Interim Executive Director of Finance · Hybrid

Location:

Region: Scotland
Country: United Kingdom

Role:

  • Industry: Engineering
  • Job Type: Contract / Freelance
Working Arrangement: Hybrid
Rate: Negotiable

Application Details:

Start Date: ASAP
Expiry Date: 28/02/2026
Job Reference: 1012202522

Interim Executive Director of Finance · Hybrid

Job Opportunity! – Outside IR35 - Interim Executive Director of Finance, Strategy and Transformation – Scotland – Interviews Next Week

A local government client of mine are on the lookout for an Executive Director of Finance, Strategy & Transformation to join their team on an interim basis.

Contract Duration:4-5 Months (possibility to extend even further).

Rate: DOE

IR35: Outside

Days: 37 hours X 5 days p/w (Could maybe consider 30 hours X 4 days p/w)

Hybrid: X3 days per week in office (may fluctuate week by week).

Start Date: ASAP

Key Responsibilities:

  • Full management and oversight of the Finance and Accountancy service within the council.
  • Line management and oversight of the Human Resources service which is currently going through a lot of change so you will need to steady the ship.
  • Transformation – have involvement with strategic transformation projects for the authority which includes different cost saving initiatives, modernisation or digitalisation projects that are being implemented and created within the council.

Successful candidates:

  • Will have extensive recent Director of Resources, Director of Finance, Executive Director, Chief Finance Officer, S151 Officer, S95 Officer level experience working for UK Local Authorities.
  • Will have extensive experience and involvement in anything from annual accounts, auditing, managing and presenting the full budgets as well as the budget setting process including capital & revenue budgets for 26/27.
  • Will ideally as well as having extensive finance experience also have some experience in HR to help them through their period of change.
  • Will ideally also have experience in transformation projects, cost saving initiatives, modernisation or digitalisation projects.

g2 Recruitment are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Jaz joined g2 Recruitment in 2013.

She now leads our Learning and Development programme, transferring the knowledge and wisdom she learnt as a recruiter to the new generation of talent.

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