Army - Finance Operations Support

HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) provides NATO with a rapidly deployable, flexible HQ that can act as a Joint, Land or Corps HQ for operations and crisis response. Its multi-national ethos, combination of cultures and innovation, strong professional reputation in NATO and proven track record in interoperability are unique among its High Readiness Force peers.

You will be responsible for the co-ordination, monitoring and financial planning of all budget and finance issues directly associated with the ARRC. Reporting to the Finance Business Partner, you will be responsible for managing ARRCs multi million pound in year budget highlighting the key risks, issues and opportunities for senior management, which will involve presenting complex financial information.

Key responsibilities:

• Regularly work with colleagues in all parts of ARRC and with the Finance Business Partner.
• Keep abreast of team and Departmental activities and priorities to support the efficient management of ARRC budget.
• Build and sustain strong working relationships within the ARRC and externally with the Army.
• Ensure that financial information is accurate, timely, and complete, and that reporting requirements relating to in year financial management and annual budget planning are met
• You will be responsible for the co-ordination, monitoring and financial planning of all budget and finance issues directly associated with ARRC.

Managing ARRCs in year budget:

• Hold regular meetings with ARRC team heads to plan and monitor spend against funding bids.
• Compile monthly forecasts for Director ARRC to approve before submitting the final version.
• Compile the monthly finance brief for ARRC senior management.
• Support the ARRC Business Manager with headcount planning.
• Review of ARRC business cases for expenditure proposals and provide financial input regarding affordability.
• Provide support for savings and costings exercises.
• Act as primary contact for financial issues in ARRC.

Annual Budget Cycle (ABC) planning round submissions and costing of new expenditure proposals:

• Work with ARRC section heads to review proposed spend for future years.
• Staffing of ABC plan to Chief Of Staff, ARRC before submission.
• Completion of ABC Workbooks including checking of headcount figures.
• Costing of new expenditure proposals to be included in the ABC submission.
• Liaison with Finance Business Partner.

Contracting, Purchasing & Finance (CP&F) super user:

• Provision of advice to ARRC users on CP&F issues.
• Creation of new contract and contract amendment requisitions.
• Raising of purchase requisitions and receipting.
• New user requests.

Essential skills required:

• Strong communicator, able to communicate at all levels and good presentation skills.
• Ability to work flexibly and adapt to changing priorities.
• Ability to develop collaborative relationships with a range of stakeholders and teams.
• Experienced planning and organisational skills in a fast-paced financial environment and experience of delivery and meeting tight deadlines within changing priorities.

• Level 4 qualification in accounting such as Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) or Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB)/Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) or currently working towards such training.