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2025-07-03 01:38:52Bridge of HopeCompany Logo

Programme Finance Manager

Ref: npl-2538
NPL
Finance
Starting from £69,560 , dependent on experience

As our Programme Finance Manager, you will be joining our finance leadership team and will lead on providing functional support to the National Timing Centre 2 programme. You will also take strategic lead as the senior business partner working across the finance function to support the work of our Project Management Office, Partnership department and Science and Engineering departments.

The National Timing Centre Delivery Programme (NTCDP) is the UK's first nationally distributed time infrastructure. It aims to provide trusted and assured time and frequency distribution across the UK, reducing reliance on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) like GPS. This initiative ensures the resilience of critical national infrastructure, including Energy grids, Telecommunications (5G/6G) and financial systems. 

By establishing a secure, reliable, and nationally distributed time infrastructure, the NTCDP enhances the UK's competitiveness in global trade and manufacturing, ensuring consistency and recognition of measurement units and standards worldwide.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Leading the finance team functional support to the National Timing Centre 2 programme. Work across the business planning, management accounting and capital procurement areas, coordinating so that those teams all give effective support to the programme.
  • Ensure that NTC 2 complies with all appropriate government functional standards for finance, including managing counter fraud risk.
  • Managing and maintaining relationships with internal stakeholders, the funding provider - Department for Science, Innovation& Technology (DSIT), suppliers and customers.
  • Build and maintain customer and stakeholder relationships that will support NPL’s ability to deliver the NTC 2 programme, enhance its reputation and remain sustainable.
  • Work with leadership colleagues to be one NPL, ensure you are working effectively together with relevant parts of the organisation.
  • Be an agent of change through visible ownership, clear and consistent communication and a focus on benefits realisation. As the programme grows, functional support will need to evolve to keep meeting changing requirements.
Teddington, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
NPL
Finance
Starting from £69,560 , dependent on experience
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