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Senior Corporate Finance Manager - Ministry of Justice
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Senior Corporate Finance Manager
About the Role
Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Their values shape the way they consult and shape the kind of people they want to join their team.
The Senior Corporate Finance Manager will provide strategic financial support to MoJ Finance Business Partners, ensuring programme delivery stays within approved budgets and meets financial year spend commitments. This role involves working closely with programme delivery teams and Cost Consultants to ensure end-to-end service delivery and consistent, accurate finance management for large and complex projects.
With a strong focus on cashflow accuracy, risk mitigation, and commercial controls, this position requires a proactive and strategic approach to enhance financial confidence across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
- Financial oversight & reporting: Act as the critical financial liaison for HMPP’s Finance Managers, coordinating internal teams and external partners to provide informed, consistent, and accurate reporting.
- Risk & contingency management: Collaborate with Mace risk managers to implement structured EMV-driven processes for risk and contingency planning, ensuring aligned approaches with stakeholders and timely unlocking of contingency funds.
- Cashflow alignment: Work closely with Mace planning managers and Cost Consultants to deliver consistent cashflow forecasting while challenging risk profiles and adjusting financial strategies.
- Spend trend analysis: Manage reporting to the Mace sector lead, delivering data-driven trend analysis and updates to support cashflow forecasting and financial movement insights.
- Budget oversight: Monitor and flag financial year underspending or overspending, recommending contract management strategies to achieve planned year-on-year expenditure.
- Business plan support: Help teams execute their business plan, liaising with Mace finance teams to track planned vs. actual fee spending, and providing quarterly updates to the Commercial Lead.
- Financial forecasting & margin assessment: Collaborate with programme leads to reconcile month-on-month income vs. cost, enabling accurate margin position insights.
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Requirements
- Proven commercial experience: Track record of delivering in high-performance teams, with progressive career growth within a similar industry.
- Contract & financial expertise:
- Strong knowledge of NEC contracts, change control, cost reporting, and financial modelling.
- Practical experience with Oracle or equivalent financial platforms.
- Stakeholder management: Exceptional negotiation, influencing, and communication (both verbal and written) to command professional respect across multiple levels.
- Service excellence: Demonstrated ability to deliver top-tier client support in complex financial environments.
- Qualifications: Degree in a construction-related discipline preferred. Chartered professional membership (e.g., RICS or CIOB) is advantageous.
- Industry focus: Construction background in Cost and/or Commercial Management, with a passion for professional development and career growth.
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Our Values
At Mace, our culture is built on core principles that guide every interaction and decision:
- Safety first: Ensuring every team member goes home safe and well, with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing.
- Client focus: Driving quality deliverables and strategic outcomes, while fostering long-term trust with clients.
- Integrity: Always acting ethically and maintaining compliance standards to promote positive industry impact.
- Create opportunity: Inspiring continuous improvement and personal growth within every team.
Why Join Mace?
Mace is committed to fostering an inclusive working environment and values diversity at all levels. Even if you don’t match every criterion, it’s worth applying—you may still be the ideal candidate.
Additionally, Mace welcomes discussions about part-time, flexible, or hybrid working arrangements where suitable.
Join Mace and help shape the future of construction finance—where ambition meets impact.
(Notes: Employment terms, training, and flexible options are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.)
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