Head of Strategic and Financial Planning

Person Specification

Your application will be assessed against the criteria in Part One of the person specification. Part Two will be tested at interview.

PART ONE

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Qualified accountant with experience in cost and management accounting
• Significant experience in strategic planning and business change within a complex organisation
• Experience of developing and ensuring implementation of a strategic business change and prioritisation system
• Evidence of leading and/or contributing to wider organisational strategy
• Cross organisational experience and a track record of translating organisational complexities into clear and meaningful strategies and plans
• Experience of working with enterprise-wide financial systems and financial systems development
• Educated to degree level

Desirable

• Relevant background in both public and private sector bodies, with an understanding of central government financial arrangements

PART TWO

Skills and Abilities

• Credible with an aptitude for communicating strategy and finance to non-financial professionals, both executive and non-executive
• Demonstration of strategic and integrated thinking with the ability to innovate and generate new ideas
• Ability to work collaboratively and build effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders including Trustees and all colleagues, including influencing others to meet the corporate strategic and financial agenda
• Highly numerate and excellent at presenting numerical information, especially to nonfinance experts
• Well developed influencing, negotiating and representational skills
• Ability to engage and drive change within the business and its culture
• Integrity, resilience, energy and creativity
• Skilled horizon-scanning
• Excellent communication, report writing and interpersonal skills
• Proactive and delivery focussed
• An understanding of project management
• Strong IT skills in areas such as spreadsheets and graphical presentation
• The ability to represent Kew effectively to external stakeholders.
• An interest and commitment to the mission of Kew