Number of Posts

1

Advertised

INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL APPLICANTS

Branch/Division

Finance Branch

Location

Force Headquarters - Central Park Complex

Grade

Grade I/J

Rank

Not applicable

Leadership Level

First Line Leader

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours

36.25 hours per week

Hours

Full time

Advertised Salary

£37,386 to £42,564 per annum

Advert

This is an excellent opportunity to build a career in Finance by joining the newly restructured Greater Manchester Police Finance Branch where you will play a key part in supporting our officers and staff by ensuring the delivery of high-quality financial services force wide.

As a Trainee/Accountant in a career graded role you will have the opportunity to work as part of a team across a number of Finance Business areas while assisting in the provision of a high-quality customer focused financial service which will enable the force to achieve its strategic operational objectives.

To be considered for this post you must be at least CCAB qualified to have passed a sufficient number of exams or obtained exemptions to be at least 2/3 of the way through the syllabus of your chosen institute. (Please see Job description for further details) You will be using computerised financial and administrative systems to provide advice to managers so experience in these areas is essential. As a minimum you will be experienced in the preparation or budgets/final accounts, implementing financial control measures and analysing financial data. A knowledge of financial control measures, accounting standards and the ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines is a fundamental part of this role and so you must have a high level of knowledge and skills in this area if you are to be successful in your application.
To be considered for the higher graded post, in addition to the above you must be a fully qualified member of a CCAB body and be experienced in evaluating financial performance, taking corrective action where necessary. You will be skilled in the preparation and production of complex reports, analysing financial date outputs and monitoring the implementation of business cases and financial control measures.

If you feel that you possess the necessary skills and qualities to join our team, we look forward to hearing from you

Should you be successful in your application benefits will include: A competitive salary,(pay award pending) payment of annual professional subscription, access to an excellent public sector pension scheme, generous annual leave entitlement and free parking at GMP Central Park Complex(subject to availability) In addition, this post is supported by GMP’s agile working principles.

Closing Date

20 Sep 2023

Recruitment Team Contact

[email protected]

Other Information

To be eligible for appointment as a member of police staff, you must be a British citizen or a citizen of a country that is a member of the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland. Commonwealth citizens and foreign nationals are also eligible but only if they are resident in the UK free of restrictions.

After 30 June 2021, nationals of the EEA or Switzerland will also need to provide evidence that their stay is free from restrictions.

In the context of EEA nationals, we are content that pre-settled status counts as free from restrictions.

Please refer to the attached Job Description for further details regarding the skills required to do this role. The Job Description has been signposted to indicate at which stage of the process each criteria will be tested.

Due to the Equality Act (2010) the sickness will not be checked until the conditional offer stage of the recruitment process and therefore candidates need to ensure that they have a good attendance record for the last 2 years for Staff and officers and for 12 months for apprentices.

The Equality Act 2010 makes it unlawful to discriminate against a disabled person in all areas of employment, including recruitment. The Police Service welcomes people with disabilities and will do its best to make reasonable adjustments to the working arrangements and/ or the working environment providing it is possible to do so.

If you have a disability and you require support with your application, please let us know so we can consider and support you with any reasonable adjustments you may require. If you need any support completing this application please contact [email protected] and the recruitment team will be happy to assist .

Should you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know during the selection process.

Please note that you will be required to provide an educational psychologist report in support of any adjustments.

Policing values are enshrined in the Code of Ethics (a copy of which can be found at https://www.college.police.uk/What-we-do/Ethics/Ethics-home/Documents/Code_of_Ethics.pdf

Every person serving with the police service needs to adhere to these standards of professional behaviour. As an applicant to Greater Manchester Police, we expect that you will hold views and attitudes in line with the Code; that if you are successful in your application you will uphold the Code of Ethics by displaying the behaviours that the Code sets out; and that you will report any conduct of others that falls short of those standards. Any failure or apparent failure to uphold the Code of Ethics will be taken seriously. It will be looked into and in cases involving serious and/or repeated failings, criminal and/or misconduct proceedings may follow. With that in mind, you are reminded that you must not share any information relating to the recruitment and assessment process. Sharing of such information could result in criminal and/or misconduct proceedings.

Apprentices; you must be in the second half of your apprenticeship to be eligible to apply for this role.

Please note, all of our communication will be sent to you via the e-mail address you provide on your application form, therefore please ensure [email protected] is in your mail safe senders / safe recipients list to prevent our e-mails going into your junk mail.

Greater Manchester Police have been informed of potential personal tax implications for members of the 1987 Police Pension Scheme, who retire and take a pension between the ages of 50 and 54 inclusive and then take up employment as a Police Staff member. Members of the police pension scheme whose age is between 50 and 54 who are re-employed as a Police Staff member have to meet certain conditions to keep their PPA and to protect against personal tax liability charges on any payments paid before the age of 55. One of those conditions is that a break of at least 1 month is required where the re-employment is ‘materially different’. However, if the role is not deemed to be ‘materially different’ then a 6 month break is required.

Minimum Age for Applications

18