DIO Senior Finance Manager

Ministry of Defence; Andover; On-site; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ministry of Defence is seeking to hire financial managers for three distinct roles in Andover and RAF Wyton. These positions require strong leadership and financial management skills, offering competitive salaries and benefits, including a Civil Service pension. The successful candidates will be integral in providing financial advice, managing budgets, and supporting operations across the Defence estate.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Learning and development tailored to your role

Civil Service pension with employer contribution of 28.97%

Inclusivity and diversity culture

Qualifications

• Experience in leading a team and managing deliverables.
• Technically competent and highly numerate in financial management.
• Strong communicator with an ability to adapt to non-financial audiences.

Responsibilities

• Leading financial management processes for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation.
• Providing strategic financial advice and support to stakeholders.
• Reviewing and analyzing financial data for decision making.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Data Analysis

Financial Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Excel Skills

Job description

Location

Andover, RAF Wyton

About the job

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.

Person specification

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

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

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

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Technical: Finance Functional Framework - In Year Financial Management
• Technical: Finance Functional Framework - Financial Planning

We only ask for evidence of these technical skills on your application form:

• Technical: Finance Functional Framework - In Year Financial Management

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £44,590, Ministry of Defence contributes £12,917 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

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

Apply before 11:55 pm on Wednesday 9th July 2025

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