Join the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and have a future that matters: Be proud; Be challenged; Be unique.
Marlborough Lines, Andover, Hampshire
DIO Whittington, Lichfield
RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire
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 over £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.
This advert is recruiting for a position within the Finance Team at Andover, Lichfield or RAF Wyton.
It should be noted that the advert is based on the role of the current responsibilities, and the future demands of the role may change under Defence Reform. It is, however, believed that the majority of the work currently undertaken will continue unchanged for the immediate future.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job Description
The Finance Business Partner (DIO) is a business partner within the Customer Finance Team providing information and advice to the DIO Finance Director and the Executive Committee (ExCo) for DIO funding that was not delegated to DIO’s customers, MODs Top Level Budget Holders (Navy, Army, RAF, Strat. Com etc.); the role is the primary point of finance contact and source of financial information and advice for DIO funded activities and projects.
The role provides specialist financial advice based on detailed understanding of business value drivers and information requirements, with a focus on financial performance and decision-support, while providing ExCo with assurance and challenge in decision-making through the provision of meaningful risk management advice and insightful analysis and reporting.
Line management responsibility for the Acquisitions and Disposals Finance Team and Central Operations Finance Team which has budget management responsibility for DIO’s TLB Plan including its Workforce and related costs and centrally managed 2* directorate budgets.
* Responsible for the provision of clear, robust financial insight and advice to ExCo. Through early engagement, giving informed advice and providing appropriate challenge to ensure integration of DIO financial inputs into DIO decision making on its infrastructure spending and of the workforce and related costs supporting delivery for DIO and its TLB customers.
* Advice to ExCo as required to ensure Infrastructure and TLB Plans are affordable and within agreed targets, including provision of value for money advice through liaison with the DIO Decision Support, Scrutiny and Approvals Team (DSSAT) as appropriate.
* Provide challenge and advice in respect of Business Cases for DIO funded activities and attendance at the monthly DIO Investment Committee as appropriate;
* Support the Finance Director and Customer Finance Head in managing budgets effectively, working in partnership to flag financial opportunities and risks early in projects.
* Development and maintenance of a strong understanding of stakeholders, challenges, strategic objectives, operational requirements, culture and organisational structures of DIO in order to be a credible and trusted financial business partner.
* Responsible for providing a first point of contact for ExCo issues, problem solving and conflict resolution.
* Apply an analytical approach to problem solving while remaining focused on the bigger picture.
* Responsible for supporting the Financial Planning and Analysis team in analysis and preparation of Annual Budgeting Cycle submissions including commentary and other requirements.
* Incorporate into DIO planning and budgeting a comprehensive understanding of DIO capabilities and the long-term strategy of the business, taking into account the strategies of both the wider department and directorate.
* Responsible for co-ordination, support to creation, and communication of finance management information that forms the basis of informed and appropriate DIO decision-making through advice and formal reports.
* Responsible for understanding and communication of core financial insight across the DIO funded estate including but not limited to Hard Facilities Management, Soft Facilities Management, Major Projects and Programmes, Utilities, Private Finance Initiatives, Accommodation, Acquisitions & Disposals, Land Management Services and Estate Optimisation.
* Responsible for collaborative working with other DIO Finance teams to develop insights, understand challenges, address issues and ensure accuracy and veracity in financial information. This includes agreement of the month end RDEL & CDEL forecast of outturn .
* Responsible for provision of responses to ad-hoc reporting requirements.
* Attendance at monthly meetings with Strategic Finance supporting the Head of Customer Finance providing explanations of the monthly financial position including risk reporting.
* Support the Finance Director in providing information for quarterly ‘deep dives’ with DG Finance.
* Attend and contribute to a range of meetings as Finance representative including monthly Disposals Committee.
* Attend and contribute to DIO and Finance internal meetings, working groups and governance forums.
* Responsible for maintaining an understanding of the risks associated with DIO infrastructure activities and highlight any potential risks in future activities.
* Responsible for provision of appropriate advice to ensure financial risks are identified, monitored and mitigated.
The Finance Business Partner (DIO) is a business partner within the Customer Finance Team providing information and advice to the DIO Finance Director and the Executive Committee (ExCo) for DIO funding that was not delegated to DIO’s customers, MODs Top Level Budget Holders (Navy, Army, RAF, Strat. Com etc.); the role is the primary point of finance contact and source of financial information and advice for DIO funded activities and projects.
The role provides specialist financial advice based on detailed understanding of business value drivers and information requirements, with a focus on financial performance and decision-support, while providing ExCo with assurance and challenge in decision-making through the provision of meaningful risk management advice and insightful analysis and reporting.
Line management responsibility for the Acquisitions and Disposals Finance Team and Central Operations Finance Team which has budget management responsibility for DIO’s TLB Plan including its Workforce and related costs and centrally managed 2* directorate budgets.
