Financial Improvement Project Manager - Interim

Spencer Clarke Group are working closely with a Local Authority in Berkshire to appoint an Interim Financial Improvement Project Manager to support the delivery of a large-scale Finance Improvement Programme.

This is a key interim role focused on overseeing multiple transformation projects, ensuring strong governance, effective delivery, and transparent reporting within a complex programme environment.

What's on Offer

Rate: £550 per day (negotiable) Contract length: 6 months initially Full-time Hybrid working - 2 days on site Start: ASAP / subject to notice

The Role

The successful candidate will support the delivery of multiple projects within a Finance Improvement Programme, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives and maintaining strong programme control.

Key responsibilities:

Supporting the definition, planning, execution, and closure of multiple transformation projects. Maintaining programme plans, interdependencies, critical paths, and risk mitigation strategies. Overseeing risk and issue management, ensuring timely resolution and escalation. Supporting programme recovery activity, identifying and addressing underperforming areas. Providing clear and transparent reporting to senior stakeholders and programme boards Maintaining governance frameworks, audit trails, and supporting assurance processes. Supporting benefits realisation and tracking progress against programme outcomes.

About You

You will ideally have:

Proven experience delivering projects or programmes within a complex organisation. Experience managing multiple workstreams and programme-level activity. Strong stakeholder management skills, including working with senior leadership. Experience in risk management, governance, and programme reporting. A recognised project management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2, MSP, APMP) or equivalent experience. Understanding of public sector or local government environments is desirable. Experience working within finance or transformation programmes is beneficial.

How to Apply

If you are interested, please submit your CV along with your required day rate. If successful, a consultant will be in touch to discuss further details.

Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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