Digital Finance Lead

We're recruiting for a Digital Finance Lead here at Justice Digital, to be part of our warm and collaborative Strategy & Operations team. The Digital Finance Lead will be responsible for:

• Improving financial management and governance in Justice Digital;
• Building and continually improving financial processes and reports;
• Leading a great team of Digital Finance Managers and Analysts.
To help picture your life at MoJ Justice Digital please take a look at our blog and our Digital and Technology strategy 2025, Improving financial management and governance in Justice Digital:
• Work with colleagues across Justice Digital and the Finance function to build and inform realistic and well-understood financial forecasts;
• Lead on the provision of meaningful and accurate financial reporting, analysis and insights to help colleagues make well-informed decisions;
• Support senior colleagues in meeting their budgets and savings targets by identifying savings opportunities and anticipating potential overspend;
• Work with colleagues to resolve issues relating to budgets and related processes;
• Work with colleagues to track financial benefits agreed in business cases and plans;
• Promote the benefits of good financial management within Justice Digital.
Building and continually improving financial processes and reports:
• Lead on the design and development of financial processes specifically for Justice Digital, including:
+ Purchase-to-pay process, working with colleagues from finance and commercial functions; + Headcount forecasting and tracking, working with colleagues in the finance function and the recruitment team in Justice Digital; + Arranging cross-charging agreements to other government departments or business areas, working with colleagues from the finance function;
• Build and continually improve financial reports, performance dashboards and scorecards.
Leading a great team of Digital Finance Managers and Analysts:
• Lead and motivate a team of capable Digital Finance Managers and Analysts;
• Develop individual and team capabilities, driving great performance, and embedding Justice Digital values and behaviours;
• Set team goals and objectives, ensuring alignment with Justice Digital priorities.
If this feels like an exciting challenge, something you are enthusiastic about, and want to join our team please read on and apply!, In Justice Digital, we recruit using a combination of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability and Success Profiles Frameworks. We will assess your Experience and the following Behaviours during the assessment process:
• Changing & Improving
A diverse panel will review your application against the Person Specification above. Successful candidates who meet the required standard will then be invited to a 1-hour panel interview held via video conference. Should we receive a high volume of applications, a pre-sift based on your experience leading on the management of complex budgets, preferably IT budgets, and those that involve large amounts of spend with suppliers will be conducted before the sift. Should you be unsuccessful in the role that you have applied for but demonstrate the capability for a role at a lower level, we reserve the right to discuss this opportunity with you and offer you the position without needing a further application. A reserve list may be held for up to 12 months, from which further appointments may be made. Terms & Conditions Please review our Terms & Conditions which set out how we recruit and provide further information related to the role and salary arrangements.,
• You've been serving overseas with HM Forces or in some other official capacity as a representative of HM Government
• You were studying abroad
• You were living overseas with parents
In such cases you will need to be able to provide referee cover for the period(s) of residence overseas. The duration of overseas residence and the country of abode will also be taken into account. Success Profiles, MoJ are able to offer an interview to eligible candidates who meet the minimum selection criteria, except in a limited number of campaigns. Candidate's will not be eligible for the Redeployment Interview Scheme if they are applying on promotion. For further information and to apply for this position please see the following link: https://www.jobtrain.co.uk/justicedigital/Job/JobDetail?JobId=497.

Essential
• Has led on the management of complex budgets, preferably IT budgets, and those that involve large amounts of spend with suppliers
• Has built finance processes, reports and dashboards
• Is able to draw conclusions from, and make recommendations based on, numbers and data
• Is comfortable presenting to, and challenging, senior stakeholders
• Experience managing and leading a team
• Enjoys bringing people from different teams or groups together to deliver a common objective
Willingness to be assessed against the requirements for BPSS clearance The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan and the Civil Service D&I Strategy., To apply for roles in MOJ you will need to confirm your employment history for at least 3 years prior to the date of application so that pre-employment checks (BPSS) can be undertaken. If you have spent significant time abroad (a total of 6 months in the past 3 years) you would be required to give a reasonable account of the reasons why. For some roles you will be required to successfully complete National Security Vetting at Counter Terrorism (CTC), Security Clearance (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) level as a condition of appointment. To meet CTC/SC/DV requirements you will normally need to have been resident in the UK for at least 3/5/10 years prior to the date of application (The level of checks that are required are stated in the advert).

The national salary range is £56,532 - £64,048, London salary range is £61,201 - £69,338. Your salary will be dependent on your base location Number of jobs available 2 Detail of reserve list 12 Months Region National City/Town National Building/Site NATIONAL,
• 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 to best in class conferences and seminars, accreditation with professional bodies, fully funded vocational programmes and e-learning platforms
• Staff have 10% time to dedicate to develop & grow
• Generous civil service pension based on defined benefit scheme, with employer contributions of 28.97% from April 1st 2024 (Contribution Rates)
• 25 days leave (plus bank holidays) and 1 privilege day usually taken around the Kings' birthday. 5 additional days 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, childcare vouchers and 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.