Contract type: 12 months fixed term contract
Rank/grade: G
Salary: Starting Salary £66,190, including £6,910 London Weighting.
Directorate/department: Corporate Services / Finance
Vetting level required: MV/SC
Location: City of London Police estate within the square mile
Description of CoLP
The City of London is the historic heart of London packed with history, commercial activity and culture. It has both a rich legacy of historic buildings and many iconic sites including St Paul’s, the Bank of England, the Royal Exchange, and the Gherkin.
The City of London Police protects the people, businesses and infrastructure of the City of London. Our unique strengths include our experience of policing and protecting one of the most important, dynamic and challenging environments in the UK whilst leading the national response to fraud.
We lead the physical security of the Square Mile, balancing tradition with modern challenges, and maintaining well established relationships with commercial and law enforcement partners worldwide, which maintains integrity and ease of trading in the City of London. We deliver a world class conventional and digital policing environment, supporting safety by design, leading the delivery of a safe place to live, work and visit whether physically or virtually.
Description of Department
It is an exciting time to join the Finance Team. The team is being developed to provide an exceptional finance service supporting and enabling front line policing. This includes supporting transformational change, driving commercial opportunities and building strong relationships across the Force and with our partners.
Purpose of the Role
The Senior Finance Business Partner (Projects) will be deployed across a portfolio of high priority transformation projects, working closely with the Change Portfolio Office (CPO), finance colleagues and operational leads.
The post will provide financial oversight, strategic alignment, and value realisation across Force projects and the portfolio as a whole. The role will bridge the gap between finance and operations, enabling more agile, data-driven decision-making during a period of significant transformation.
Key deliverables will include:
- Economic and Financial Business Case Development
- Monthly project financial dashboards.
- Forecast accuracy improvement.
- Financial risk and opportunity assessments.
- Post implementation financial reviews.
The post will work with the leadership of City of London Police to provide critical finance insight and business intelligence ensuring that the Force’s strategic objectives are met.
The post will ensure robust financial governance, risk mitigation, performance optimisation, and financial standards and practices are compliant.
Selection Process
This role is open to all Police Staff and external candidates who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, regardless of current grade. Applicants who fail to address the skills/knowledge/experience of the job description will not be considered.
The application and interview will be tested under Level 3 of the College of Policing Competency and Values Framework.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 10th August @23:59pm
Following shortlisting, successful candidates will be invited to attend a competency-based interview.
Benefits
- LGPS Pension Scheme - Local Government Pension Scheme explained - Which?
- Access to Blue Light Card scheme - Welcome to Blue Light Card
- Discounts within the Square Mile specifically for City of London Police employees
- Free access to our Force Gym (with dedicated time for female colleagues throughout the week), Personal Training Instructors with a range of specialisms, and a large variety of fitness and wellbeing programmes
- 29 days annual leave (+ bank holidays), increasing up to 33 days with continuous service
- Season Ticket Loans
- Cycle to Work Scheme
Contact
If you would like to discuss the post in more detail, please contact either:
Deputy Chief Financial Officer (Strategic Finance): [email protected]
Deputy Chief Financial Officer (Financial Management): [email protected]
This vacancy is open only to those who have the right to work in the UK.
The City of London Police is keen to promote flexible working and will, subject to operational policing requirements, proactively consider all applications to work flexibly.
The City of London Police is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
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