Contract type – Full Time – Permanent
Location – London
Band – Band S1
Salary – ££102,491 – £105,358
Job Summary
The Head of Strategic Finance is an exciting and rewarding role. The post holder will lead financial management and strategy for CT Policing and lead the Counter Terrorism Strategic Finance Function in CTPHQ. The post holder will be performing a critical function in aligning complex CT and Protection funding and accountancy arrangements into a single well-articulated governance structure and delivery arrangement.
Key Tasks
The post holder will be required to do the following:
- In Year financial management of the CT Policing & Protective Security grant, totalling over £1 billion per annum, covering a workforce of around 7,600 in the CT Network across 43 forces within England and Wales.
- Have overall strategic control of the CT Policing grant budget. The post holder will strongly and directly influence the allocation of all resources and grant funding.
- Lead the annual CT Policing & Protective Security budget setting process.
- Lead CT Policing’s multi-year Medium Term Financial Plan.
- Develop strategic thematic business and financial plans across business areas including Data, Digital and Technology (DDaT), Change, Estate Management and Procurement, driving activity and investment choices.
- Lead a team with a strong focus on continuous improvement and delivering value for money in CT Policing.
- Represent CT policing and manage relationships with external agencies at a senior level. Will require extensive knowledge of strategic issues within counter terrorism of local, national and international impact, including matters relating to protection.
- Co-ordinate, engage and collaborate with senior stakeholders across police forces, the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), CT Policing, and partner agencies that significantly impact on the UK’s ability to reduce the risk of terrorism both in the UK and against its interests overseas. Work collaboratively to provide clear financial advice.
Key Result Areas
- Lead on developing and executing a coherent CT Financial Plan and CT Grant Budget in agreement with the CT Policing Executive (for distribution across all 43 police forces) in line with the Governments Counter Terrorist Strategy and the national CT Policing Strategy.
- Delivery of effective governance arrangements for a coherent CT Financial Strategy and Plan and oversight on all policy development and activity across all four areas of CONTEST – Pursue, Prevent, Protect and Prepare and other thematic strategies (ICT, HR, estates, procurement etc.).
- Provision of strong financial advice, information and reporting to all areas of the CT Policing Leadership enabling confidence and providing assurance that funding arrangements and spend are within budget, on track and will enable delivery of CT priorities and objectives.
- Provision of a strong assurance and governance capability and day-to-day corporate risk and assurance management and escalation of risk and recommendations to the Home Office on a quarterly basis. Including the submission of cash-flow and payment recommendations.
- Be responsible for effective management of financial risk for CT Policing with potential National and International impact, be prepared to present options, and assess impact etc. across London, National and International areas.
- Provision of financial advice, direction, information and reports to all those that need it, covering all areas within the remit of Financial Business, including reporting budgetary information, Medium Term Plans, and Capital Programming to a range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Review CT Policing’s Value for Money Strategy as well as delivery of the implementation plan.
- Improving and ensuring that financial planning is aligned against strategic outcomes and performance and is developed in response to emerging economic, political, legal, environmental, operational and technical changes including significant change programmes and develop processes to spot opportunities, identify business threats and develop/implement solutions.
- Be required to align financial and accountancy management against the CT Strategic Plan and link it to performance outcomes and delivery.
- Establish effective collaborative and inclusive communication processes throughout the CT Policing Leadership, CT Policing, MPS and with other partners to ensure early financial considerations on all significant business case developments to inform strategic decision making.
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