Finance and Commercial Manager

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DMC - Directorate of Media & Communication
Westminster
NEW SCOTLAND YARD
Band U
Full Time
36 hours per week
Permanent

Finance and Commercial Manager 

Salary: £58,897 to £65,165

Location: Westminster

 

To build the world’s biggest online police station, we need you.

UK Policing is transforming the way it delivers services. The ambition is to use digital channels to make the experience of contacting the police as helpful, personal and reassuring as approaching an officer in the street. We plan to create the world’s biggest online police station to serve the British public. But we can’t do it without an experienced Finance & Commercial Manager.

This is a chance to play a vital role in the roll-out of our national policing platform (the SOH or Single Online Home). You’ll assess contracts and finance during the delivery and build phase of the project, and also as we manage the site in the future. It will be down to you to assess SOH finances against strategy to ensure the project meets budgets and brings expected benefits. And you’ll also act as a Contract Manager, spotting risks, evaluating data and maximizing performance.

The project’s success relies on the collaboration of stakeholders, suppliers, finance teams and all the forces involved. You’ll therefore be a link, interacting with all parties, managing the Section 22 Agreement and helping to co-ordinate funding and invoicing activities.  

We’re therefore looking for a CCAB-qualified (or equivalent) professional with fantastic people skills. You should be equipped to work with senior managers up to board-level, and deal with central government and national organisations. You’ll also need good technical knowledge of finance, management and reporting. We’ll expect you to know about best practice contract management, public sector procurement rules and G Cloud. Beyond this, you’ll need to be analytical and team-focused with an organised approach. A strategic thinker, you’ll be highly motivated and determined to hit deadlines.  

To apply, please visit our website to download a role specific information pack. Applications will be via a detailed CV, Personal Statement and online application form.

Completed applications must be returned by 18th October 2019.

We view diversity as fundamental to our success. To tackle today’s complex policing challenges, we need a workforce made up from all of London’s communities. Applications from across the community are therefore essential.

www.metpolicecareers.co.uk

 


Professional/external qualifications

Essential:

  • CCAB or equivalent membership

Desirable:


  • Post graduate qualification e.g. MBA or equivalent
  • Formal Commercial or Contract Management qualification

 Knowledge

  • Knowledge of best practice on financial and management practices and reporting. Ideally knowledge of Police (MPS) finance practices and policies.
  • Knowledge of best practice contract management and public sector procurement rules and processes with knowledge and experience of using G Cloud and managing services procured through G Cloud. Knowledge of Section 22 agreements between forces is desirable.

 Skills

  • Analytical and judgment skills: to analyse diverse sets of information and draw out appropriate correlations between data sets in order to generate solutions to complex operational and strategic problems to appraise options
  • Planning and organisational skills: Able to formulate and implement long term strategic corporate plans. To plan and act strategically and corporately, with a creative approach to problem solving and delivery in demanding circumstances and with competing priorities. Highly motivated and proactive approach to working including a strong desire to meet deadlines and deliver quality work.
  • Communication and relationship skills: Effective communication skills. Ability to explain things clearly either verbally or in writing in the most appropriate style and tone. To influence senior stakeholders within a business, achieving an appropriate balance between customer care / responsive and delivery of professional advice. Strong interpersonal skills and team working skills with the willingness to support others and share ideas. Business focused and flexible when meeting operational needs and expectations. Takes responsibility to meet business requirements and ownership of work and maintains a strong work ethic.

 Experience

  • Working with senior management to Board Level teams. Working with Central Government and National level organisations.
  • Working with and building strong relationships with other departments and stakeholders. Working and influencing in matrix teams. Working in a project “start-up” style environment.
  • Contract Management including providing Contract and Financial Management Advice and developing Mitigating Strategies
  • Identification and sharing of opportunities to create further value in the SOH and contracts, which may include further cost savings or risk mitigation
  • Of Business Analytics and associated techniques, Investment Appraisal, Financial Management & Planning in complex organisation, Budgeting & Forecasting, Management Reporting.

 

Single Online Home Director

Disability Confident Statement 

The Met is committed to being an inclusive employer with a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority groups and females.

As a Disability Confident employer, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. If you consider yourself to have access, workplace or reasonable adjustment requirements that need to be accommodated, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence and will not affect any recruitment decisions.

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