Thematic Lead: Efficiency

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Financial Services
Kilburn
KILBURN POLICE STATION
Band U
Full Time
36 hours per week
Permanent

Job Title: Thematic Lead: Efficiency

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 analysis and thematic insight into the Metropolitan Police Service’s (MPS) efficiency planning and delivery.

The role supports integrated business planning by assessing performance against efficiency targets, modelling future scenarios, and contributing to value-for-money decision-making.

Key Result Areas

  • Deliver high-quality financial modelling and insight to support efficiency planning across the MPS, ensuring outputs contribute to long-term affordability and organisational sustainability.
  • Coordinate the classification, tracking and reporting of efficiency initiatives across multiple years, supporting the Spending Review framework and enabling a clear line of sight to outcomes.
  • Monitor and evaluate in-year performance against efficiency targets, producing actionable insight and presenting risk-based options to inform business decisions.
  • Conduct deep-dive analysis into specific areas of opportunity or concern to identify efficiency opportunities that protect service delivery and contribute to strategic priorities.
  • Draft reports and briefings that articulate the MPS’s efficiency position for both internal and external stakeholders, contributing to a shared understanding of progress and future requirements.
  • Use benchmarking and external comparators to assess relative efficiency performance and build cost models that support decision-making across business areas.
  • Support the governance and planning processes that embed accountability for efficiency across the organisation, promoting consistent and transparent delivery practices.

Scope for Impact

  • Contributes to strategic planning by providing detailed financial analysis and modelling for efficiency reviews
  • Supports efficiency tracking and risk management, influencing decisions taken by senior finance and corporate leads
  • Operates with day-to-day autonomy over workload, delivery approach, and quality assurance of task outputs
  • Shaped by budget cycles, corporate priorities and statutory or legal requirements associated with policing funding
  • Does not hold final sign-off authority but plays a significant role in shaping options for consideration

Dimensions

  • Budgetary Responsibility: None directly; supports efficiency modelling and strategic advice across a multi-million-pound planning portfolio
  • Staff Oversight: No formal line management; responsible for tasking and quality oversight of Band M and Band K1 contributors
  • Organisational Influence: Provides modelling and insight that influences business planning, performance frameworks and funding engagement

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 manager’s review.

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Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Knowledge

  • Full CCAB (Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies) or CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) qualification, or equivalent financial planning experience in complex organisations
  • In-depth understanding of financial modelling, medium-term planning and performance-based budgeting
  • Familiarity with public sector financial management frameworks, strategic planning processes, and value-for-money assessments

Skills

  • Analytical Thinking: Ability to assess financial and operational data and translate insights into actionable recommendations
  • Communication: Strong verbal and written skills with the ability to explain financial issues clearly to non-specialist audiences
  • Collaboration and Influence: Able to work effectively with peers, corporate colleagues, and senior stakeholders to build alignment and deliver shared outcomes
  • Organisation and Delivery: Demonstrates the ability to manage multiple priorities and produce high-quality work to fixed deadlines
  • Insight Development: Capable of supporting strategic decision-making through scenario planning and option appraisal

Experience

  • Experience contributing to strategic planning, budgeting or performance frameworks in a complex organisation
  • Exposure to efficiency or savings programmes, ideally in the public or policing sector
  • Experience in developing financial reports and models for senior stakeholders
  • Demonstrated ability to engage with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver insight and support change

Communications and Working Relationships

  • Senior Accountant (Line Manager): Frequent communication to align outputs with work plans and ensure delivery against planning cycles
  • Head of Strategic Finance: Occasional updates and escalation of strategic insights or risks
  • Corporate Strategy, Planning and Transformation Teams: Collaborative engagement to translate financial analysis into delivery actions
  • Finance Business Partners / Management Accountants: Coordination on forecasting, budgeting and efficiency alignment
  • External Stakeholders (e.g. Home Office, MOPAC, NPCC, Blue Light Commercial): Occasional input into shared briefings and financial position statements
  • Internal Teams and Analysts: Daily contact to shape modelling, verify assumptions, and support task-based collaboration
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