* Responsible for the provision of clear, robust financial insight and advice to ExCo. Through early engagement, giving informed advice and providing appropriate challenge to ensure integration of DIO financial inputs into DIO decision making on its infrastructure spending and of the workforce and related costs supporting delivery for DIO and its TLB customers.
* Advice to ExCo as required to ensure Infrastructure and TLB Plans are affordable and within agreed targets, including provision of value for money advice through liaison with the DIO Decision Support, Scrutiny and Approvals Team (DSSAT) as appropriate.
* Provide challenge and advice in respect of Business Cases for DIO funded activities and attendance at the monthly DIO Investment Committee as appropriate;
* Support the Finance Director and Customer Finance Head in managing budgets effectively, working in partnership to flag financial opportunities and risks early in projects.
* Development and maintenance of a strong understanding of stakeholders, challenges, strategic objectives, operational requirements, culture and organisational structures of DIO in order to be a credible and trusted financial business partner.
* Responsible for providing a first point of contact for ExCo issues, problem solving and conflict resolution.
* Apply an analytical approach to problem solving while remaining focused on the bigger picture.
* Responsible for supporting the Financial Planning and Analysis team in analysis and preparation of Annual Budgeting Cycle submissions including commentary and other requirements.
* Incorporate into DIO planning and budgeting a comprehensive understanding of DIO capabilities and the long-term strategy of the business, taking into account the strategies of both the wider department and directorate.
* Responsible for co-ordination, support to creation, and communication of finance management information that forms the basis of informed and appropriate DIO decision-making through advice and formal reports.
* Responsible for understanding and communication of core financial insight across the DIO funded estate including but not limited to Hard Facilities Management, Soft Facilities Management, Major Projects and Programmes, Utilities, Private Finance Initiatives, Accommodation, Acquisitions & Disposals, Land Management Services and Estate Optimisation.
* Responsible for collaborative working with other DIO Finance teams to develop insights, understand challenges, address issues and ensure accuracy and veracity in financial information. This includes agreement of the month end RDEL & CDEL forecast of outturn .
* Responsible for provision of responses to ad-hoc reporting requirements.
* Attendance at monthly meetings with Strategic Finance supporting the Head of Customer Finance providing explanations of the monthly financial position including risk reporting.
* Support the Finance Director in providing information for quarterly ‘deep dives’ with DG Finance.
* Attend and contribute to a range of meetings as Finance representative including monthly Disposals Committee.
* Attend and contribute to DIO and Finance internal meetings, working groups and governance forums.
* Responsible for maintaining an understanding of the risks associated with DIO infrastructure activities and highlight any potential risks in future activities.
* Responsible for provision of appropriate advice to ensure financial risks are identified, monitored and mitigated.
Person specification
* Be able to create a strong working relationships both within the team and with other teams across DIO and MoD.
* Model finance business partnering behaviours and support improving this capability in DIO.
* Strong communicator with an ability to adapt your personal communication style to enable non-financiers to understand financial information. Ability to update senior stakeholders including DIO ExCo through both written and verbal briefings.
* 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
* Level 7 CCAB, CIMA or equivalent qualified.
Qualifications
Level 7 CCAB, CIMA or equivalent qualified
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
* Leadership
* Seeing the Big Picture
* Making Effective Decisions
* Communicating and Influencing
* Working Together
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:
* Finance Functional Competence - In Year Management - Expert
* Finance Functional Competence - Financial Planning - Expert
* Finance Functional Competence - Financial Governance - Expert
We only ask for evidence of these technical skills on your application form:
* Finance Functional Competence - In Year Management - Expert
Alongside your salary of £70,540, Ministry of Defence contributes £20,435 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.
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Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical 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.
At application, you will be assessed against the following:
Behaviours:
* Communicating and Influencing
* Leadership
Experience:
* CV including relevant skills, qualifications, career history
* Personal Statement (max. 500 words): Requirement to provide evidence of relevant financial management experience. In particular, leading and developing people, collating and presenting financial data, senior stakeholder management and Strategic Financial Planning.
Technical:
* In Year Management
When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected.
At interview you will be assessed against the following:
Behaviours:
* Leadership
* Seeing the Big picture
* Making Effective Decisions
* Communicating and Influencing
* Working Together
Technical:
* In Year Financial Management
* Financial Planning
* Governance
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 behaviours: Leadership, and Communicating and Influencing.
In this instance the remaining elements will be tested at interview
Interviews for this post will take place in person at RAF Wyton, Cambridgshire.
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.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.
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).
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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
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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.
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 : Natasha Renshaw
* Email : Natasha.Renshaw140@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. #J-18808-Ljbffr