Financial Operations Assistant Head

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 357957**Salary**:

- £57,670- This post offers an RRA of £3000- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Grade 7**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Defence Infrastructure Organisation - The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) manages £35bn of infrastructure assets and spends £3.5bn each year. DIO Finance is responsible for ensuring decisions are taken with the fullest understanding of their financial implications, with due regard t**Type of role**:

- Accountancy
- Finance**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Andover, RAF Wyton, Lichfield. The team are based in Andover so monthly visits to Andover would be required. There will also be some travel to PFI locations monthly.About the job

**Job summary**:
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.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

**Job description**:

- The Soft FM and Private Finance Initiative teams are responsible for financial management for both Resource and Capital expenditure, leading and supporting in 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 relevant DIO Regional Delivery team.
- The teams are responsible for supporting future contract provision.**Person specification**:

- Highly numerate with a record of success in a financial management role with excellent attention to detail and accuracy
- 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 and excellent presentation skills
- Experience in leading and/or influencing organisational change
- Ability to work flexible and adapt to changing priorities
- Ability to develop collaborative relationships with a range of stakeholders and teams
- Highly developed planning and organisational skills in a financial environment and experience of delivery and meeting tight deadlines.

**Qualifications**:

- Qualified with CCAB, CIMA or equivalent with financial experience over an extended period.**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions
- Changing and Improving
- Delivering at Pace
- Leadership
- Communicating and Influencing
- Making Effective Decisions

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

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

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £57,670, Ministry of Defence contributes £15,570 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 average employer contribution of 27%

The post does not offer relocation expenses.

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.

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