Directorate Plan Delivery Manager - Finance

We're looking for a Directorate Plan Delivery Manager to help bring clarity, coordination and momentum to our Finance Directorate's priorities and planning. You'll be part of the senior leadership team and translate strategic goals into clear, deliverable plans, ensuring the right focus, resources and information are in place at the right time. You'll be central to how we track progress; support decision making and communicate our work across organisation wide. You will also co-develop and co-deliver our People plan to support those across the Directorate, working with other planning roles in the wider Finance & IT team.

What it's like to work here

Reporting to the CFO, you'll be part of a Finance Directorate, that includes IT planning resources, that supports the organisation to plan effectively, make informed decisions and deliver meaningful impact. The team works collaboratively across multiple specialist areas, bringing together planning, analysis, risk management and communication to ensure our financial leadership is strong, transparent and well-coordinated.

Your contractual location will be our head office in Swindon and there will be an expectation for you to attend the office for 40-60% of your working week. However, there is flexibility on where you are based at other times. This will be discussed in more detail at interview.

What you'll be doing

You'll coordinate the development and delivery of the Finance Directorate's plan, ensuring it reflects organisational priorities and is supported by clear resourcing and realistic timelines. Working closely with senior leaders, you'll help shape priorities, monitor progress, and ensure risks and dependencies are well understood. You'll also work with budget holders to ensure our financial planning is reflected in our plan and vice versa.

You'll oversee reporting on behalf of the Finance Leadership Team, ensuring information is timely, accessible and useful for decision making. This includes working with project leads across the directorate to identify challenges, highlight opportunities and escalate issues when needed.

Communication will be an important part of your role. You'll support the development and delivery of the directorate's communications plan, helping ensure colleagues feel informed, connected and engaged with the work we're delivering. You'll also coordinate the directorate's contribution to organisational planning communities, sharing insight and learning with peers across other teams.

You'll also lead the directorate risk management process, helping ensure we have appropriate oversight and governance in place to support safe and confident delivery. You'll be an essential part of the 'glue' that is required to keep a large team aligned, motivated and clear in their role in delivering the strategy.

Who we're looking for

You'll bring:

• Knowledge of business planning, tracking and monitoring processes, with experience providing accurate inputs to deadlines
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to understand key business drivers
• Good understanding of project management lifecycles, governance and delivery practices
• Knowledge of communications and stakeholder management, with the ability to influence and negotiate at all levels
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to motivate and build effective relationships across a matrix structure
• Good understanding of how to communicate to wide audiences well, through a number of mediums, including creating a communications & stakeholder plan
• Experience developing and delivering business/finance plans and managing projects to tight timelines
• A delivery focused mindset, with strong MS 365 skills

The package

The National Trust has the motto 'For everyone, for ever' at its heart. We're working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It's important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we're for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too.

• Substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary
• Free entry to National Trust places for you, a guest and your children (under 18)
• Rental deposit loan scheme
• Season ticket loan
• EV car lease scheme (for roles that meet the salary criteria)
• Perks at work discounts such as gym memberships, shopping discount codes, cinema discounts
• Holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria.
• Flexible working whenever possible
• Employee assistance programme
• Free parking at most Trust places