Date Posted:
2024-03-04
Country:
United Kingdom
Location:
GBR01:Harlow, Essex, Kao One, Kao Park, Harlow, CM17 9NA
Position Role Type:
Unspecified
Closing date 22nd March
Summary of Role:
A key role supporting the Senior Finance Manager – Functional BP, Bids & Proposals and Compliance to deliver business advice and coordinated management of functions, investment, projects and other aspects of Integrated Business Planning, to the CFO, COO and MD. It will directly impact the profitability and competitiveness of the organisation and cuts across all functions and the business, offering a wide exposure to senior leaders on both tactical and strategic issues.
Main Duties:
Functional Business Partnering:
Business Partnering relationships with functional leads and their teams across the whole business
Functional overhead, workload, and investment forecasting & reporting to support the Integrated Business Planning (IBP), LRP, AOP and monthly cycles. Roll-out standardisation of all forecasting & reporting across the whole business
Owning the functional plans/forecasts, driving performance versus annual plan/forecast and cost optimisation
Supporting functional leads to create, manage, and monitor functional dashboards/metrics, service level agreements (SLAs) and service catalogues, to drive efficiency and operational performance
Supporting functional leads in creation of basis of estimates for bid activity
Driving and supporting functional business case and AR generation (inc. but not limited to Capex, Change, M&S and Seed), basis of estimate and make v buy
Partnering with Programme Management to provide financial governance of investments (inc. EACs)
Supporting functional leads to create and manage zero based budgets and new and robust finance governance processes
Inputting into the Risk and Opportunities register for rates and investments
Supporting Business Restructuring and Indirect Cost Optimisation Projects
Supporting the implementation of new Finance Systems and associated processes as it relates to functional forecasting and rates
Compliance:
Assist in ensuring RSL’s compliance with the Defence Reform Act (DRA) and Federal Acquisition Requirements (FAR) throughout the contract lifecycle, from bid to close out
Manage, review and submit reporting to these bodies, including, but not limited to, rates reporting, programme reporting and SME/Supplier Reporting
Manage, review and submit responses to requests from these bodies, including all audit activity
Manage, review and submit consultation responses to the SSRO
Coordinate programme reporting and programme audit activity with MOD
Candidate Requirements:
Essential:
Excellent presentational skills. Comfortable with data and detail but having the ability to extract high level messages. Experience of presenting to senior audiences
Ability to work on concurrent issues/problems with multiple senior stakeholders and sources of information, both internal and external, under time pressure. Being able to “think on your feet”, prioritise effectively and having a “can-do” attitude
Excellent people manager (using both direct and indirect influencing skills)
Strong communicator and networker with a thirst for understanding the business model, providing meaningful and actionable insight, critical thinking and an ability to think differently about existing problems. Previous experience of dealing one-to-one with both senior and external stakeholders and building relationships
Being able to own issues, completer-finisher
Strong financial analytical skills, joining the dots, and attention to detail
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain financial concepts to non-financial staff
Excellent systems skills
Working in a programme environment / knowledge of accounting for long term contracts
Negotiation experience and being an effective influencer
Creative and entrepreneurial, providing innovative solutions that drive value to the business
Knowledge of the Defence Reform Act and Federal Acquisition Regulations
Experience of working in a matrix organisation
Experience in pricing and estimating
Knowledge of MoD procurement methodologies & DEFCONs
Desirable:
Experience with proposal processes such as IPDS
Understanding of Project reporting including EACs & EVMS
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