Apprentice Finance Officer (Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner)

This is an exciting apprenticeship opportunity to join the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley Police as a Finance Officer. The OPCC office provides support in a number of areas including strategic financial policy and planning, audit, performance monitoring and scrutiny, governance and compliance, service commissioning, grant funding and partnerships, communications and engagement, press and media, the delivery of the Victims First Service and general administrative duties.

You will provide financial administrative support in the provision of accurate, timely management information and accounting information.

To develop you as an efficient and effective Finance Officer, you will undertake the AAT level 2 apprenticeship. You will receive structured off the job development, supported by workplace learning and mentoring.

As you develop your skills, your role will be to:-

Undertaking monthly reconciliations
Producing monthly monitoring data
Supporting month end and year end activities including postal journals
Providing analysis and guidance to colleagues with the OPCC.
Dealing with queries via a shared inbox

The successful applicant will be aged 18 or over and possess a good standard of education (a minimum of five GCSEs grade 9-4/A-C, including maths, or equivalent), to carry out the tasks of the post and fulfil training requirements. You will be required to communicate effectively and politely with a wide variety of people with the ability to organise, plan and prioritise workloads; able to work to deadlines.

The apprenticeship is aimed at those who are not experienced in the provision of Finance and/or have not achieved qualifications in this field.

As part of the Thames Valley Police family you will enjoy a fantastic range of benefits including 24 days annual leave per annum, pro-rata for part time (plus Bank Holidays), flexible working conditions, a wide range of lifestyle discounts, career development opportunities and have the option to join a local government pension scheme. For more information on our benefits, please visit the supporting you page, via the link at the bottom of the advert.

If you have any queries please contact the Recruitment Team at RecruitmentPoliceStaff@thamesvalley.police.uk quoting reference 22104. We will endeavour to respond to your query as quickly as possible.

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The closing date for enquiries and receipt of completed applications is Sunday 26 January 2025.

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