Deputy Director of Corporate Strategy & Planning - Leeds
5 days ago
Leeds
About the job Job summary As the Deputy Director of Corporate Strategy and Planning, you will occupy a high-influence leadership position at the intersection of HMRC's financial strategy and its operational delivery. Sitting within the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) Group, you will be the primary architect of the department's short and long-term business plans. Your mandate is to ensure that HMRC's strategic vision is translated into robust, deliverable, and ministerial-approved frameworks. You will serve as a key departmental envoy to HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office, ensuring our five-year rolling plans are expertly coordinated and our performance against strategic objectives is transparently tracked and reported at the highest levels of government. Job description Strategic Leadership & Departmental Planning • Architect of the Business Plan: Lead the end-to-end production of HMRC's Annual Business Plan. You will ensure the document is a robust, ambitious, and deliverable roadmap that meets the scrutiny of the Executive Committee (ExCom) and the HMRC Board., • Long-term Strategy & Fiscal Events: Oversee the coordination and maintenance of HMRC's rolling five-year plan. You will be the primary lead for aligning departmental strategy with HM Treasury (HMT) Spending Reviews and other critical fiscal events., • Senior Leadership Team (SLT) Contribution: As a core member of the FSP SLT, you will provide collective leadership to the directorate, driving a culture of high performance, inclusivity, and continuous improvement., • Operational Oversight: Lead the FSP Corporate Support function, taking accountability for the directorate's financial health, recruitment strategy, workforce planning, and sensitive Trade Union liaisons., • HMT & Cabinet Office Liaison: Serve as the authoritative lead for HMRC's relationship with central government planning teams, negotiating outcomes that support the department's long-term settlement., • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with the Policy and Strategy Group to design the strategic artefacts that inform our plans, ensuring a unified "one-HMRC" approach., • A CV detailing your career history, key responsibilities and achievements accounting for any employment gaps within the last two years., • Individual Leadership Assessment - a combination of psychometric assessments, • 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