About the job
Job summary
Navy Command Headquarters (NCHQ) in Whale Island, Portsmouth, is the nerve centre of the Naval Service. It upholds operations around the globe and provides the ships, people, aircraft, and equipment to deliver the UK’s defence policy.
NCHQ supports all 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.
Civil servants and Armed Forces personnel work together in a wealth of interesting and challenging jobs in areas ranging from finance; legal services; personnel and HR; project planning and managing contracts, to media and communications.
The vision for the finance function for financial management is: Protecting Value, Driving Value, Adding Value and putting finance at the heart of decision making to support and enable delivery of Defence outputs.
The Management Reporting Role is an important role ensuring that support and accurate information is provided to the finance team and wider organisation. The Role supports the finance team to build and sustain the partnership between Finance and the Business by performing important month end activities, ensuring accuracy, and the delivery of financial reports. By developing collaborative relationships with key stakeholders in the business, the role ensures that financial reporting is accurately completed both within corporate reporting systems and supports decision making.
In addition to the reporting aspects, this role supports the assistant finance business partner in the delivery of key elements of their role.
This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.
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.
Job description
This role can offer great job satisfaction and there are many opportunities to develop and progress both within the Department and across the wider Civil Service.
Providing insight to the Business and wider Finance teams: Producing standardised reports / dashboards for monthly financial reviews and budget screenings.
Supporting and delivering reporting requirements: Ensuring all required information is provided, outputs are accurate, timely and meet the expected standards for a variety of systems and reports.
Reporting Systems: Ensure the integrity of the data is kept up to date and available to all relevant staff as needed.
Building effective stakeholder engagement: Building and maintaining relationships with customer budget holders and wider stakeholders to provide support.
Providing constructive challenge, scrutiny, insight, and analysis: Supporting the assistant business partner, responsibility to designated budget holders in providing financial support and scrutiny throughout the annual financial cycle and investment decisions.
Continuous improvement: Dedicating time to sharing best practice and ideas for refining standardised processes and procedures.
The post holder may be required to undertake additional responsibilities as expected in relation to the role and grade.
Person specification
Successful Candidates must be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience.
Essential criteria
1. Good IT skills, good competency in Microsoft Excel and Power BI, demonstrate an aptitude for working with a variety of reporting tools and learning new systems.
2. Excellent attention to detail. Must be detail-oriented, able to spot errors and deliver high-quality work.
3. Good interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain good working relationships.
Desirable criteria
1. Proven experience within a similar role
2. Level 4 qualification with AAT, CCAB or CIMA, or working towards qualification CCAB, CIMA or equivalent and some financial experience
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
1. Delivering at Pace
2. Communicating and Influencing
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £36,530, Ministry of Defence contributes £10,582 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Navy Command prides itself on being a supportive employer and where possible encourages flexible working. We will support the use of a range of flexible working patterns to enable staff to balance home and work responsibilities; and we will treat people fairly irrespective of their working arrangements.
Other benefits for Navy Command civil servants include:
1. 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years’ service
2. A very competitive pension scheme
3. Personal & professional development
4. Alternative working patterns for many roles
5. Access to a confidential, professional support service
6. Discount schemes
7. Bicycle / season ticket loans
8. Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
9. Special paid leave to volunteer up to 6 days a year
Apply before 11:55 pm on Monday 17th February 2025
For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.
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