Senior Finance Business Partner
Job Title: Senior Finance Business Partner
Salary: The starting salary is £74,680, which includes allowances totalling £2,928.
The salary is broken down as £71,752 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale £79,042 Plus, a location allowance of £1,928 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.
Location: Kilburn
Job Purpose
To provide expert financial insight, analysis and advisory services to senior leadership within assigned business groups, enabling evidence-based decision-making that supports financial sustainability, value for money, and the delivery of operational priorities.
The role influences financial strategy and operational delivery, embedding a culture of financial accountability across the organisation.
Communications and Working Relationships
- MPS Budget Holders/Operational Leads: Regular interaction providing financial advice, challenge, and strategic insight.
- Strategic Finance Business Partners: Regular collaboration to ensure alignment with group financial strategies.
- Management Accounting and Reporting: Regular coordination for planning, forecasting, reporting and assurance.
- Commercial Team: Frequent engagement for financial assessment of procurement, contracts, and pricing.
- External Stakeholders (e.g. Home Office, MOPAC, NPCC): Regular representation in financial oversight and assurance meetings.
- SSCL: Ongoing engagement for ensuring data integrity and KPI reporting accuracy.
- Employees (non-financial): Ad-hoc guidance on financial processes and compliance.
Key Result Areas
- Deliver high-quality financial insight, forecasting, scenario modelling and risk analysis to Budget Holders and operational leads, enabling informed decision-making that drives value for money and cost efficiencies within budgets valued up to £100m.
- Interpret financial performance in partnership with Management Accounting and Reporting, presenting complex financial information in a clear, actionable format to inform decisions at Strategic Finance and Executive level.
- Build and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with business group leadership, directly influencing delivery strategies, resource allocation and financial performance management, particularly for BAU efficiency delivery.
- Provide critical financial input to the development, appraisal, and monitoring of business cases, major projects and programmes, ensuring robust commercial assessment, risk management and governance compliance.
- Support the formulation and delivery of group budgets and strategic financial plans, providing challenge and assurance that proposals are robust, achievable and aligned with organisational objectives.
- Collaborate closely with the Commercial function to provide financial analysis that underpins contract negotiations, pricing decisions, and ongoing supplier management to maximise financial benefit.
- Act as financial broker between Management Accounting and Reporting and the business, ensuring financial data, reporting outputs, and analytical tools meet the evolving needs of operational decision-makers.
- Engage directly with external stakeholders (e.g. MOPAC, Home Office) to represent financial positions as part of financial oversight and assurance discussions.
Scope for Impact
- Advises on financial decisions across a portfolio valued up to £100m, influencing both resource allocation and cost delivery.
- Provides financial leadership that shapes delivery strategies for business units, particularly for efficiency and cost improvement initiatives.
- Acts with autonomy on financial advice within budget limits, with sensitivity, complexity, and high-value matters agreed jointly with Band A.
- Directly represents finance in external oversight forums, ensuring accurate and transparent financial reporting.
- Plays a key role in supporting delivery of enhanced financial reporting and dashboard development to meet evolving business needs.
Dimensions
- Budgetary Responsibility: No direct delegated budget authority; significant advisory influence on financial decisions up to £100m.
- Staff Management: No direct line management; matrix collaboration with finance teams.
- Work Volume: Advises on multiple business groups and projects simultaneously, contributing to organisation-wide financial planning and performance outcomes.
How to apply
To begin your career at the Met, please click the "apply now" button below. The application process requires a comprehensive CV, a Personal Statement, and an online application form. In your Personal Statement, you should explain your interest in the position and illustrate how your skills and experiences make you a suitable candidate. Please note that you should not submit two copies of your CV, and ensure that your documents are saved in either PDF or Word format, clearly labelled as CV and Personal Statement.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23:55 on 19th November 2025.
Once received, your application will be reviewed against eligibility criteria, following this, your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager. The application review for this vacancy will commence 1-2 weeks after the vacancy has closed.
Following application review, successful candidates will be invited to interview. Interview dates will commence 1-2 weeks after the hiring mangers review.