DIO Senior Finance Manager

Defence Infrastructure Organisation; Andover; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation is recruiting for finance management roles responsible for overseeing financial operations across various Defence projects. The positions demand strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders, ensuring sound financial governance and support. Successful candidates will work in a flexible environment, fostering collaboration and inclusion. A competitive salary is offered within the public sector framework.

Benefits

Civil Service pension with employer contributions

Flexible working options

Learning and development tailored to the role

Qualifications

• Experience in financial management roles with attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate financial information to non-financiers.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret financial data.

Responsibilities

• Leading key finance processes including budgeting and management.
• Providing strategic financial advice and reporting.
• Managing team deliverables and stakeholder relationships.

Skills

Financial Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Data Analysis

Communication

Leadership

Excel

Job description

Length of employment:

Job Summary:
DIO manages the Defence estate, one of the UK's largest and most diverse property portfolios, enabling the armed forces and Defence civilians to live, work, train and deploy. From net carbon-zero accommodation to runways for the F35 fighter jets, our outputs are unique in the UK and across the globe!

DIO manages £35bn of infrastructure assets and spends £3.5bn each year maintaining and developing those assets on behalf of the whole of the MOD in pursuit of its strategic objectives.

DIO's finance function aims to provide best in class financial management, reporting and advice to a range of stakeholders across the MOD, ensuring value for money for the taxpayer in how the Department's Infrastructure Portfolio is delivered.

DIO Finance operates a flexible working model whereby individuals may be required to transfer to another role. This may be in response to critical vacancies or for the individual's personal development. These moves will not require a change to an individual's duty station.

We are recruiting three roles:

• 2 X RAF Wyton (Full time, Flexible working - due to the quantity of work it demands a full-time person. The nature of the work is such that the work is not easy to job share with the post holder needing to respond to organisational demands at short notice and needing to keep abreast).
• 1 X Andover (Full time, Flexible working - due to the quantity of work it demands a full-time person. The nature of the work is such that the work is not easy to job share with the post holder needing to respond to organisational demands at short notice and needing to keep abreast)

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job Description:
Role 1. This role can only be based at RAF Wyton (Fulltime, Flexible working only).

The team are responsible for financial management of DIO operations for both the Hard and Soft Facilities Management across the PJOBs (Cyprus, Gibraltar, Falkland Islands and Ascension Island).

Leading and supporting in the management of key finance processes, including In-Year Management, the Annual Budgeting Cycle and Approvals.

Acting as trusted advisors and delivering robust and accurate financial information to our Customers both internal (DIO Regional Delivery) and external (Front Line Commands), allowing informed decision making for both RDEL and CDEL expenditure.

Role 2. This role can only be based at Andover (Fulltime, Flexible working only).

The Project Allenby Connaught (PAC) Finance team are responsible for the financial management of the PAC and Colchester Built Estate Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) for both RDEL and CDEL, leading and supporting the management of key finance processes, including In-Year Management, the Annual Budgeting Cycle and Approvals, as well as management of risk and change. Also providing Total Facilities Management (TFM) business partnering services to the DIO South East Contract Management Team (CMT).

In addition, provide financial support for the expiry and re-provisioning of the existing PFI contracts - with exit/re-provisioning activity commencing 7 years prior to contract expiry

Role 3. This role can only be based at RAF Wyton (Fulltime, Flexible working only).

The utilities Team provides financial partnering support for the DIO Utilities delivery area covering DIO managed utilities for the UK and Overseas (85% of MoD spend - main exceptions Naval Bases and USVF), Environmental allowances and Energy related projects. It is also responsible for the Annual Budgeting and monthly forecasting, working with DIO Utilities to provide these figures.

Job Description

These roles are responsible for building strong relationships and understanding your business area, supporting the business at an appropriate level. Communicating financial data and other information clearly and providing valuable financial advice, challenge and support. Ensuring that financial reporting is accurately completed both within corporate reporting systems and for input of accounting entries to support decision making. Typical responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provide clear and robust strategic financial advice to all relevant stakeholders to ensure that the full account of the Pan DIO and Front-Line Command (FLC) financial position is taken into account when estate investment decisions are being made.
• Reviewing, analysing, and interpreting financial data, providing insight for senior managers and decision makers. Support Learning from Experience (LFE) exercises, reviewing outcomes and adopting improvements for future projects.

• Leading the input of financial information into, and provision of support to the 10-year planning round process.
• Responsible for applying In-Year Management (IYM) activities, including monitoring spend against budget and analysis of actuals.

• Providing support to governance meetings and report production; including ad-hoc analysis for senior managers / customers.
• Oversee the team's contribution to the production of Financial Statements in accordance with timetables and instructions and respond promptly to queries.
• Manage the timely capitalisation or disposal of assets to ensure assets are correctly recorded within the accounts.
• Provide leadership to, and management of, your Business Area's finance team to deliver DIO outputs and departmental goals.
• Promote strong working relationships both within the team and with other teams across DIO and MOD.

Please specify the role you are applying for at the end of your personal statement.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

The post does not offer relocation expenses.

External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.

Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.

Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/ .

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Essential:

• Technically competent and highly numerate with a record of success in a financial management role with excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong communicator with an ability to adapt your personal communication style to enable non-financiers to understand financial information. Ability to Brief senior stakeholders

• Ability to work flexibly and adapt to changing priorities.
• Experience of developing collaborative relationships with a range of stakeholders and teams and working with them to deliver results.

• Experience in leading a team and managing deliverables.
• Experience of analysis and interpretation of data
• Good Excel Skills

Your suitability for the role will be assessed using the Success Profile elements that have been chosen for this campaign. Each element will be scored accordingly, and the successful candidate will be appointed on merit.

• Applications will be sifted on all Success Profile elements, but in the event of a high number of applications, an initial sift will be conducted on the lead Behaviour: Leadership

In this instance the remaining elements will be tested at interview

At applicationyou will be assessed against the following:

Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing

Experience:

• CV: including relevant skills, qualifications, career history
• Personal statement: Provide evidence of relevant financial management experience. In particular, collating and presenting financial data, ensuring the robustness of that data and engaging with Senior Management level to present and communicate a financial position.

Technical: Finance Functional Framework

• In Year Financial Management

At interviewyou will be assessed against the following:

Behaviours:

• Communicating and Influencing
• Leadership
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions

Technical:

• In Year Financial Management
• Financial Planning

The Ministry of Defence requires all candidates who are successful at interview to declare any outside interests. These declarations will be discussed with successful candidates following the interview process and before a formal offer of employment is made, as some outside interests may not be compatible with MOD civilian roles. This will not, in the majority of cases, prevent employment in MOD, but it is a measure that must be taken to ensure that appropriate mitigations can be put in place to manage any potential, perceived or actual conflicts of interest from the first day of employment.

The Ministry of Defence adopts a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviours, which includes bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, discrimination, and victimisation. You will not be eligible and will not be considered for this post if you have been dismissed from a role for such unacceptable behaviours within the last five years. This will also apply if you resign or otherwise leave a role but, because of an adverse decision, would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had you continued in that employment. Pre-employment checks will be carried out

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. If you need to advise us that you need additional help or reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please contact:

As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came in to effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. This role does not meet that category and we will not sponsor a visa. It is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system.

Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn