SYP-Finance Business Partner – Jan 22

SYP - Finance Business Partner – Dec 2021

Role: Finance Business Partner

Department: Corporate Finance

Location:  Carbrook, Sheffield

Salary: Band G (£42,783 - £47,058)

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Role Purpose:

The Finance Business Partner will act as a trusted adviser and critical friend, providing strategic financial advice and guidance to the force / senior leaders. The postholder will partner and collaborate with colleagues across the force, acting as the face of finance and taking finance to the heart of decision-making. They will provide insightful financial analysis to inform decision-making, drive improvement and be the voice of the customer to encourage a collaborative customer focussed approach to finance service provision.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as budget manager for designated districts, departments and specific projects.
• Work closely with senior leaders to understand service priorities and ensure that decisions regarding the use of resources are aligned to strategic plans.
• Provide insightful financial analysis and robust financial advice and assurance to enable senior leaders to make informed decisions on the development and management of the Force’s financial resources and funding priorities.
• Provide financial modelling to support decision making and options appraisal to demonstrate the value for money of material decisions.
• Provide constructive challenge to senior leaders and staff where plans are unclear or pose financial risks and proactively support them to find solutions and achieve value for money.
• Work closely with key stakeholders in relation to strategic asset management, influencing the development of the vehicle, estates and IS strategies and ensuring that these are fully integrated with the financial plan.
• Support the Senior Finance Business Partner throughout the financial forecasting and strategic planning cycle, ensuring all decisions are fully captured and incorporated into the Medium Term Resource Strategy and Capital Strategy.
• Work with Procurement and financially appraise significant procurement exercises bringing financial and commercial skills to the process, to protect and mitigate risk to the Force.
• Provide robust strategic financial advice and support to external partners, working across organisations and multi-disciplinary specialisms. Build strong working relationships with key staff within the Force and collaborative partner organisations.
• Contribute to improving and maintaining financial literacy across the Force by identifying and delivering financial training requirements for senior leaders, using the most appropriate training method.
• Act as the strategic finance lead on significant projects and programmes including transformational change projects, bringing a holistic view of the force.
• Attend key meetings and provide strategic financial support, challenge and advice to transformational project boards and collaboration boards.

• Support the Senior Finance Business Partner in the preparation of the financial sections of the Force Management Statement and ensure the information aligns with other areas of the Force including the Workforce Plan.
• Support the Senior Finance Business Partner in the provision of information for HMIC inspections and in addressing issues, actions and areas of concern.
• Review the financial implications in reports and business cases to SCT, PCC and strategic meetings. Ensure the quality of the information is accurate and timely and is compliant with force policy.
• Network with other forces and external agencies to benchmark and share best practice using Benchmarking, Police Objective Analysis and Value for Money data.
• Take personal responsibility for continuous improvement, focused on efficient and effective service delivery and organisational performance.
• Support the Force in its application for significant external funding, ensuring it is aligned with Force priorities and strategic plans.
• Understand and review what drives the costs of the organisation, identifying opportunities for efficiency savings and improving the use of resources.
• Contribute to the development, implementation and maintenance of systems to support and improve financial management throughout the force.
• Deputise for the Senior Finance Business Partner as required.
• This is a generic role profile that encompasses all anticipated roles and responsibilities for this post. Other duties commensurate with the grade of the post.

Skills and experience:

For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position, please refer to the attached role profile.

Benefits:

We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Flexible and agile working
• Generous ‘family’ leave
• Voluntary CPD Events for all staff to allow continuous development
• Mentoring & Coaching Scheme
• Paid Professional Subscriptions when relevant to role
• Access to a range of occupational health facilities
• Generous pension scheme
• Employee assistance service (accessible 24/7)
• Additional benefits for Westfield Health members
• Cycle to work scheme
• Sports and Social Club

Eligibility:

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity.  A minimum checkable history of 5 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Appearance & Standards:

All tattoos and piercings must be in line with South Yorkshire Police’s Appearance and Standards policy.  Tattoos visible on your face, neck, hands or head are not permitted.  Any tattoos which could be deemed inappropriate or cause offence will also not be accepted.  If you have tattoos, you will need to make a declaration at the time of application.

Closing Date:

Tuesday 25 January 2022

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made with the Talent Acquisition Manager, Recruitment and the Line Manager for the role.

Contact point for applicants:

For further information about the role, please contact Patrick Langley on 0114 2523382.  Please do not contact this number for an application form.

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Diversity & Inclusion:

South Yorkshire Police welcome applications from under-represented communities.  For further information on diversity and inclusion within South Yorkshire Police, please visit the diversity and inclusion page:

https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/sign-up/join-team-syp/diversity-in-the-force/

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Note to candidates:

Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage, the relevant internal or external pre-employment checks are required.  These include vetting clearance or review, prior to being appointed to the new role and start date being agreed.