Finance Business Support Officer - Counter Terrorism Policing

The Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) network stretches across the UK. We work alongside our partners to thwart terrorist planning and help bring perpetrators to justice. Our multi-functional Business Services team supports the operational delivery of CT policing across the wider West Midlands region through the key themes of Finance, Employee Resourcing and Facilities.

As a Business Support Officer working on our Finance team, you'll utilise your excellent customer service and communication skills to provide a comprehensive financial administration service to Counter Terrorism Policing West Midlands (CTP WM). You'll work on your own initiative, prioritise tasks accordingly, and ensure accuracy. Based at our modern offices near to Birmingham International Airport, this role is offered as full time. You'll work Monday to Friday from 8am to 4pm, but an element of flexibility is necessary to meet business needs.

The role involves delivering an efficient and effective financial administration service ensuring records and assets are managed in accordance with regulations and procedures. You'll be responsible for ensuring purchase requisitions for goods and services meet financial policy and are processed in accordance with target time-frames. Part of the role requires providing advice and guidance to staff of all levels on expenses, overtime and purchase requests. You'll undertake monitoring and analysis of financial information, and compile regular financial management reports on the financial performance of the CTU.

Responsibilities:

• Maintaining systems to enable effective control of financial matters ensuring records and assets are kept in accordance with policy.
• Providing detailed management information and analysis in relation to specific subject areas and monitoring reports.
• Undertaking financial monitoring to ensure accuracy of cost coding and highlighting spend variances to forecast.
• Providing guidance and overseeing coordination of data input for overtime and expenses.
• Managing purchase orders ensuring criteria, deadlines and procurement processes are adhered to.
• Preparing annual budgets, accounts and quarterly returns.
• Maintaining a disbursement account and ensuring reactive operational requirements are fully supported.
• Ensuring audit control checks are performed correctly and on schedule.
• Supervising other staff in the absence of the Finance Supervisor.

Skills and competencies:

Essential:

• Relevant experience in a financial environment at least one year.
• Proven experience of providing detailed management information, analysing budgets, forecasting and maintaining registers & working to tight deadlines.
• Previous experience of cash handling and knowledge of petty cash/disbursement accounts.
• Experience/understanding of end of financial year reporting and processes.
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, with higher level of Excel.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good organisational skills with the ability to work on own initiative.

Desirable:

• Possess, or studying for, a formal financial qualification, e.g. AAT.
• Understanding of purchasing/contract frameworks, and financial regulations.
• Understanding of financial probity, audit requirements, and West Midlands Police policies in relation to expenses and overtime.

Security Clearance:

This post requires British nationality (some dual nationalities may be ineligible) and Enhanced Security Check clearance with the willingness to undergo Developed Vetting when in post. You will need to undergo additional security clearance checks, with the offer of employment being conditional on obtaining all of the necessary security clearances. There are limitations on travelling to a small number of countries once in post.

Diversity & Inclusion:

We maximise the potential of people from all backgrounds through a culture of fairness and inclusion to deliver the best service for our communities, whilst protecting them from harm. Counter Terrorism Policing is always working to build upon our diverse workforce to reflect the country we serve. An inclusive culture enables us to do things differently, working in ways that meet individuals' needs, flexing working patterns to ensure work-life balance is healthy so that we deliver the best for the organisation.

We are a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment we operate a Disability Confident Interview Scheme - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview. It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job.

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