Contract type: Permanent
Rank/grade: C/D (Career Graded role)
Salary: Starting Salary – C Grade £31,160 D Grade £37,190 + £6,920 London Weighting Allowance
Directorate/department: Corporate Services/Finance
Vetting level required: MV/SC (find out more here- https://assets.college.police.uk/s3fs-public/2024-12/Vetting-authorised-professional-practice.pdf?VersionId=lvkOlukt26I3eQsjhOpkPlXGcGIvI4LV / https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vetting-explained-and-our-vetting-charter/vetting-explained )
Location: 21 New Street, London
The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do.
Who are we?
As City of London Police, we protect the people, businesses and infrastructure of the City of London, one of the most important and dynamic environments in the UK and globally. London City is the smallest borough in London, so does that make our job any less challenging? Absolutely not – because there’s so much going on.
City of London Police play a vital role in keeping the City of London diverse community safe. As a Police Staff Member you will be helping to making the city safer and deliver a valued service for those that live, work and visit the City.
Hybrid working - This Police Staff role adheres to Corporation of London’s hybrid working policy, which requires a 60% office attendance rate. The specifics of this will be discussed locally with your hiring manager if you’re successful for the role.
The City of London Police is keen to promote flexible working and will, subject to operational policing requirements, proactively consider all applications to work flexibly.
The City of London Police is committed to equality of opportunities and continuously strive for inclusivity within our Force.
About the team
It is an exciting time to join the Finance team. The team is being developed to provide an exceptional Finance service supporting and enabling front line policing. This includes supporting transformational change, driving commercial opportunities and building strong relationships across the Force and with our partners
About the role
The successful candidate will support the finance business partnering team in the provision of excellent financial advice and support to the Force. This includes assisting Directorates in all areas such as budgeting, financial control, closing of accounts, maintenance of accounting systems, cash handling, the administration of third-party funds, and financial advice to services.
You will play an essential role in strengthening the quality and flow of information between the Finance team and service area and provides a great opportunity for development within finance business partnering.
As well as a strong grounding in financial services, candidates will have an ethos of continuous improvement to support ongoing development of the service, the team and the Force. A background in public sector finance would be an advantage. This is a real opportunity to guide future direction and make a real difference.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will be required:
To liaise with budget managers and officers to provide accurate monthly revenue / capital budgetary control reports and to assist in the development and enhancement of this information
To ensure summary revenue and capital monitoring reports are completed for review by the Finance Business Partner
Work with budget managers to ensure general ledger forecasting/profiling of budgets on the financial system is completed to improve accuracy of year end forecasts
To assist in the preparation and monitoring of salary budgets
To monitor and reconcile income streams from grant and other funded agreements as directed
Requirements
Your application will be scored against the selection criteria listed in the Job Description for shortlisting. Please ensure that you reference your ability, knowledge and experience against these points in your application.
This vacancy is open only to those who have the right to work in the UK. Due to security vetting requirements for this being MV/SC , applicants must have continuously resided in the UK for the 5 years immediately preceding their application. Unfortunately, we are unable to progress applications that do not meet this requirement.
If you would like to discuss the role please contact:
Senior Finance Business Partner: Jenna Brassett [email protected] or
Deputy Chief Finance Officer: Mark Paddon [email protected]
Selection Process
As part of the initial application process, you will be asked to evidence how your experience, skills, and knowledge align with the selection criteria in the Job Description
The application and interview will be tested under Level 1 (C Grade) and under level 2 (D Grade) of the College of Policing Competency and Values Framework.
Applicants who fail to address the skills/knowledge/experience of the job description will not be considered.
The closing date for applications is 27th September 2026 @ 23:59
Following shortlisting, successful candidates will be invited to attend a competency-based interview, to be held week commencing 12th October 2026
We strive to ensure all our information and services are accessible to and useable by everyone. If you would like to receive any information in a different way, would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, or have any other questions, please get in touch with HR via [email protected]
Benefits:
A diverse workforce improves the service we provide to our public by making us more approachable and relevant within our communities. This is why it’s vitally important that we recruit people from a wide range of communities and backgrounds with an understanding of cultural issues and a wide range of skills. We therefore particularly encourage female and people from Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic communities to join us.
The way we work is changing. With a few exceptions most roles will be able to accommodate part time, job share and flexible working patterns. We can also offer hybrid working patterns of home and office based shift patterns. Feel free to speak to us about any flexible working requirements.
The Force has a number of Staff Support Networks that can offer you support and advice. Applicants are very welcome to contact the networks directly if they need any support or ask any question before they apply. For further information on the networks and their contact details please visit:
https://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/police-forces/city-of-london-police/areas/city-of-london/about-us/about-us/equity-and-diversity/equity-and-diversity-support-networks/
- LGPS Pension Scheme - Local Government Pension Scheme explained - Which?
- Access to Blue Light Card scheme - Welcome to Blue Light Card
- Discounts within the Square Mile specifically for City of London Police employees
- Free access to our Force Gym (with dedicated time for female colleagues throughout the week), Personal Training Instructors with a range of specialisms, and a large variety of fitness and wellbeing programmes
- 25 days’ annual leave + bank holidays, increasing up to 34 days with continuous service
- Season Ticket Loans
