NAVY - SENIOR FINANCE BUSINESS PARTNERS

Navy Command Headquarters, Whale Island, Portsmouth. The successful candidate will be expected to work at least 3 days per week in the Portsmouth office.

Job Summary

The Navy Command finance team provides vital support to and enabling of Royal Navy front line Operations, activities and programmes both within the UK and globally. The team manages a budget of c. £11Bn per annum and delivers a wide range of high quality and complex financial outputs including direction and advice to senior leaders and teams across Navy comprising both armed forces and civilian personnel.

The Senior Finance Business Partner roles are pivotal in delivering strategic financial advice to Navy Command Directors and in managing key stakeholder relationships with Delivery Agents and MOD Head Office.

The Senior Finance Business Partners manage teams of finance professionals in the provision of timely and accurate direction, advice and guidance on financial forecasts and plans including identification and assessment of financial risk.

We are therefore looking for individuals who have a track record of delivering strong leadership and collaborative working skills coupled with commitment, enthusiasm and a desire to deliver high quality financial outputs in a fast paced and demanding environment.

The positions are advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job Description

These are critical roles within the Navy Finance Directorate and job holders will be key members of the Finance Senior Leadership Team enabling the delivery of both finance function and wider Royal Navy strategic objectives and outcomes.

Key Responsibilities Are:

• Leadership of the Finance Business Partner teams, setting clear direction and empowering and motivating team members in the delivery of outputs whilst supporting individual professional and career development.
• Analysis, scrutiny and presentation of financial information to senior leaders within Navy Command (particularly in respect to in-year forecast, financial planning submissions, financial approvals and risk).
• Providing insight to senior leaders on key issues, risks and opportunities associated with financial submissions, choices and options.
• Building, sustaining and leveraging business and financial information to inform decision making and drive value in enabling the Command to deliver strategic objectives.
• Delivery of clear advice, guidance and direction on finance and accounting policy and procedural issues.
• Promoting continuous improvement of systems and processes through identification and sharing of best practice and leading input to change initiatives targeted at optimising service delivery in Navy Command.
• Regular briefing of Navy Command Directors and teams on financial issues.
• Managing key stakeholder relationships with Delivery Agents (for example Defence Equipment and Support, Defence Infrastructure Organisation and Submarine Delivery Agency) and MOD Head Office.
• Supporting Departmental and Government Finance Function initiatives.
  
  

These are critical roles within the Navy Finance Directorate and job holders will be key members of the Finance Senior Leadership Team enabling the delivery of both finance function and wider Royal Navy strategic objectives and outcomes.

Key Responsibilities Are:

• Leadership of the Finance Business Partner teams, setting clear direction and empowering and motivating team members in the delivery of outputs whilst supporting individual professional and career development.
• Analysis, scrutiny and presentation of financial information to senior leaders within Navy Command (particularly in respect to in-year forecast, financial planning submissions, financial approvals and risk).
• Providing insight to senior leaders on key issues, risks and opportunities associated with financial submissions, choices and options.
• Building, sustaining and leveraging business and financial information to inform decision making and drive value in enabling the Command to deliver strategic objectives.
• Delivery of clear advice, guidance and direction on finance and accounting policy and procedural issues.
• Promoting continuous improvement of systems and processes through identification and sharing of best practice and leading input to change initiatives targeted at optimising service delivery in Navy Command.
• Regular briefing of Navy Command Directors and teams on financial issues.
• Managing key stakeholder relationships with Delivery Agents (for example Defence Equipment and Support, Defence Infrastructure Organisation and Submarine Delivery Agency) and MOD Head Office.
• Supporting Departmental and Government Finance Function initiatives.
  
  

Person specification

The Successful Candidates Will:

• Have an excellent track record of developing and leading high performing teams in the delivery of a range of financial outputs.
• Have experience of briefing and providing insight on complex financial information simply and effectively to a range of stakeholders.
• Demonstrate an ability to collaborate effectively with a range of different internal and external stakeholders.
• Have a proven commitment to continuous improvement with demonstrable experience of challenging and improving business processes and systems.
• Demonstrate excellent analytical skills including review and challenge of a range of financial submissions.
• Have experience of providing complex advice and guidance in supporting decision making and delivery of strategic objectives.
• Have a commitment to continuing professional development.
  
  

Qualifications

The successful candidates will be CCAB or CIMA qualified accountants.

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Delivering at Pace
  
  

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the Big Picture
  
  

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
• Flexi-time scheme
• 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service
  
  

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.

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.

Selection process details

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

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.

Experience:

At sift, you will be assessed against the following:

• Candidates will be required to provide a CV with details including: job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.
• Candidates will also be required to provide a statement of suitability (max 500 words)
  
  

Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions
• Seeing the Bigger Picture
  
  

At interview, you will be assessed against the following Success Profiles Behaviours:

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing
• Delivering at Pace
• Making Effective Decisions
  
  

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: [email protected] .

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 and Experience.

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.

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.

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).

This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative.

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Contact point for applicants

Job Contact :

• Name : Stephen Ascott or Rachael Asquith
• Email : [email protected]
• Telephone : 0300 1519489
  
  

Recruitment team

• Email : [email protected]
  
  

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: [email protected].