Head of Finance and Business Operations - 12 Month FTC

Programme: LCST (Logistics Commodities & Services Transformation)

Location: Bristol (once every couple of weeks)

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Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead the bi-annual compilation of the long-term forecast of expenditure (FE) (Services and Commodities), assimilating and validating inputs from internal functions and subcontractors; covering £500m annual spend
• Negotiate budget setting with the Authority for the forthcoming year based on FE and Authority spending constraints
• Lead the forecast and reporting of financial benefit associated with the FE across all spend types
• Lead the Benefit Share claim process including negotiation with the Authority within timescale expectations of both the Authority and Team Leidos partners
• Promote financial benefit enhancement and protection across GRMS, Storage, Distribution, Freight and Commodity purchase areas; as well as staff cost, operating cost and estate cost
• Oversee the delivery and measurement of benefit projects from launch to completion
• Lead Change proposal costing, pricing and approval
• Oversee monthly commodity spend reporting and associated impact on financial benefit in year
• Provide financial and analytic support to LCST leadership with ad hoc special projects 
• Appropriately delegate tasks associated with the above responsibilities to two direct reports and to a wider team of 9 in total
• Manage and support the development of a team of 9, ensuring a high performance mindset throughout the team
• Provide the highest level of customer service to all customers and stakeholders

Skills Required

• Experience with Financial Modelling using Excel
• Experience with Data Analysis with large data sets
• Experience working within an operations-facing finance team, acting as a Finance Business Partner to key Operational Managers & Executives
• Business (Finance) Acumen
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Organised and thorough, with attention to detail
• Team player but able to work independently and proactively
• Good time management with the ability to achieve deadlines
• Capable of operating to tight schedules in a demanding environment
• Strong written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills
• IT proficient (MS Office)

Skills Preferred:

• Experience with SQL querying 
• Experience with tools similar to COBRA or Primavera 
• Experience with Power BI (or similar)
• Qualified with a professional body (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
• Background in Mathematics, Modelling, Economics, Science, Business or Finance
• The successful candidate will be from a multi-disciplinary background with a proven track record of having demonstrated the key competences listed above

Clearance Requirements:

• BPSS Pre-screening required to start

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Leidos UK! Join our team and discover a culture of collaboration, innovation, diversity, trust, caring management, communication transparency, work-life balance, and overall job satisfaction...

What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.
We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
•    Contributory Pension Scheme
•    Private Medical Insurance
•    33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
•    Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

•    Flexible Working Scheme

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture.  We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone.  If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

The Logistics Commodities & Services Transformation (LCST) Programme for the UK Ministry of Defence is a critical effort to enhance and improve the UK’s defence supply chain. The programme provides essential services such as storage and distribution for the MOD's materiel, including a global freight service and the procurement and inventory management of 70,000 commodity NATO Stock Number (NSNs).

Working together as Team Leidos we are helping to transform the UK's defence supply chain by providing an integration of a complex mixture of services, at low risk, using a modern suite of systems that will deliver one version of the truth. For the first time, the MOD will see the whole picture, as it is happening.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world.  You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team.  We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years.  Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.          

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.