Enterprise Oxfordshire
Director of Corporate & Finance
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Director of Corporate & Finance
Enterprise Oxfordshire | Oxfordshire | Up to £95,000
About the Role
Enterprise Oxfordshire exists to help Oxfordshire grow — backing businesses, attracting investment, and driving economic development across the county. It's a small team, around thirty people, but it manages a level of public and grant funding that carries real weight and real scrutiny.
They need someone to lead finance and corporate services through what's genuinely an important few years for the organisation, working alongside a new Managing Director as things evolve around funding and structure.
Responsibilities
- Senior Finance Voice: Advising the MD and Board directly, owning financial strategy, budgeting and reporting.
- Governance, Risk, and Controls: Ensuring that the governance, risk and controls behind that public funding are properly held together.
- Broad Brief: Includes procurement, contracts, corporate services, and a fair bit of Company Secretarial work.
- Hands-on Approach: Staying close enough to the detail to sort things yourself when it matters, rather than delegating everything down.
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Requirements
- Professional Accountancy Qualification: ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA, or equivalent.
- Experience: In an environment where the money comes with real accountability attached (local or central government, a LEP or Growth Hub, a university, housing, a charity, or another publicly funded or regulated setting).
- Commercial Instinct: Essential; this isn't a role for someone who's only ever worked one traditional public-sector way.
Benefits
- Four-day Week: Paid for 37.5 hours while working 30, with most people taking a Monday or Friday off.
- Remote Work: Predominantly home-based, with the team together in Oxford roughly once a week, usually a Wednesday.
- Holiday: 23 days' holiday on top of the four-day pattern.
- Pension: 12% employer pension against a 4% minimum from you.
- Additional Benefits: Healthcare and flexitime.
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Contract
- Fixed-term: Through to 2028, tied to the current funding cycle.
- Potential for Permanency: A decent chance of turning permanent as the longer-term structure settles.
Next Steps
If you like the idea of real influence at Board level, a role that's still hands-on rather than purely strategic, and a genuine say in what this organisation looks like next — send over your CV and let's talk.
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