20856 - MoJ HQ Transaction Team Leader

Job Title:

MoJ HQ Transaction Team Leader

Grade: HEO

Business Group:
Chief Operating Officer Group

Contract Type:
Permanent

Directorate:
Financial Management, Control, Risk & Governance (FMCRG)

Team:
MoJ HQ Transaction Team

Location:

Birmingham B5 4UA
, Leeds LS1 4AP
, Hull HU1 2EZ
(The successful candidate will be based at one of these locations).

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is a major government department at the heart of the justice system.

We serve the public by upholding the rule of law, and by delivering an efficient, fair, timely and effective justice system in which the public has confidence. We:

Enforce the decisions of the court: we punish offenders and work to reduce reoffending; we prevent victims by changing lives.

In partnership with an independent judiciary, run the courts and tribunals service, helping individuals, businesses and families resolve their disputes.

Protect vulnerable members of society and children and help to ensure victims of crime get justice.

Provide legal aid and advice for those cases where it is justified.

Develop policy on all aspects of law and justice, both domestically and internationally, helping to build a legal and rights framework that is clear and proportionate, and that commands confidence around the world

Information about the MoJ and its priorities can be found at

The role sits within the Financial Reporting, Transactions and Governance team within the Ministry’s Financial Management, Control, Risk and Governance Directorate. The team is a central function responsible for delivering both transactional Purchase to Pay (P2P) services and process support across the Ministry of Justice group. The team is geographically dispersed, with staff co-located across multiple national locations. Occasional travel is required to support effective team leadership and stakeholder engagement.

The team currently consists of 1 SEO, 3 HEO and EO/AO staff.

The team’s purpose is to provide an end-to-end P2P service, combining transactional processing with guidance and support to ensure accurate, timely and compliant financial activity. This includes providing transactional services across MoJ and supporting requisitioners who interact directly with MoJ’s Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERP), such as Oracle SOP and iProcurement. The team also works closely with other finance transaction teams, the Commercial Systems team, and interfaces with the transactional service provider SSCL to ensure seamless service delivery and effective resolution of issues across the P2P lifecycle.

The role requires strong leadership to manage and develop a motivated, inclusive and high-performing team across multiple locations, while building effective relationships with stakeholders to ensure services meet business needs, promote compliance with P2P policies and processes, and support continuous improvement and the delivery of wider organisational objectives.

• Lead and manage a small team, setting clear expectations, coaching staff, and developing their capability to deliver a high-quality service.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance efficiency, streamline processes and improve user experience by working with procurement, finance, and operational colleagues.
• Maintaining and improving internal process documents in line with policy.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, promoting collaboration. Respond promptly and effectively to service complaints, identifying root causes and implementing actions to prevent recurrence.
• Provide clear advice and guidance on purchasing methods, sourcing options and constructively challenge business areas where necessary to ensure decisions are compliant with policy.
• Ensure the accurate and timely processing of all purchase-to-pay transactions in line with Service Level Agreements. Prioritising workloads for the team to maintain service quality to meet performance targets.
• Oversee routine housekeeping activities to maintain purchase order accuracy.
• Ensure compliance with procurement rules, identifying non-compliant activity and working collaboratively to…