About the job

Job summary

Navy Finance supports all of the Royal Navy’s activities, from front-line operations to personnel support and training; finance and governance; safety; equipment acquisition; programmes and planning; and Defence Engagement.

The Finance Manager supporting Military Operations is a critical role which provides key support to the Operations Finance Business Partner who acts as a Strategic Financial Advisor to the Budget Holders managing Military Operations. You will be charged with delivering accurate, timely and considered Financial information which will be used by stakeholders in Navy Command, Defence and ultimately HM Treasury.

We are looking for someone who is committed to providing an excellent finance service, focusing on in-year management of the Reserve budget delegated to the Navy, including costing and scrutinising qualifying expenditure, forecasting and providing challenge across the Navy’s business. The role will also require collaboration skills to ensure the financial cost and financial consequence of proposed military operations are understood by decision makers.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

Responsibilities are varied but will include: 

Building detailed knowledge of Royal Navy and/or Partner Organisation Military Operations for which they are responsible, understanding the financial and performance drivers, risks, opportunities and issues.

Building relationships with Finance Business Partners in Navy and PJHQ, the wider Finance function and stakeholders across the Navy and wider Defence.

Working with team colleagues to support financial exercises such as Operations Annual Planning Cycles and Reviews.

Supporting teams across finance and the department to produce robust financial reserve forecasts, including the planning and co-ordination of the monthly forecasting process and inputting into the financial narrative.

Providing advice and challenge to military plans officers and budget holders.

Reviewing detailed financial schedules for interim and year end accounts.

Undertake month end activities, including preparation of material journals where necessary, reconciliations of forecasts and actuals and produce high quality reports and insightful management information. 

Ensuring that internal control and governance procedures are understood and followed as the first line of defence for financial management.

Collaborating across Finance to strive for continuous improvement in systems reporting and analysis for quality information that provides maximum insight to stakeholders.

More generally, the post holder will be required to work in a flexible way and undertake any other duties reasonably requested by line management which are commensurate with the grade and level of responsibility of this post. This may also include working closely with other Finance staff to develop solutions/problem-solve, engaging in project work to drive finance improvements.

A 12-month reserve list will be held for this vacancy, with the potential for other equivalent roles to be filled at a later date.

Person specification

You’ll have experience of working in Finance in a complex environment and the demands of financial management, assurance and supporting decision making. You’ll also be able to demonstrate your ability to prepare and deliver briefing material at the working level as well as supporting peers with accounting for, and financially managing within policy that is new to them You’ll:

Be a team player who can work collaboratively, quickly building successful relationships with the existing teams and the Business Partner team, and influential relationships with colleagues in the business.

Be able to communicate effectively to achieve desired outcomes.

Demonstrate the confidence, composure and credibility needed to challenge the way activities are delivered.

Play a key role as part of a team that effectively supports, assures and challenges budget holders and their teams to produce robust management information and communicate insights.

Recognise change as an opportunity to deliver efficiency and innovation acting as an agent for change when you identify the chance to protect, drive and add value. 

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £35,290, Ministry of Defence contributes £9,528 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

Things you need to know

Selection process details

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

We’ll assess your application using Civil Service Success Profiles using Behaviours and Experience.

To apply please complete the advertised CS job application process and submit your CV including relevant skills and a 250-word max personal statement demonstrating how you meet person specification listed.

We'll assess your CV/Personal Statement against the job requirements during the sift and then we'll assess you against the following Behaviours should you be invited to attend the interview:

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Changing and Improving

We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of gender and ethnic group. Appointment will be based on merit alone.

Sifting will take place commencing 29th March. Successful candidates will be contacted to arrange an interview which will take place at Navy Command Headquarters, Portsmouth following Sift. Candidates will be assessed against behaviours at interview.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview.

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 into 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.

The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and 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

Open to UK nationals only.

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.