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On behalf of the MOD, we are looking for a Finance Manager Efficiency Lead (Inside IR35) for a 6 months contract based 2-3 days per week in Corsham

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is a central government department with a mission to protect our country and provide the ultimate guarantee of its security and independence, as well as helping to protect its values and interests abroad.

To do this we have an annual budget of almost £40 billion and a workforce comprising 193,000 people, almost 59,000 of whom are civilians. We currently manage more than £11 billion of spend every year.

Our work really matters; we offer engaging roles which have a direct impact on the quality of services we provide. We employ people in many different roles and in many locations across the UK and abroad. We have jobs in policy, finance, HR, IS/IT, commercial and project management and all the types of jobs you would expect to find in a government department, or indeed in the private sector. We also employ doctors, dentists, teachers, police, fire service, quantity surveyors, and engineers to name a few. There are many opportunities to develop and progress both within MOD and across the wider Civil Service, whether you’re a permanent appointee or an interim.

Finance Lead for Efficiency / Financial Benefit Governance across Defence Digital

As a Finance Manager Efficiency Lead your main responsibilities will be:

• Lead for all guidance relating to the reporting, tracking, and terminology relating to Financial Benefits.
• Lead for the development and re-release of the Digital Financial Benefit Guidance Document.
• Lead for setting up the Digital Efficiency TeamSite as a one-stop shop for all Defence Digital Efficiency information.
• Secretariate for the Digital Efficiency Committee ensuring that slides are developed and issued prior to the quarterly calls, and minutes and actions are recorded, and all actions are completed.
• Co-ordination of Benefits Handshakes with TLBs (where efficiencies are delivered outside of Defence Digital), ensuring that agreements are in place at each respective Maturity Level.
• Ensuring that internal Defence Digital efficiencies over £1M are supported by documented evidence (the Benefit Statement).
• Consolidation of the financial benefit position, which includes engagement with programmes across DD to develop of robust financial benefit forecast and ensure benefits have appropriate Maturity Levels and Risk Adjustments in line with the Defence Benefit Framework.
• Co-ordination of the quarterly reviews of Digital financial benefits with TLBs prior to formal quarterly submission.
• Ensure the financial benefits (pipeline and delivered) are correctly reported within financial forecast reviews (in-year and ABC), with benefits when moving from ML3 to ML4 are recorded in the financial system.
• Lead for the continued development of financial benefit reporting, including transition on to the new corporate benefit tool (the BMA), and future one-stop shop financial benefit tool.
• Lead for ensuring that Strategic Risk 7 is reviewed and agreed monthly with the Fin Dep Head and is updated in line with timelines to inform the DDMB

Essential:

• Qualified or part Qualified Accountant
• Background in Financial Management or Similar relevant experience
• Forecasting and Budgeting Skills
• Good Financial Reconciliation skills
• Good at explaining complex information
• Strong Excel skills
• Good PowerPoint skills producing slides for management meetings
• Strong Stakeholder Management and Collaboration skills
• Willing and Eligible to be SC cleared

Desirable:

• Power BI
• MOD experience

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, the MOD guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.

Armed Forces Covenant / Commitment

The MOD guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following “this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.