DIO Finance Business Partner Air

About the job

Job summary

Do you want to work for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and play a key role in keeping our country safe through caring for the Defence estate and those that depend on it? DIO manages the Defence estate, one of the UK’s largest and most diverse property portfolios, enabling the armed forces and Defence civilians to live, work, train and deploy. From net carbon-zero accommodation to runways for the F35 fighter jets, our outputs are unique in the UK and across the globe!

Finance Business Partners is the interface for Finance into MOD Customers. As part of DIO's Customer Delivery operating model, functional leads from across key business areas have been assigned to each TLB, who work closely with the senior leadership team to better support the delivery to our customers. This is an exciting role which uniquely means you will gain a wealth of knowledge across the breadth of DIO's finance areas, be a part of the DIO cross-functional Customer Support team which includes members from Estates, Delivery, Commercial and PMO teams, as well as building relationships with your assigned Customer. It’s a true strategic finance role, where you can shape interactions and drive value add.

DIO Finance operates a flexible working model whereby individuals may be required to transfer to another role. This may be in response to critical vacancies or for the individual’s personal development. These moves will not require a change to an individual’s duty station.

Essential: Qualified Level 4 – AAT or Certificate level CCAB/CIMA

Desirable: Qualified with CCAB, CIMA or equivalent or working towards qualification

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description

This role works across DIO finance acting as the finance business partner to DIO’s customers who are MOD’s Top Level Budget Holders (including the Army, Navy, Air and Strategic Command). The successful candidate will be paired with a subset of customers and become the primary finance front door and source of financial advice and information for them. This role is one of four finance business partners, the current vacancy being the Air role. To enhance development, at a mutually agreed point, the intention would be to move individuals around customers or alternative roles within the business. You would provide specialist financial advice based on understanding of business value drivers and information requirements, with a focus on financial performance and decision-support. These roles are visible to seniors and will enable applicants to gain an understanding of the breadth of DIO business, as well as form relationships and insights with your customers. As a true business partner role this represents a rewarding opportunity for a financier to develop key finance skills, work closely with subject matter experts including military personnel, as well as gaining strategic level insight and engagement!

As the DIO Finance Business Partner Air you will be responsible for:

Building effective stakeholder engagement by:

• Providing definitive advice, negotiating, and influencing senior leadership to make informed decisions.
• Build successful partnerships and maintain relationships with both Senior Leaders and wider stakeholders.
• Act as the first point of contact for issues and queries raised by the business.

Support the business to deliver their outcomes and drive financial performance:

• Support the development and implementation of credible financial plans.
• Drive financial performance against agreed targets, business plans and objectives working collaboratively with stakeholders.
• Provide specialist financial advice.

Provide constructive challenge, scrutiny, insight and analysis:

• Challenge and support the business to enhance decision making and increase performance.
• Providing valuable financial advice, constructive challenge and support, strategic insight to the Business area(s) on their financial plans and programmes.
• Ensuring ambitions are sustainable, aligned to strategy, maximise value for money and are linked to benefits.

Act as the bridge between the business and the rest of finance:

• Engaging with the wider business and drawing on the required support from the finance function.
• Working collaboratively with Finance teams and other functions to ensure that senior leadership have the right information and advice.

Continuous improvement:

• Continuously improve efficiency, output, levels, and quality of service and proactively identify opportunities through engagement with the business.
• Provide coaching and feedback where there are gaps in financial knowledge.
• Manage input and support to change programmes.

Person specification

• Technically competent and highly numerate with a record of success in a financial management role with excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent and effective communicator, able to communicate at all levels within and external to the finance function.
• Ability to work flexibly and adapt to changing priorities as well as be able to think about solutions to emerging issues or best ways to develop portfolios.
• Experience of developing collaborative relationships with a range of stakeholders and teams and working with them to deliver results.
• Experience in leading a team and managing deliverables.
• Experience of analysis and interpretation of data.
• Ability to present to senior management.
• Willingness to travel to visit customers on a quarterly basis and to DIO teams to gain greater understanding of financials and develop relationships.

Qualifications

• Essential: Qualified Level 4 – AAT or Certificate level CCAB/CIMA

Behaviours

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

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

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

• Leadership
• Communicating and Influencing

Technical skills

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

• Finance Functional Framework: Financial Planning – Expert Level
• Financial Functional Framework: In Year Management – Expert Level

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

• Finance Functional Framework: Financial Planning – Expert Level

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £59,690, the Ministry of Defence contributes £17,292 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%

Apply before: 11:55 pm on Monday 31st March 2025

For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below.