Closing date: 1 May 2024, 11:59pm

 Salary: £26,487 - £29,874  ▪  Grade: 4

Interviews will take place, week commencing 13th May 2024

The Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) network stretches across the UK. We work alongside our partners to thwart terrorist planning and help bring perpetrators to justice.

Our multi-functional Business Services team supports the operational delivery of CT policing across the wider West Midlands region through the key themes of People, Places and Finance.

As a Business Support Officer working on our Finance team, you’ll utilise your excellent customer service and communication skills to provide a comprehensive financial administration service to Counter Terrorism Policing West Midlands (CTP WM). You’ll work on your own initiative, prioritise tasks accordingly, and ensure accuracy to deliver against Key Performance Indicator targets.

Based at our modern offices near to Birmingham International Airport, this role is offered as a full time, permanent role. You’ll work Monday to Friday from 8am to 4pm, but an element of flexibility is necessary to meet business needs.

The role

 Working as part of a team, you’ll deliver an efficient and effective financial administration service ensuring records and assets are managed in accordance with regulations and procedures.

You’ll be responsible for ensuring purchase requisitions for goods and services meet financial policy and are processed in accordance with target time-frames. Part of the role requires providing advice and guidance to staff of all levels on expenses, overtime and purchase requests. 

You’ll undertake monitoring and analysis of financial information, and compile regular financial management reports on the financial performance of the CTU. 

Responsibilities

• Maintaining systems to enable effective control of financial matters ensuring records and assets are kept in accordance with policy.
• Providing detailed management information and analysis in relation to specific subject areas and monitoring reports.
• Undertaking financial monitoring to ensure accuracy of cost coding and highlighting spend variances to forecast.
• Providing guidance and overseeing coordination of data input for overtime and expenses.
• Managing purchase orders ensuring criteria, deadlines and procurement processes are adhered to.
• Preparing annual budgets, accounts and quarterly returns.
• Maintaining a disbursement account and ensuring reactive operational requirements are fully supported.
• Ensuring audit control checks are performed correctly and on schedule. 
• Supervising other staff in the absence of the Finance Supervisor.

Essential

Relevant experience in a financial environment.

Proven experience of providing detailed management information, analysing budgets, forecasting and maintaining registers & working to tight deadlines.

Previous experience of cash handling and knowledge of petty cash/disbursement accounts.

Experience/understanding of end of financial year reporting and processes.

Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, with higher level of Excel.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Good organisational skills with the ability to work on own initiative.

Desirable

 Possess, or studying for, a formal financial qualification, e.g. AAT.

Understanding of purchasing/contract frameworks, and financial regulations

Understanding of financial probity, audit requirements, and West Midlands Police policies in relation to expenses and overtime.

Previous supervisory experience.

Benefits

Work with us and you’ll be joining a world-class Counter Terrorism Policing network. In addition to fascinating work, you’ll find a range of benefits including:

• A great pension.
• Free access to staff support services and discounts.
• You’ll qualify for a Blue Light Discount card.
• Excellent training giving you options to grow and progress within West Midlands Police.

Security Clearance

⚠ This role is subject to successful completion of Security Check vetting.

You must be a British citizen to work for the Counter Terrorism Policing West Midlands (CTPWM). If you hold dual nationality, with the primary nationality British, you may also be considered. For the purposes of safeguarding national security, applicants will be required to hold or acquire the appropriate national security vetting clearances of Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) in line with Cabinet Office Policy, supported by Section 82(2) to (4) of the Police Reform Act (2002). CTP WM will support preferred candidates through the appropriate vetting process.

Diversity and Inclusion

 We maximise the potential of people from all backgrounds through a culture of fairness and inclusion to deliver the best service for our communities, whilst protecting them from harm.

Counter Terrorism Policing is always working to build upon our diverse workforce to reflect the country we serve. An inclusive culture enables us to do things differently, working in ways that meet individuals’ needs, flexing working patterns to ensure work-life balance is healthy so that we deliver the best for the organisation.

We are a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions.  As part of our commitment we operate a Disability Confident Interview Scheme - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.

It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job.  For example, in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.  In these circumstances, the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.

Counter Terrorism Policing is a collaboration of UK police forces working with the UK intelligence community to help protect the public and our national security by preventing, deterring and investigating terrorist activity.

Join Counter Terrorism Policing West Midlands CTU for a unique opportunity to play your part in keeping the West Midlands region safe. Every day offers a variety of exciting challenges and exceptional opportunities played out on a national and international stage.

Most of what we achieve may never see the light of day but be assured that we have the very best and brightest working around the clock in an effort to keep us all safe. These ordinary men and women do extraordinary things in an effort to thwart terrorist planning; to safeguard those who are at risk of radicalisation; to protect our critical national infrastructure, institutions and crowded places, and to pursue and bring terrorists to justice.

Our Counter Terrorism Unit aims to create an inclusive and welcoming environment where all our people feel a strong sense of belonging and are able to reach their full potential. With a range of roles available, you don’t need a background in security and we are always looking for different skills and experiences to join our talented team.

Work with us and you will be joining a world-class Counter Terrorism Policing network.