Overview

Job Description

We’re on a journey to shape the future of policing in our three counties and we want you to be part of it. We value difference and believe in creating an inclusive working environment where our employees feel safe to make suggestions and voice their opinions.

We are looking for an experienced Finance professional who will help West Mercia Police deliver value for money to the communities we serve. You will provide professional support to Senior Accountants, working closely with both the wider Finance Team to ensure all financial information is recorded accurately and timely and reported on in the best possible way for the audience.

We need someone who has a good eye for detail, can work at a fast pace and is a good team player.

Our ideal candidate has:

  • Experience working in a professional finance team with knowledge of treasury management, budget monitoring and cross department collaboration
  • A good working knowledge of excel, outlook and word. Being able to extract data from finance systems and produce reports.
  • The ability to work unsupervised on your own initiative to tight deadlines
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to work with people at all levels sensitively and tactfully.

If you’ve got the skills we need and this sounds like something you would enjoy getting your teeth stuck into then we’d love to hear from you! In return, we will offer the right candidate an interesting and value adding role based at our police HQ (with some homeworking too).

  • The Finance Officer role is a hybrid role
  • Full time position
  • Permanent

The closing date for this post is 12 noon on Tuesday 2nd April 2024

Why work for us?

  • 26 days Annual leave (increasing to 31 after 5 years service) + bank holidays and we also operate a flexi time system.
  • Generous pension scheme
  • Health and wellbeing, occupational health services, staff network and PAM assist.
  • Police Mutual, affordable private healthcare and other savings.
  • Gym membership discounts.
  • Register for a Blue light card – over 15,000 discounts from large national retailers.

To read more about the added benefits and rewards of working for West Mercia Police, please go to our website.

  • We embrace diversity and welcome applications from everyone.
  • We are also happy to talk flexible working where it is suitable for the role.

If you require any support to complete your application or you have any questions please contact the recruitment team on 0 1 9 0 5 7 1 8 4 4 4 (press option 1 then 5)

Internal applicants who are in need of redeployment will be offered positions ahead of other candidates, subject to them passing a selection process.

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