Chief Financial Officer
3 days ago
Salary: £73,165 + 25 days Annual Leave + Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 28.97% Location: Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3LS Client Job Reference: 436624 The closing date for applications is 15 December 2025 The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is an Executive Agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and is responsible for ensuring the safety, quality, and efficacy of veterinary medicines in the UK. We have a vacancy for Chief Financial Officer (CFO). This is a key role in the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), reporting to Chief Operating Officer (COO) and being accountable to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the VMD. Your role will be to take responsibility for all financial operations as CFO, including strategic financial planning, risk management, budgeting, and reporting. Additionally, you will provide financial advice for decision making and act as key partner to the CEO and others to achieve business goals. Experience You must have: experience of leading a team strategically and operationally have broad senior level finance experience of working in a complex organisation have experience of producing the annual accounts, requiring strong technical accounting skills, with up-to-date knowledge of accounting standards, able to engage with external audit (NAO) to achieve unqualified audit opinion have a proven track record of creating a common purpose and instilling organisational values and behaviours that promote a corporate vision, are positive about change and committed to the delivery of the strategic vision be able to brief and engage at board level be skilled at evaluating complex financial issues have experience of presenting to non-finance colleagues be an effective communicator, capable of working with a range of staff from other disciplines in a highly collaborative manner have experience of risk management, audit and other relevant organisational governance. IT skills: proficient in the use of Microsoft Office 365 packages, particularly Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Able to navigate the internet and learn to use the VMD's bespoke IT systems. Qualifications A fully qualified accountant and a member of one of: CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) ICAI (Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland) ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) CIPFA (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy) How to Apply We are excited to hear from you To apply for this position, please submit your application through the Civil Service Jobs website. You can find the full job description, including details on salary and location, by clicking apply. The Veterinary Medicines Directorate is an Equal Opportunity employer. No Recruitment Agency, Newspaper or Publication calls please.
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Chief Financial Officer
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Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom Veterinary Medicines Directorate Full timeSalary: £73,165 + 25 days Annual Leave + Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 28.97% Location: Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3LS Client Job Reference: 436624 The closing date for applications is 15 December 2025 The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is an Executive Agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)...
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Chief Financial Officer
1 day ago
Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom Veterinary Medicines Directorate Full timeSalary: £73,165 + 25 days Annual Leave + Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 28.97% Location: The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is an Executive Agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and is responsible for ensuring the safety, quality, and efficacy of veterinary medicines in the UK. We have a...
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Addlestone, United Kingdom Veterinary Medicines Directorate Full timeJoin to apply for the Chief Financial Officer role at Veterinary Medicines Directorate.3 days ago. Be among the first 25 applicants.Veterinary Medicines Directorate provided pay range.This range is provided by Veterinary Medicines Directorate. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.Base pay...
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