Programme Delivery Manager - Finance

£55,403 - £70,219 Based on capability. The base salary of this grade is £61,005 for London and £55,403 for other locations.
Published on 18 November 2024 Deadline 24 November 2024.

The GOV.UK One Login for Government Programme represents a once in a generation opportunity to simplify and widen access to all digital government services. Sitting at the heart of the government, we are building one simple, safe and secure way for users to log in and prove who they are that will work across all government services.

GOV.UK One Login is being designed and built for the many, not the few. It will unite services across government, revolutionising the way government departments digitally interact with users. One Login will deliver an accessible and essential function that will change lives and help millions. We are an ambitious and visionary team so if you want to be at the heart of this truly groundbreaking programme keep reading…

The GOV.UK One Login programme is full of talented and passionate people who are consistently delivering high quality products for services and individuals. We’re halfway through our build phase and features are being shipped almost weekly as we work to mature our product set so that we can expand the range of services and departments benefitting from our work.

Sometimes described as the most strategic programme in government, GOV.UK One Login represents a once in a career opportunity to work on delivering a product that will be used by the majority of the people living in the UK. It’s a fast paced, dynamic and challenging environment that is sure to offer you career satisfaction as well as a chance to develop and enhance your skills.

If you are someone who has strong leadership skills and experience, is adaptable, resilient, and can effectively operate at a senior level then we’d like to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead financial planning for GDS linked to the wider Cabinet Office process, working with the team and wider stakeholders to prepare affordable and credible budgets. Identify areas of financial risk and opportunity associated with budgets.
• Analyse and lead the corporate reporting to ensure accurate actuals and forecasts are provided on a monthly basis. This will include working with colleagues to build your understanding of the business and developing appropriate management information and analysis to test robustness and communicate financial results across GDS.
• Provide financial advice to stakeholders, identifying areas of financial risk or opportunities and providing credible options for mitigating them.
• Develop the Digital Identity financial management processes, working with the business and CO finance colleagues to enable the first line of compliance with all relevant controls.
• Quality assure GDS products (e.g submissions, business cases, contract renewals/new procurements) that have financial consequences within required timescales so that any required changes can be incorporated into the final products.
• Be an inspirational leader and lead a small team of finance and business operations colleagues to deliver the above at pace.

Person Specification

We’re interested in people who:

• Are fully qualified or part qualified AAT with relevant finance experience, part qualified with a CCAB body (CIPFA, ACA, ACCA, ICAS), CIMA or undergoing professional training with one of the recognised bodies.
• Have experience of managing a complex funding structure and understand ways of working in an agile and/or digital environment and have experience in accounting within large capital programmes and have also worked on a GMPP programme.
• Demonstrate ability to work with senior financial and non-financial colleagues to deliver improved performance and value for money.
• Prepare and manage financial reporting and budget processes working across a range of stakeholders, including the preparation of reports and relevant communication material.
• Have excellent analytical, data management and modelling skills and the capacity to get senior leadership to focus on critical issues.
• Deliver quality outcomes within tight deadlines and prioritise effectively.

The Benefits of Working at GDS

• Flexible hybrid working with flexi-time and the option to work part-time or condensed hours.
• A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%.
• 25 days of annual leave, increasing by a day each year up to a maximum of 30 days.
• An extra day off for The King’s birthday.
• An in-year bonus scheme to recognise high performance.
• Career progression and coaching, including a training budget for personal development.
• A focus on wellbeing with access to an employee assistance programme.
• Job satisfaction from making government services easier to use and more inclusive for people across the UK.
• Advances on pay, including for travel season tickets.
• Cycle to work scheme and facilities.
• Access to children's holiday play schemes across different locations in central London.
• Access to an employee discounts scheme.
• 10 learning days per year.
• Volunteering opportunities (5 special leave days per year).
• Access to a suite of learning activities through Civil Service learning.

GDS offers hybrid working for all employees. This means that everyone does some working from home and also spends some time in their local office. You’ll agree to your hybrid working arrangement with your line manager in line with your preferences and business needs.

Things You Need to Know

The standard selection process for roles at GDS consists of:

• A simple application screening process - We only ask for a CV and cover letter of up to 500 words. Important tip - please ensure that your cover letter includes how you meet the skills and experience listed in the “person specification” section above.

Depending on how many applications we get, there might also be an extra stage before the video interview, for example a phone interview or a technical exercise.

Please note that this role requires SC clearance, which would normally need 5 years’ UK residency in the past 5 years. This is not an absolute requirement, but supplementary checks may be needed where individuals have not lived in the UK for that period.

In the Civil Service, we use Success Profiles to evaluate your skills and ability. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, increases performance and improves diversity and inclusivity. We’ll be assessing your technical abilities, skills, experience and behaviours that are relevant to this role.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.