Senior Commercial Manager (Financial Services)

Never has there been a more exciting time to join our fantastic team, which, as one of the most heavily outsourced departments across Whitehall, will offer the chosen candidate amazing opportunities to work across the ministry, the function and industry, delivering some groundbreaking and exciting projects and programmes.
As a member of the Government Commercial Function, this role will require someone with the ability to engage, motivate, inspire and lead a team (directly and indirectly), working with colleagues across the wider function (such as the Crown Commercial Service, Complex Transactions and Suppliers and Market team) and the other professions (Finance, Digital, Data & Analytical Services, Communications, Legal, Security and Internal Audit).
Here at MoJ we aspire to have the best people, to be integrated with our stakeholders, to provide first class commercial advice across the contract lifecycle and to drive market engagement to leverage insight and best practice and to play our role in the development of the profession. Again, thank you for considering not just a role with us but a long-term career within the Government Commercial Function.
Further information is contained in the following links:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
https://www.nao.org.uk/Department/ministry-of-justice
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/procurement, This role sits within the Government Commercial Organisation (GCO) but is based in the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Commercial and Contract Management Directorate (CCMD).
The MoJ is a major government department, at the heart of the justice system. Responsible for courts, prisons and probation services. You would be joining a high performing Commercial Directorate with one of the largest and most complex spend profiles in central government. CCMD is responsible for coordinating procurement and contract management across the MoJ, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
The MoJ spends £3.5bn a year and manages over 1000 active contracts, all of which are sourced and managed by CCMD. The scope of our contracts range from building, maintenance and the operation of Prisons, Courts and Young Offender establishments through to food for prison dogs. The directorate also buys and manages contracts for feeding up to 80,000 prisoners, the secure escorting of prisoners from numerous establishments based around the country and translation services.
This role is responsible for leading the Financial Services team within the Core Services portfolio which also incorporates Corporate and People services.
Financial Services is a busy category covering a wide range of contracts, including high-profile and critical Gold contracts and a selection of Silver and Bronze Contracts. These contracts need proactive management in collaboration with the Ministry’s operational contract management teams. The team manages annual Contract spend in excess of £100m, investments in excess of £250m and supports income collected from Fines/Fees in excess of £600m
The Financial Services team are responsible for the procurement and management of 25 contracts in total (including 4 critical Gold Contracts) across a range of Financial Services including Investments, Payment Acceptance, Payment Solutions, Insurance, Claims and Compensation, Pensions and Banking Services. As the Senior Commercial Manager you will be responsible for the leadership and management of a team of 6 staff.
Locations, As a Senior Commercial Manager you will deliver strategic commercial leadership and support the team and the Commercial Managers to deliver procurement and contract management activities to achieve commercial outcomes across the business.
Working within a fast-paced environment, you will bring excellent communication and organisational skills to ensure contracts are working effectively, and stakeholder relationships are managed appropriately. The category involves working with a wide and diverse set of stakeholders and suppliers and some niche markets
The job holder will be required to undertake the following duties and responsibilities:
+ Leading the delivery of the Financial Service Category supporting the Ministry of Justice and it’s public bodies;
+ Developing and nurturing relationships with senior business stakeholders;
+ Providing excellent leadership to the Financial Services team;
+ Delivering strategic sourcing advice and guidance on call-off competitions and other routes to market;
+ Continually driving efficiencies in delivery, developing processes and new ways of working within the team
+ Focus on team development and opportunities for all grades., We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process, If you are invited to attend a virtual ADC, but for any reason are unable to meet the date outlined then please get in touch with the team at commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk as soon as possible. The ADC is booked and paid for in advance by departments, therefore it is only in certain circumstances we are able to accommodate alternative dates.
Details of schemes available are attached in the advert.
For full details of our process, and a likely timeline, please read the explanation provided in the attached candidate pack.
Throughout our selection process, we will make decisions about your capability to do the job, based on evidence you provide against the essential criteria for the role which are detailed in the attached Candidate Pack.
Your application will be reviewed by a panel and should you be successful at sift we will invite you to attend a Virtual commercial Assessment and Development Centre (VADC). The panel will review results of the VADC and determine which candidates will go through to a subsequent final panel interview.
IMPORTANT: If you do not receive an acknowledgement of your application within 2 working days please contact: commercialresourcinghub@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
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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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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window).
The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion
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 (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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The successful candidate(s) will be able to agree a contractual workplace from those locations listed in this advert. When selecting your location listed in this job advert please be aware that this will be your contractual base location with a requirement to spend a minimum of 60% of your working time in this organisational workplace. Your time spent on official duties at workplace locations other than your contractual office such as supplier, customer or partner locations required to perform your role is included in the 60% attendance. This requirement will however take into consideration any reasonable adjustments agreed upon appointment for people with a disability, flexibilities agreed for those with specific caring responsibilities, or other similar temporary flexibilities., + Manages Complexity - Experience of having had a leading role in complex commercial activities, balancing multiple competing demands and requirements
+ Commercial Focus - Experience of managing activities across the entire commercial lifecycle and being able to identify commercial opportunities
+ Contract and Supply Management - Experience of leading on contracts of high value/complexity/reputational risk, to ensure effective performance and delivery of value for money
+ Coaching Manager - Experience of building confidence in teams, understanding strengths, gaps and career aspirations to build capability.
+ Procurement Process - Experience in the development of strategies for high value/risk, critical/complex procurements and leading the implementation and end to end delivery of these

Please be advised that the Virtual ADC is taking place on 22nd November 2024 and will require a full day's attendance.

As a valued employee of the Government Commercial Organisation (GCO), you will have access to all the benefits the centre has to offer; including flexible working, generous benefits, Career Coaches, Mentors, L&D, a Commercial College, active talent management and, most importantly, access to commercial projects that will far exceed the scale and complexity on offer elsewhere in the UK.
For existing Civil Servants: For full details of the impact on any move across the civil service on your existing terms and conditions, please read the candidate pack. Please note that any move across the Civil Service may have implications on your ability to continue to claim childcare vouchers.