Finance Function - Procure to Pay Functional Lead

The Home Office works to build a safe, fair and prosperous UK. We achieve this through our work on counter-terrorism, policing, crime, drugs policy, immigration and passports.

The Corporate Services Group works closely with the Home Offices policy and operational commands to enable us together to deliver the departments priorities. The group is comprised of different teams and professional functions, including Commercial, Communications, Finance, People, Portfolio and Project Delivery, Private Office, Security, Estates and Information.

The Metis Commercial and Finance team work closely with the Home Offices Digital Directorate in maintaining and developing the Home Offices modern Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution (centred on Oracle Fusion) covering our General Ledger, Procure to Pay and expenses.

The objective of the Metis Commercial and Finance team is to oversee and deliver enhancements to the functionality of the ERP and simplify our corporate applications for staff, saving them time and offering greater data driven decision making across the organisation. The success of Metis is reliant on business engagement, staff adoption and the willingness to transform embedded policies and processes to move to adopt industry best practices.

As the Procure to Pay Functional Lead, working in the Financial Control area, you will be responsible for driving and assuring the Oracle Finance solution, based on your broad understanding of Oracle Financials Cloud and current industry best practice, to ensure high-quality business solutions.

You should be very comfortable operating in a Subject Matter Expert capacity, leading on your workstream and being a key advisor to business colleagues at all levels as well as working collaboratively with all support partners to meet key deliverables.

You will be able to effectively communicate the business, functional, and technical information to multiple stakeholders. You will have a problem-solving approach and possess the ability to work confidently with complex data.

As functional lead you will also be responsible for driving enhancements, coming from a variety of sources, including the product quarterly update and taking the lead for the Procure to Pay workstream for the onboarding of additional clients in the Metis environment. Youll be expected to work alongside DDaT product managers and product teams as well as Commercial and Finance experts, putting user needs at the heart of your decision making, looking to get value from early releases and then continually adapting and improving.

As a Finance Professional, you will be aligned to the Government Finance Professions Systems Data and Technology family putting you at the heart of the wider finance function.

Key responsibilities

Working with the product and delivery managers on prioritisation and resourcing to ensure the effectively delivery of the Metis Products Procure to Pay (Oracle Finance Solution) and expenses priorities.

Communicating the business, functional and technical requirements to stakeholder and others, as required, effectively and using the most appropriate channels.

Using insights from stakeholder engagement and data to effectively manage and improve the user experience for staff and support the most cost effective use of resources.

Acting as the Subject Matter Expert on the Metis system and Oracle Finance solution to colleagues and stakeholders within the organisation and across government.

Enabling and managing change that allows more flexibility, responsiveness and improved service delivery and user experience.

Driving the product enhancements, including the quarterly product update and ensuring the smooth onboarding of additional clients on customer service.

Developing and implementing appropriate policies and procedures for change control, for the Procure to Pay function to ensure compliance with government standards.

Playing a key role in the Metis Product team as the Procure to Pay function lead, ensuring process changes are in line with financial operations policies and consider future plans.

Leading the team, acting as a line manager, providing guidance and coaching to support the development of self and others.

Keeping up to date with the latest industry best practice.

Working Pattern

This role is available on a full-time basis with the option of compressed hours working. This role is also suitable for part-time working hours, with a minimum requirement to work 4 days 29 hours 36 minutes per week due to business requirements.

We encourage applications from candidates who wish to work part-time; however, part-time opportunities cannot be guaranteed and are subject to the requirements of the role and business. Candidates wishing to work part-time should notify the vacancy holder as soon as a provisional offer of employment is made, to explore whether this can be accommodated at your selected location.

Travel

Occasional travel may be required.

Essential criteria

Qualified with CCAB, CIMA or equivalent or with extensive financial expertise and working towards qualification.

Implementing and/ optimising Oracle Financials preferably in Oracle Cloud.

Working in a Finance/ Debt Management / Procurement role, preferably in the public sector.

Working independently with minimal supervision but participate as a team member with a willingness to help where needed.

Analysing business needs and able to translate those into requirements and solutions for deployment to business users.

Managing internal and external stakeholders, demonstrating great partnership skills, and the ability to build strong, effective partnerships with peers and diverse teams across multiple locations and technologies in finance and strategy communities.

Demonstrating strong communication skills, verbal and written, and a good understanding of the use of different channels and formats for different audiences.

Desirable criteria

Ideally you will also have the following skills or some experience in:

Working in a Digital, Data or Technology environment.

Managing Successful Programmes at either Foundation or ideally Practitioner level.

PRINCE2 at either Foundation or ideally Practitioner Level.