Senior Compliance Manager

Job Description

LocationRoyal Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B75 7RL : Stoke Gifford, South West, BS34 8JH : Huntingdon, Eastern, PE28 2EA : City of Westminster, London, SW1A 2HBAbout the jobSummaryJoin the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) and have a future that matters: Be proud; Be challenged; Be unique.DIO is passionate about ensuring that we are a top performing organisation and a great place to work. We host a diverse range of talent where everyone feels valued and supported enabling our people to flourish, bring greater creativity and innovation to achieve higher organisational performance. We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and creating a culture where everyone can bring their whole self to work and individuality is truly appreciated. We promote and support a range of flexible working patterns enabling staff to balance home and work responsibilities. This culture of inclusion is underpinned by our 6 staff networks covering Disability, Faith and Belief, Gender Equality, LGBTQI+, Race, Social Mobility and 3 networks dealing with employee wellbeing and support: Speak Safe Volunteers, Mental Health First Aiders and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Advisers. Our staff, future and current will be guided by the 4 Cs and we encourage you to be curious and continuously strive for improvement, collaborative in an inclusive culture, bold and resilient and committed to Defence, empowered and able to challenge so you can play a key part in shaping the direction of our organisation. DIO commits to offer its employees the following experience: • Meaningful, purposeful work • The ability to learn and grow • The right opportunities and resources • To care about your wellbeing • To feel valued and included About DIOThe Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is the estate expert for Defence, supporting the armed forces to enable military capability by planning, building, maintaining, and servicing infrastructure. Our responsibilities include: • Plan and deliver major capital projects and lifecycle refurbishment • Provide utilities services • Manage soft facilities management (i.e. cleaning and catering) • Provide a safe place to train • Allocate Service Families Accommodation • Procure and manage routine maintenance and reactive repair • Provide a central register of asset information to advise infrastructure planning • Act as steward of the Defence estate • Provide the unarmed guarding service We employ approximately 4,900 staff from a very diverse range of professions, and we work across the world; in Germany, Cyprus and the Falkland Islands, Norway, Poland, Kenya, Belize, Nepal and Oman. You can view our YouTube video to see more about our workJob descriptionThe ChallengeCorporate governance, risk management and assurance are some of the most important areas of financial management and control and this opportunity sits at the heart of this work. The DIO Senior Compliance Manager role’s primary purpose is to provide strategic support to DIO by managing the effective delivery of Financial compliance, control, risk management and assurance activities across the Finance Directorate. Success in this role will be measured by an ability to build awareness and capability across DIO in financial governance, sharing ‘learning moments’ and championing best practice across Finance and DIO. You’ll interact with a range of stakeholders across DIO and the wider Department, working collaboratively in cross functional teams including wider assurance and corporate governance groups and with good visibility to Senior Leadership within DIO and the wider Department. The role sits in DIO’s Financial Accounting team, a small team of experienced professionals providing financial accounting reporting for the organisation and governance across the Finance function.Responsibilities• Provide governance, interpretation, advice and guidance on compliance requirements across the Finance community. Drive consistent application of appropriate behaviours and practice across the wider organisation through engaging and influencing widely. • Overseeing and managing the design and application of the finance control framework within DIO. Drive associated continuous improvement activities across the function. • Oversee and support DIO Finance’s input into related assurance activities, including the Annual Assurance Return and supporting activities. • Manage the application of financial delegations, RACI matrices and financial governance frameworks / activities across the function. • Use collaborative and open communication to manage multiple stakeholders and competing requirements to develop compliance activities to deliver improvement in controls and assurance Desirable Experience & SkillsExperience • Assurance and corporate governance experience Qualification • CCAB or CIMA qualified About DIODIO is part of the Ministry of Defence (MOD). We play a vital role in supporting Defence by leading and managing the delivery of what the Armed Forces need to live, work, train and deploy on operations. Under the Future DIO Transformation Programme, DIO will become the MOD’s professional estate services business and realise our organisational vision of providing a better estate, a better service and a better business. See more on Defence Infrastructure Organisation – GOV.UK To find out more about us, take a look at the attached Quick Guide to DIO or you can view our YouTube video to see more about our work To help achieve our objectives, we believe in six important values (Safety first, Collaboration, Integrity, Agility, Accountability and Enthusiasm) that underpin our vision and mission. These values equip us for the future and shape how we work together. These values are designed by DIO for DIO.BehavioursWell assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

Leadership

Communicating and Influencing

Making Effective Decisions

Working Together

We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:

Leadership

Communicating and Influencing

Technical skillsWell assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

Finance Governance

Benefits We enable our people to work at the right place, with the right people, at the right time. We b