Navy Command - NBCD FMSP Finance Business Partner

UK Ministry of Defence


Date: 2 days ago
City: Plymouth
Contract type: Full time
HM Naval Base Devonport, Plymouth, Devon, PL2 2BG

Job Summary

Devonport Naval Base is the largest Naval Base in Europe. It is a 650 acre site with 15,000 acres of waterspace, employing 12,000 people on site. The Base is primarily focused on delivering timely deep maintenance to the UK’s submarine fleet. It is also the operating home base for frigates, amphibious Ships, Royal Marines. It employs more than 10% of Plymouth’s workforce and contributes to 14% of Plymouth’s economy.

Devonport Naval Base is the nerve centre for the Royal Navy in the South West. It supports operations around the globe and provides the ships, submarines, people, and equipment to deliver the UK’s defence policy. Its mission is to meet the support and operating requirements for the Naval Service and UK’s allies, from the South West, reaching worldwide.

The unique opportunities offered within are varied, challenging and exciting and support Navy Command’s role to generate and operate forces for today and to ensure we are ready for tomorrow by developing and delivering the Navy of the future. Navy Command provides an open, flexible and supportive work environment and Civil Servants and Armed Forces personnel work together in a wealth of interesting and challenging jobs in different disciplines, from finance; legal services; personnel and HR; project planning and managing contracts, to media and communications.

The MOD provides an excellent opportunity to develop skills through personal development and offers flexible working, excellent annual leave and maternity allowances and a very competitive pension scheme.

In Navy Command we understand the everyday commitments both inside and outside the workplace, so our aim is to provide the flexibility to maintain a great work-life balance. We also offer an impressive range of on-site facilities including a gymnasium, tennis courts and other sporting facilities, a children’s nursery, food outlets, a handy shop, and some of car parking.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week with a minimum of 3 days in office.

Job Description

Primary Purpose

Provide the lead on Naval Base financial arrangements for Future Maritime Support Programme (FMSP), supporting NBCD Head of Finance. Collaborate with Contract Management Team, Commercial, Ops Directorate and PST.

  • Manage the FMSP contract financial processes. Providing comprehensive operational finance and accounting support and advice to the Devonport Head of Finance, Commercial team and Intelligent Customers.
  • Undertake Financial Planning (10 year ABC) and In-Year Management.
  • Support to Decision Making and Financial Assurance.
  • To lead Naval Base financial arrangements and support the Contract Management Team on the financial input towards project NSIGN the FMSP replacement, for NBC(D).

Provide the lead for NSIGN (future contract) contract development.

Secondary Purpose

Assist the Head of Finance and Head of Finance as they direct, plan and monitor finance within the NBC(D) budget area, including the management and continuous improvement of the Devonport Naval Base financial planning and reporting systems.

Liaise with CAAS in order to ensure that a regular exchange of information and ideas takes place on all matters regarding Devonport business and the Babcock FMSP contract.

Responsibilities

The postholder must adhere to the NBC(D) Diversity and Inclusion Policy.

The post holder must adhere to the NBC(D) Diversity and Inclusion Policy.

FMSP Contract Management

Lead the Finance input to the Contract Management Team working closely with Contract Manager and Commercial and acting as the Finance Business Partner for FMSP. SME for financial operation and interpretation of the FMSP contract. Corporate knowledge holder for contract negotiation. Bring his team and the wider business up to speed, influencing the cultural shift both internally (within Lot 1) and externally (other Lots and Babcock).

Extract, analyse and understand data from FRT and other sources such as Sharpcloud and Time Recording in order to manage transformation, savings, risk and taking improvement into Renown (FMSP 2)

Monitor contract value and ABL and CP&F CPA values.

Ensure FMSP bill for Lot 1 is correctly paid and on time each month and approve requisitions on CP&F.

In-Year Management

Manage delivery of the monthly FMSP FOO (circa £250m) to time and quality. Develop the internal format to reflect contract architecture and ownership. Ensure accurate & consistent forecasting and variance analysis throughout the year - out-turn to be within +/- 1% of AP9 FOO

Financial Planning

Manage FMSP ABC costing (£2.5bn over 10-years). Ensure accurate and robust costing with variance analysis, and identification of risk. Support scrutiny process.

Authority

Authorised to liaise and correspond directly at the appropriate level with internal and external authorities as necessary.

RM FMSP is authorised to represent Head of Finance as required in the normal course of business management.

The post holder has authority to exercise financial delegations issued Navy Command up to £10m.

Responsibilities

The postholder must adhere to the NBC(D) Diversity and Inclusion Policy.

The post holder must adhere to the NBC(D) Diversity and Inclusion Policy.

FMSP Contract Management

Lead the Finance input to the Contract Management Team working closely with Contract Manager and Commercial and acting as the Finance Business Partner for FMSP. SME for financial operation and interpretation of the FMSP contract. Corporate knowledge holder for contract negotiation. Bring his team and the wider business up to speed, influencing the cultural shift both internally (within Lot 1) and externally (other Lots and Babcock).

Extract, analyse and understand data from FRT and other sources such as Sharpcloud and Time Recording in order to manage transformation, savings, risk and taking improvement into Renown (FMSP 2)

Monitor contract value and ABL and CP&F CPA values.

Ensure FMSP bill for Lot 1 is correctly paid and on time each month and approve requisitions on CP&F.

In-Year Management

Manage delivery of the monthly FMSP FOO (circa £250m) to time and quality. Develop the internal format to reflect contract architecture and ownership. Ensure accurate & consistent forecasting and variance analysis throughout the year - out-turn to be within +/- 1% of AP9 FOO

Financial Planning

Manage FMSP ABC costing (£2.5bn over 10-years). Ensure accurate and robust costing with variance analysis, and identification of risk. Support scrutiny process.

Authority

Authorised to liaise and correspond directly at the appropriate level with internal and external authorities as necessary.

RM FMSP is authorised to represent Head of Finance as required in the normal course of business management.

The post holder has authority to exercise financial delegations issued Navy Command up to £10m.

Person specification

The applicant should have a sound background in finance and be confident in dealing with people at all levels.

Essential

Professional/External Qualifications

  • Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) Level 4 (or equivalent) or significant financial experience.

Learning and Development

Pre-joining Essential:

  • Nil

Post-joining Essential:

  • Knowledge and Understanding of MOD Financial Procedures.
  • Financial Skills Certificate (Intermediate Level) In Year Financial Management (within 6 months).
  • All Mandatory Training.

Behaviours

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

  • Communicating and Influencing
  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Working Together

Technical skills

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

  • FCF 4 - In Year Financial Management

Alongside your salary of £44,590, Ministry of Defence contributes £12,917 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%

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.

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.

Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.

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 at a number of Defence Establishments.

MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey – We may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Policy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights.

Selection process details

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

Candidates will be required to provide CV details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience.

Candidates will be required to provide a statement of suitability. (500 Words)

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.

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

Behaviours

  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Working Together
  • Communicating and Influencing

Technical Skills

  • FCF4 - In Year Financial Management

Sift will take place week commencing the 2nd of December 24 followed by the interviews commencing the 9th of December. We aim to stick to this dates, however due to business needs these dates may change.

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, Experience and Technical skills.

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

This Job Is Broadly Open To The Following Groups:

  • UK nationals
  • nationals of the Republic of Ireland
  • nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
  • nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
  • individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
  • Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

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 :

Recruitment team

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].

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