About the job
Job summary
The Euro-Atlantic & Arctic SO2 (HEO) desk officer is responsible for providing financial support to operations in the Eurasia (Eastern Europe & Baltic States).
This post offers significant development opportunity in an area where operations, policy, and finance meet. It is an interesting and demanding finance post in a busy Operational Headquarters
The ideal candidate will be very well organised and a strong communicator, who is able to quickly build good working relationships with a variety of stakeholders within the organisation and externally. Also, able to use their initiative to solve problems and can deal with a wide range of people.
Job holders need to be familiar with several finance specialisations including forecasting, financial planning, governance, requirement scrutiny and transactional processes (invoice payments, accruals, prepayments etc.).
The role requires a high standard of IT skills including the use of Excel and Word and a familiarity with Oracle-based systems.
There is potential for the post holder to periodically visit operational theatres to conduct assurance checks, with the possibility of observing operational activity first-hand. This would be subject to successful completion of training and a medical.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
Job description
Job holder is required to:
* Providing guidance to other J branches on preparing strong business cases including value for money assessments and working with the Costing Cell to develop costings for operations, ensuring planning assumptions reflect known actual costs.
* Ensuring that appropriate financial and accounting systems and procedures are maintained and are functioning properly.
* Contribute to the monthly IYM forecast; ensuring input into TM1 the updated Planning Budgeting and Forecasting (PB&F) system meets with the monthly timetable; is robust and that variances over 5% are explained.
* Review and advise on risks identified as part of the forecast process ensuring that they are relevant and are adjusted to reflect changes as appropriate.
* Liaise with the deployed Finance Team to obtain necessary information to enable production of an accurate forecast outturn each month.
* Reporting and briefing of financial information to internal/external stakeholders and ensuring the forecast is evidence based and all assumptions and dependencies are recorded, providing a robust audit trail.
* Gather initial evidence for fraud investigationsand investigate anomalies.
* Ensurethat proper records are kept and that a clear audit trail, including financial appraisals, is maintained for all decisions.
* Ensuring compliance with MoD and PJHQ Fin Ops specific assurance and governance controls.
* Provide regular finance briefs to the EA2 monthly briefing day and other finance briefing days as required.
* Assess spend proposals against expenditure plans to ensure that unplanned spend can be accommodated within allocated limits of liability
* Undertake learning and development and upskilling as required and undertake line management, mentoring and countersigning tasks as required by the role. This role has 1 direct report.
Person specification
The ideal candidate will be very well organised and a strong communicator, who is able to quickly build good working relationships with a variety of stakeholders within the organisation and externally. Also, able to use their initiative to solve problems and can deal with a wide range of people.
Job holders need to be familiar with several finance specialisations including forecasting, financial planning, governance, requirement scrutiny and transactional processes (invoice payments, accruals, prepayments etc.).
The role requires a high standard of IT skills including the use of Excel and Word and a familiarity with Oracle-based systems.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
* Changing and Improving
* Making Effective Decisions
* Working Together
* Delivering at Pace
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £36,530, Ministry of Defence contributes £10,582 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%
* 25 days Annual Leave with 1 extra day for each year of complete service
Apply before: 11:55 pm on Sunday 31st August 2025
For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.
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