HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.
Job Purpose
To provide strategic financial, legal and commercial advice and support to the Board and Executive team. The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is a key strategic and business critical leadership position on the HS2 Ltd Executive Team, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer.
The role holder will be instrumental in setting, directing, and monitoring the business and delivery strategy for the HS2 programme within the agreed prerequisites of schedule cost quality and safety.
In addition, the Chief Financial Officer leads the CFO Directorate and will be accountable for financial planning, management and reporting, ensuring fit with available funding and compliance with regulations. The role holder will work closely with external stakeholders to enable the efficient and economic operation of HS2 Ltd.
As well as being a member of the Executive Committee, the Chief Financial Officer will be appointed to the Board subsequently and will attend other Governance meetings with the Department for Transport in its capacity as Sponsor for the HS2 programme. He/she can also expect to attend meetings with Senior Government officials and Ministers, up to and including the Secretary of State for Transport and more broadly across Whitehall. He/she will be asked to deputise for the CEO, as required.
About the Role
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We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
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