Finance Costing Cell Heo - High Wycombe, United Kingdom - Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence

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High Wycombe, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £33,830- £2000 pa (pro rata) recruitment and retention allowance, payable to staff located at RAF High Wycombe
Job grade:

Higher Executive Officer
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
MOD
Air
HQ Air Command, Director Resources (DRes), Air Finance, Specialist Services
Type of role:
Business Management and Improvement
Finance
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Job share, Parttime
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High WycombeAbout the job

Job summary:

Are you a positive, organised and proactive individual looking for a challenging role within an exciting and fast-moving function? Do you have a passion for leading, developing and supporting people and driving transformation and change? If so, we want you to join our large and inclusive Finance team at Air Command.

In Air Finance we aim to ensure finance is integral to the decision making process.

The Finance Costing Cell of Air Command is the centre of excellence of costings to support military operations and information for strategic decision making.

The Higher Executive Officer role exists to support the day-to-day activity to deliver a long term project that will provide budget holders with better insight into the costs of their activities through understanding the cost drivers and therefore inform improved budget setting and decision making.

You will be part of a small team delivering the project through a combination of building complex cost models and then using the knowledge and experience gained to develop a framework that can be used across the Command to produce costings using the same consistent methodology and assumptions.

This role is being advertised at Headquarters Air Command, RAF High Wycombe, however, in line with Air Command's longer-term strategy, it is envisaged that there will be opportunities for hybrid working with a mix of remote/home working balanced with time in-office and some travel to other RAF locations in support of business requirements.

As part of a small team, you will contribute to monthly on-call, out-of-hours costing support to operational staff headquarters and deployments.

We offer a friendly and supportive work environment, flexible working policies and a number of subsidies and Civil Service benefits.

These include generous holiday entitlement, contributory pension scheme, a subsidised gym and a small shop and café on site.

The post is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description:

The Cost Driver Framework is an Activity Based Cost Model which covers the full costs of the Air Domain and articulates them against our activities, outputs and Defence tasks.

As part of a team of four people, you will:

Support the maintenance of the project plan, adjusting for updated priorities and direction from the Steering Committee
Deliver a series of detailed costings that both develop the structure of the framework as well as contribute to business improvement, efficiencies and understanding of the business area
Develop the key assumptions and questions required to populate the framework across any business area
Build relationships with stakeholders across the organisation, gaining buyin for the project and ensuring decisions on the development of the framework are made using appropriate information and metrics
Explore and understand the options and make recommendations for an appropriate IT solution to host the framework
Contribute to the day to day management of the Air Costing Cell and, once sufficiently experienced, take part in the oncall roster to ensure 24/7 cover to military operations
Line management of two members of staff

Person specification:

It is essential for the successful applicant to be able to demonstrate:

Good leadership skills
Good financial management experience
Strong communication skills with a track record of working successfully with a wide range of stakeholders

You should have a good level of working knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office programmes, in particular Microsoft Excel.

The role offers a hybrid approach to working, with opportunity to work remotely/from home, balanced with time in-office to learn from colleagues, undertake briefings where face-to-face engagement is essential, and access systems that are not available remotely.

There will also be some requirement to travel to other RAF stations in order to deepen your understanding of the business and identify appropriate cost allocation and apportionment metrics.

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