Financial Operations Lead
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 08 Ionawr 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £44,241 bob blwyddyn |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 25 Ionawr 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Aberdeen |
| Cwmni: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 439026/1 |
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Do you have experience building effective relationships to deliver high-quality financial operations supporting wider objectives?
Have you played a role in managing or reducing financial risks, such as debt or fraud?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
We are seeking a Financial Operations Lead to join the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) who are an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport, providing multiple statutory functions as flag, port and coastal State and delivering international obligations for search and rescue, environmental protection and responding to major maritime incidents.
The Finance function is a key enabler for the Agency to ensure we can deliver against this remit, managing an annual budget of c. £572m. As part of the Directorate of Corporate Services, you will manage and support the delivery of the Purchase 2 Pay (P2P), Order 2 Cash (O2C) and General Ledger (GL) functions. You will be a subject matter expert for Unity Shared Services and Debt Management.
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
Find out more about what it's like working at: Maritime and Coastguard Agency - Department for Transport Careers
As the Financial Operations Lead, you will lead the delivery of financial transactions across the Agency, ensuring that financial transactional processes are effective, a robust financial control environment is maintained, and value for money is obtained.
You will build effective relationships with local finance contacts and operational areas, develop an understanding of the business and have a key role to play in supporting the delivery of a range of initiatives that support the organisation in delivering its objectives. You will support business units and other finance colleagues to ensure Financial Operations can effectively underpin informed decision making and problem solving.
You will be the debt management lead for the Agency and, reporting to the Head of Financial Transactions and the Assistant Director Financial Controls, be responsible for Debt Management in accordance with the Government Functional Standard.
You will provide effective and inspiring leadership to the Financial Transactions team, fostering a high performing culture through continuous improvement and act as a liaison between MCA and Shared Service provider.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to
Manage the Financial Transactions teams, in delivery of P2P, O2C and GL functions and carry out effective monitoring of transactional processes.Manage the Agency’s debt position to minimise losses, advising on debt related decisions and leading on debt management reporting.Use Data Analytics to identify trends, risks and opportunities for improvement in debt management and implement robust governance and assurance mechanisms to monitor performance and compliance.Continuously improve and transform financial systems, processes and data, in a way that meets stakeholder needs, including supporting the delivery of the ‘Unity Shared Services’ ERP replacement programme.Working closely with Financial Control colleagues, liaise with external audit to ensure progression of the Annual Report and Accounts for Parliament.Effective leadership skills, with the ability to motivate and develop the Financial Transactions teams, promoting consistent excellence in the team’s outputEffective communication skills to explain financial processes in a clear manner to agency stakeholdersAnalytical and problem-solving skills to work with others to understand the root causes of needs or problems to devise effective solutions and outcomes with clearly outlined associated riskGreat line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
For further information on the role, please read the role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
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