G7 Finance & Programme Manager

Ministry of Defence

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Details

Reference number

370231

Salary

£57,670

A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Job grade

Grade 7

Contract type

Permanent

Business area

MOD - Head Office & Corporate Services

Type of role

Finance

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

Location

Stoke Gifford, South West England, BS34 8JH : City of Westminster, London (region), SW1A 2HB

About the job

Job summary

The Directorate of Assurance oversee much of the delivery of formal risk, assurance, counter fraud, cost assurance and cost analysis for Defence, with an ambition to be recognised, both within UK Government and internationally, as leaders in the development and delivery of risk and assurance services. We are a collaborative, innovative and inclusive team that provides support, challenge and assurance to strategic decision making at the heart of Defence.

Since April 2019, Cost Assurance & Analysis Services (CAAS) became an integral part of the Directorate and has supported Head Office Finance under DG Finance as a 1* led organisation, alongside Defence Risk & Assurance (DRA) and Fraud Defence (FD). We are a circa 250 strong organisation providing Defence wide independent assurance services. This includes Cost Estimates, Independent Investment Decision Support, and Independent Cost Accountancy services.

In addition, CAAS also has a key remit to improve Cost Management across the Delivery Agencies and Front-Line commands via targeted training, assistance, and support, with additional bespoke efficiency and benefits scrutiny and advice. Our mission is to lead Cost Management across Defence.

Our organisational design is directly aligned to the types of direct support we deliver to stakeholders, and indirect work we undertake to enable and support our overall delivery. In terms of direct work:

Our independent assurance teams are organised around the services they deliver comprising approvals, independent cost estimating, industry cost assurance, and efficiencies and benefits.
Our delivery support teams are organised around the stakeholders to whom they are providing support, i.e., Front Line Commands and Delivery Agencies.
Our good practice support teams (comprising ‘professionalisation’ and ‘centres of expertise’) are organised around the areas of technical specialism to which they contribute.
Indirect teams comprise resource management and business support. Our leadership team comprises CAAS Head (reporting into Director Assurance and DG Finance), CAAS Deputy Head, and senior leads representing each of our direct and indirect teams.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

Responsible for management and oversight of Directorate Assurance Finance, Lead Budget Manager for CAAS, and management of the Directorate Assurance Delivery Partnership (DADP) contract. Key responsibilities include:

Construction and management of monthly Forecast of Outturns for CAAS, Defence Risk Assurance (DRA) and Fraud Defence (FD). Ensuring robust financial reporting, meeting of AP6 1% variance target and provision of monthly commentary to Director Assurance 1* and 2* Budget Holder.
Construction of annual ABC returns for all 3 1* areas and overall, 2* submission. Lead for annual 2* screening of ABC submission and support to Budget Holders in delivering their submission to baseline. Identification and prioritisation of Head Office required savings measures, support to Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) and Zero-Based Review exercises.
Overall responsibility for providing 1* and 2* Budget Holders with robust financial advice and support, ensuring robust financial governance, scrutiny, propriety, and regularity are in place, and that the Directorate as a whole operates a flexible financial and VFM approach.
Direct support to 2* Director Assurance providing advice and support on all Directorate Assurance financial issues and offering solutions to complex financial challenges as they arise.
First line interface with Head Office Finance team ensuring key AP and ABC deadlines are met and that strong positive working relationships continue.
Oversight and management of the DADP contract. Ensure maximum VFM is achieved by the contract and that all expenditure incurred is appropriate and in line with the contract spirit and intent. Management of the contract management team and lead interface with the external contract Senior Partner. Provision of annual benefits report to 2* Director Assurance and Cabinet Office, and biannual Project Evaluation and ongoing LFE.

Person specification

The successful candidate will have:

A strong background in MOD in-year and ABC financial management (including its financial systems).
Be able to work at pace across a wide area of responsibility and provide strong financial governance, propriety, and advice to Senior Budget Holders.
Background in Programme Management with skills to oversee a £40M in-house call-off contract that supports MOD TLBs.
Experience of leading a team with excellent people management skills with the ability to promote team cohesion, adapt to changes and improvements.
Strong communicator, able to communicate at all levels with excellent presentation skills.

Desirable Criteria

Professional qualification (or working towards) and membership to an analysis related external body/institute. This includes but is not limited to:

o Financial Accountancy institutes (ACA/ ACCA/ ACMA or equivalent)

o Management accountancy institutes (e.g., CIMA)

Behaviours

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

Leadership
Making Effective Decisions
Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

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

Finance Functional Competence: Financial Planning
Finance Functional Competence: In Year Financial Management

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £57,670, Ministry of Defence contributes £16,706 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
A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.

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/.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment however some exemptions are in place, please refer to local guidance. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments.

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Things you need to know

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

At sift, you will be assessed against the following:

Experience:

Please upload your CV/career history and a suitability statement explaining why you would like this post and the skills and experience that you are able to bring to it. Your suitability statement should not exceed 750 words.

Technical Skills:

Finance Functional Competence: Financial Planning
Finance Functional Competence: In Year Financial Management

At interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours:

Leadership
Communicating and Influencing
Making Effective Decisions

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: DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk .

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.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

Name : Chris Finch-Daniels
Email : christopher.finch-daniels102@mod.gov.uk

Recruitment team

Email : DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk

Further information

Please ensure you read the attached candidate information document prior to completing your application. If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received from DBS, or believe that DBS has failed to follow the recruitment process in line with the Civil Service Commission principles of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of Fair and Open competition, you can raise a formal complaint by writing to DBS at the following address: Defence Business Services, Scanning Hub, Room 6124, Tomlinson House, Norcross Lane, Blackpool, FY5 3WP. If after raising your complaint with DBS you remain dissatisfied you can complain directly to the Civil Service Commission at the following address: , Civil Service commission, Room G/8, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ Or by email:
info@csc.gov.uk.