Salary: Band 10 £50,154 – £54,696 The role is agile based between home and Forth Banks Police Station in Newcastle City Centre Hours/Contract: 12 month fixed term / secondment, full time working 37 hours per week The role Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Finance Department as a Senior Accountant. If you’re an experienced fully chartered accountant and you’re looking for a role where your skills can really make a difference to more than just the bottom line, this could be the job for you. We are looking to recruit into a Senior Accountant role to cover a vacancy within the Finance Department. This is an exciting opportunity to join our existing team of finance professionals, gain knowledge and exposure to a wide range of finance and accountancy areas within a dynamic public sector organisation. As a Senior Accountant with Northumbria Police your role will involve assisting with statutory accounts preparation, balance sheet reconciliation, budget management, treasury management tasks, supporting internal and external audit processes. What you’ll do - Provide support to the Finance Lead to ensure the delivery of a responsive, effective and accurate financial management service across the Force, the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner and identified partnerships. -Advise senior managers to support decision-making and strategic planning. Maintain professional knowledge and ensure compliance with Home Office and CIPFA Codes of Practice. - Support the Finance Lead in the preparation of the Annual Statements of Account and Annual Governance Statements for the Chief Constable, Police & Crime Commissioner and Group in line with statutory deadlines, including the completion of Whole of Government Accounts (WGA). - Support the Finance Lead in the delivery and management of the finance business plan. - Liaison with Heads of Department and reporting to Chief Officers as appropriate in order to support senior management decision-making. - Manage the delivery of the Force financial performance information, forecasts and reports to the Finance Lead and senior management, for both revenue and capital budgets. - Provide quality assurance to ensure the accuracy of financial information, engaging with stakeholders to ensure that financial data and projections are prudent, achievable and robust. - Provide advice to senior managers to support decision making and strategic planning. What you’ll bring - Hold a full chartered accountant qualification – CIPFA, CIMA or overseas equivalent with significant post qualification experience in a large complex organisation. - Theoretical and practical knowledge of financial planning and budget management. - Strong communication skills, both verbally and written. - Ability to plan effectively; to manage the delivery of assigned tasks and objectives, setting appropriate deadlines. - Experience of effectively managing a team. - Technically competent in the use of Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). - Experience of using finance IT systems. Just so you know Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Senior Accountant with TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you’re applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute. The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by an assessment and interview. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert. We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview. If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly. If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Management Clearance (MC) and Security Clearance (SC) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 5 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance and medical information. Terms of appointment This is a fixed term / secondment role subject to a six-month probationary period. If you are successful in your application, you will have a 6month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.