company representing the wider company interests at the Board meetings and Board sub-committees such as Board Audit Committee,
• develop and implement the long-term strategy for us in line with BEIS and Financial requirements/constraints,
• influence and deliver on the company’s mission and goals
• be a visible, accessible member of the senior leadership team provide strategic and commercial leadership across company to ensure that the company is effective and efficient
• Leading on the delivery of financial information and advice to the Executive and to the Board to make appropriately informed strategic organization decisions.
• Ensuring that the UK Atomic Energy Authority is in full compliance with relevant international financial standards, obligations and regulatory requirements.
• Ensuring the proper and professional management of 40,000 members pensions under the Authority’s three pension schemes including transitioning these to new governance and benefits arrangements.
• Leading on all commitments with customers, suppliers and partners, through the procurement, legal and commercial departments.
• Lead on responses to government commissions concerning finance, commercial and corporate services.
• Providing accurate and timely counsel to directors and managers across all legal topics across all operational units and other corporate services units (People, Assurance, Pensions, Comms etc.),including historic compensation claims for previous exposures are appropriately managed and the business is protected.
• Ensuring that agreements and contracts entered into by the Authority (e.g. commercial, supplier, grant funded etc.) are properly evaluated and scrutinized to minimize risk to the Authority.

What we can offer?
Our comprehensive benefits package includes a vibrant culture committed to being fully inclusive, an Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders, Flexible working options including family friendly policies, Emergency paid leave, Generous annual leave allowance (30.5 days) increased with length of service, wide range of career development opportunities, outstanding defined benefit pension scheme; Corporate bonus scheme* and a Relocation allowance (if eligible).

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Degree or equivalent qualifications / experience.
• A substantial track record of success as a financial and operational leader of a large and complex organization, with experience of managing multi-million-pound complex budgets.
• Extensive expertise in a broad spread of legal areas to cover IP, JVs and other partnering or collaboration models, procurement, corporate governance and finance.
• Experience of contributing to the development and delivery of organizational strategy.
• Track record of managing large multi-disciplinary teams to ensure successful delivery of complex tasks.
• Commercial awareness - detailed understanding of public value and managing contracts successfully.
• Business delivery focus - strong operational delivery focus, able to interpret data to create and present evidence-based insight.
• Background in corporate finance.
• A relevant financial qualification (ACA, ACCA or equivalent).
• Board and Audit & Risk Assurance Committee experience.
• Experience of Managing Public Money and UK government processes.
• Experience of managing large property assets.
• Excellent understanding of the wider issues impacting on the UKAEA. including reputational, technical competence and credibility.
• Experience of the scientific and engineering sector.
• Able to build and manage relationships with industry, local government, central government, universities and other external institutions in order to secure funding and support the company’s goals.
• Build and manage relationships with external stakeholders to ensure the company’s capability needs are met.
• Clear and effective communicator at all levels and ability to challenge and influence at Board, BEIS and senior external stakeholder level.
• Able to be both detail-oriented & consider ‘bigger’ picture, dependent on the situation.
• High standards with respect to delivering with quality, probity and compliance
• Clear drive for personal growth, organizational learning and continuous improvement.
• Able to build credibility quickly, develop effective working relationships
• Comfortable with decision making and effective in delegation.
• Personal resilience (determination, work under pressure, comfortable with differences of opinion).
• Team Management - Able to mentor and coach leaders including fellow Directors.