Senior Finance Business Partner

Senior Finance Business Partner
Grade I - £53,688 - £60,960
Permanent
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Staffordshire Police is continually striving to deliver the best possible service for the county’s residents, businesses and visitors. It is a fast-paced organisation, adaptive to modern policing needs and open to continual improvement.

Everyone who works for the force has an important role to play in shaping the future of Staffordshire Police. The force seeks people who will champion new ways of working, be collaborative and agile and represent in a fair and ethical manner those that Staffordshire Police serves.

For more information about Staffordshire Police please click the below link:

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About the Opportunity

In this role you will be providing strategic finance support to the organisation and being part of enabling key strategy and policy decisions.

Each Senior Finance Business Partner is aligned to a number of commands in line with Executive portfolios and is responsible for leading the development of the strategic budget setting as well as quarterly revenue and capital budget monitoring processes for identified commands.

As well as this, you’ll provide outstanding leadership and support to the team aligned to you (Finance Business Partners, Finance Officers, Partnership & Income Manager) and be a member of the Financial Services department Senior Leadership Team.

You will be confident at providing financial advice and guidance to organisations in order to support the delivery of the best possible service within the resources available. You will be involved in completing business cases and financial modelling as well as being responsible for determining average unit costs to improve operational resource accountability.

Staffordshire Police is continually striving to deliver the best service for Staffordshire, ensuring that we keep people safe and protect our communities. As a Senior Finance Business Partner, your role will be instrumental in enabling the delivery of these plans.

The role is based at Staffordshire Police Headquarters, with the opportunity for agile working.

Further details relating to the role and responsibilities can be found within the role profile and for more information please contact: Emma Cranidge, Service Director – Finance at emma.cranidge@staffordshire.police.uk.

To apply, please upload your CV and provide a supporting statement demonstrating how you meet the experience and skills requirements of the role.

Closing date: 28th January 2025 at Midday.

Interview date is to be confirmed and will include a presentation and assessment.

In addition to your salary, you will have access to a range of benefits including:

Pension Scheme - Employers Pension contribution 21.5% Staffordshire Pension Fund - Staffordshire Pension Fund - Home (staffspf.org.uk)
Generous holiday entitlement, plus Bank Holidays.
Flexible / Agile Working
Sick pay scheme
Fostering friendly policy
Family friendly policies – maternity, paternity, parental leave, adoption, disability leave and carers leave
Access to health and wellbeing support
Eye care vouchers
On site Gyms
Staff associations
Reward and Recognition
Blue light Card
Flexible working options
Training and development opportunities
Car lease scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Free Parking at selected sites
Onsite catering facilities
Access to Staff Networks
Union support
Financial products and services

Staffordshire Police / Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service is fully supportive of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and strives to employ a workforce that represents the community we serve.

Our vacancies are open to everyone and all appointments are made based on merit. We encourage and welcome applications from all underrepresented groups which include: Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, female, people who have a disability, those who are neurodivergent and persons of the LGBTQ+ community.

We use positive action to encourage potential candidates from underrepresented groups through targeted step-In support and advice sessions. If you have the skills, experience and values, that here in Staffordshire Police / Staffordshire Fire and Rescue we pride ourselves on, then we would welcome you to apply.

For more information on Positive Action please email the team on positive.action@staffordshire.police.uk positive.action@staffordshirefire.gov.uk

Please note if you are successful at interview and commence pre-employment checks this will include vetting, please see what this involves and the process via the below link:

Police vetting process | Join The Police (joiningthepolice.co.uk)