Financial Improvement Project Manager
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Posted: 23/03/2026
- £550 - £600 per day
- Berkshire
- Temporary
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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Brad Robertson
Senior Consultant