Digital Finance Manager (Ref: 6346)

Location East Midlands (England), East of England, London (region), North East England, North West England, Scotland, South East England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands (England), Yorkshire and the Humber About the job Job summary This position is based Nationally Job description Digital Finance Manager Location: National* Closing Date: 10 June 2025 Interviews: From 19 June 2025 Grade: SEO (MoJ candidates who are on a specialist grade, will be able toretainthis grade on lateral transfer) Salary: London: £47,657 – £52,040; National: £41,463 – £45,276 Working pattern :Full-time, part-time, flexible working Contract Type: Permanent *We offer a hybrid working model, allowing for a balance between remote work and time spent in your local office. Office locations can be found ON THIS MAP The Role We’rerecruiting for a Digital Finance Manager here atJustice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborativeStrategy & Operationsteam. The Digital Finance Team, as part of wider Strategy & Operations, works closely with stakeholders from right across Justice Digital, and the Finance and Commercial Professions, to support and assure spending activities across Justice Digital. It strives to deliver a streamlined, effective, and insightful approach to financial decision-making that adds value for delivery teams. To help picture your life atMoJ Justice Digitalpleasetake a lookat ourblogandourDigital and Technology strategy 2025 Key Responsibilities: The Digital Finance Manager willbe responsible for: Improvingfinancial managementand governance in D&T. Building and continually improving financial processes and reports. Working as part ofa great teamof Digital Finance Managers and Analysts, managing the Analysts in their area, where applicable. More specifically this means: Improvingfinancial managementand governance in D&T: Work with colleagues in your portfolio areas and the finance function to build and inform realistic and well-understood financial forecasts. Provide meaningful andaccuratefinancial reporting, analysis and insights to help colleagues make well-informed decisions. Support colleagues in meeting their budgets and savings targets byidentifyingsavings opportunities andanticipatingpotential overspend. Work with colleagues to resolve issues relating to budgets, purchase orders and invoices. Work with colleagues to track financial benefits agreed in business cases and plans. Promote the benefits of goodfinancial managementwithin D&T. Creating,deliveringand continually improving robust financial processes and reports: In line with wider D&T strategy, manage the design and development of financial processes for a specific area of D&T including; Purchase-to-pay process, working with colleagues from finance and commercial functions; Creating, tracking,managingand closing Purchase Orders. Working with budget holders and other colleagues to deal with thereceiptand the release of payments to third party suppliers. Communicating with budget holders and third-party suppliers aroundpayment schedules, escalating whereappropriate. Cross-charging to other government departments or business areas, working with colleagues from the finance function; Build and continually improve financial reports, performance dashboards and scorecards. Working as part ofa great teamof Digital Finance Managers and Analysts, managing the analysts in their area: Recruit, manage and motivate a team of capable Digital Finance Analysts. Develop individual, and team capabilities, drivinggreat performance, and embedding D&T values and behaviours. Contribute to setting wider team goals andobjectives, ensuring alignment with D&T priorities. We are looking for someone who: Has managed and analysed commercial contract spend, complex budgets, preferably IT budgets, and those that involvelarge amountsof spend with suppliers. Has built finance processes,reportsand dashboards. Enjoys working with large data sets and solving problems. Is able todraw conclusions from, and make recommendations based on, numbers and data. Is comfortable presenting to, and challenging, stakeholders; Has managed other people. Enjoys bringing people from different teams or groups together to deliver a commonobjective. If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply! Benefits 37 hours per week and flexible working options including working from home, working part-time, job sharing, or working compressed hours. A £1k per person learning budget is in place to support all our people, with access tobest in classconferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow Generouscivil service pensionbased on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st2024(Contribution Rates) 25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings’ birthday. 5additionaldays of leave once you have reached 5 years of service. Compassionate maternity, adoption, and shared parental leave policies, with up to 26 weeks leave at full pay, 13 weeks with partial pay, and 13 weeks further leave. And maternity support/paternity leave at full pay for 2 weeks, too! Wellbeing support including access to the Calm app. Bike loans up to £2500 and secure bike parking (subject to availability and location) Season ticket loans, childcarevouchersand eye-care vouchers. 5 days volunteering paid leave. Free membership to BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT. Some offices may have a subsidised onsite Gym. Person Specification Essential Has worked with and analysed complex budgets or data sets, preferably IT budgets, and those that involve spend with suppliers. Experience working with contracts and financial analysis of contracts, preferably with an understanding of civil service commercial processes Has built and produced finance processes,reportsand dashboards. Experiencedrawingconclusions from, and makingrecommendations based on, numbers and data. Is comfortable presenting to, and making recommendations to, colleagues and stakeholders. Enjoys bringing people from different teams or groups together to deliver a commonobjective. Willingness to be assessed against the requirementsfor BPSS clearance The Civil Service is committed to attract,retainand invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Planand theCivil Service D&I Strategy. Person specification Please refer to attached Job Description Benefits Alongside your salary of £41,463, Ministry of Justice contributes £12,011 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides. Access to learning and development A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity ACivil Service pensionwith an employer contribution of 28.97% Annual Leave Public Holidays Season Ticket Advance Apply before 11:55 pm on Tuesday 10th June 2025 For further information, and to apply, please visit our website via the “Apply” button below. #J-18808-Ljbffr