Finance and Systems Administrator Army Reserve

at  Ministry of Defence

JOB SUMMARY

The British Army protects the United Kingdom’s interests at home and abroad, providing a safe and secure environment in which all British citizens can live and prosper. The Army is supported by a civilian workforce that includes 8000+ MOD Civil Servants. This civilian workforce provides a vast range of roles such as teachers, firefighters and psychologists to logisticians, financiers, administrators, project and programme managers and policy staff all of whom enable the Army to deliver its core outputs.
Working within an Army Reserve unit, our civilian staff deliver crucial outputs and play a meaningful part of the team. When you see our service personnel being reported on in the media whilst out on operations around the world, providing support and help to others overseas and at home, or out training so they can be the best at what they do, you will have immense pride knowing you played some part in making it happen!
4th Battalion The Royal Yorkshire Regiment (4 YORKS) are looking for an outgoing and motivated individual, with strong inter-personal skills and an eye for detail, to be part of an innovative and high-performing team with a focus on providing outstanding customer service in the role of a Financial Systems Administrator (FSA). The vacant post is a full-time position and advertised at 37 hours per week.
Ideally, the successful candidate will have previous experience of working in a financial or administrative role and is able to easily adapt to changing priorities.
The vacant post is a full-time position and advertised at 37 hours per week.
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JOB DESCRIPTION

The FSA plays a vital role in the delivery of finance and administrative functions to the unit, which is important to ensuring that all military personnel are well administered. Good administrative and financial processes allow the military personnel within the Battalion to conduct their duties effectively.
The candidate will need to be a team-player but be able to work on their own initiative. The right person will need excellent organisational skills and to be confident in their problem-solving ability. They will also have the ability to communicate with confidence to a varied customer base as well as senior leaders.
The individual will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Public Funds Account using the Cash Office Management system, book-keeping of the unit’s charitable funds and overseeing the accurate and timely processing of pay and allowances for military personnel using a bespoke IT system.
The role holder will, as the senior civil service grade within the Battalion, be required to support lower Civil Service grades and Line Managers, with Civil Service procedures.
The role holder will also provide timely and accurate advice to military personnel on entitlement to allowances and expenses for periods of temporary duty away from their permanent duty station and is required to authorise expense claims.
Occasional travel to the Battalion locations may be required as well as the attendance at role related seminars, conferences and courses across the UK.

BEHAVIOURS

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £28,300, Ministry of Defence contributes £7,641 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

Where business needs allow, some roles may be suitable for a combination of office and home-based working. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance. Applicants can request further information regarding how this may work in their team from the Vacancy Holder (see advert for contact details). Defence Business Services cannot respond to any questions about working arrangements.
The post does not offer relocation expenses.
External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period.
Please Note: Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed.
Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.
Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.
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NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Experience: Proven previous experience in a financial or administrative role

• Behaviours:
• Managing a Quality Service
• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decision