DIO Finance Manager

Key ResponsibilitiesIn Year Management forecasting and planningWorking with various stakeholders providing guidance and scrutinising business cases ensuring they adhere to policy including regulatory and proprietary, affordability and value for money.Producing standardised reports/dashboards for monthly financial reviews and Annual Budget Cycle (ABC), highlighting key issues and material changes.Ensuring all required information is provided, outputs are accurate, timely and meet theexpected standards for:- Month end activities, ensuring you and your team complete utilising the correct accounting entries and completed in compliance with relevant internal and wider government policy and a robust audit trail maintained.- Monitoring, and where appropriate approving invoices, engaging with commercial and suppliers when required to resolve issues.- Reviewing and undertaking the input of budget profiles into corporate reporting systems, forming the baseline for future progress measurement.- Corporate system input is consistently achieved for your business area(s) for all aspects of ABC and In-Year Management (IYM).Engaging with the Business where evidence for manual accruals is insufficient and flagging issues, by exception, to the appropriate Finance Business Partner.All misbookings are to be corrected at source, removing any need for future manual intervention. Engaging with Project and Commercial staff to resolve any issues and work towards a right first-time input.Reviewing the Chart of Accounts, ensuring the structure remains current and consistent, verifying new requirements as legitimate.Ensuring data integrity for use in the MOD Annual Report and Accounts (ARAc), Estimates and other statutory external reporting processes.Supporting the solutions to issues highlighted during internal or external audit, ensuring that you understand the guidance provided to promote embedding the lesson(s) learnt.