Royalty & Specialist Protection - Finance - Lambeth, United Kingdom - Metropolitan Police

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Lambeth, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Job Title:
Royalty & Specialist Protection - Finance Administrator

Salary:
The starting salary is £33,348, which includes allowances totalling £2,841.

The salary is broken down as £30,507 basic salary, which will increase annually until you reach the top of the scale - £32,639 Plus, a location allowance of £1,841 and a non-pensionable allowance of £1,000.

Location:
Lambeth

Royalty & Specialist Protection (RaSP) provides personal close protection to members of the Royal Family and Ministerial VIPs in the UK and abroad.

They also provide protection to various foreign dignitaries visiting the UK and are responsible for protecting Royal residences in London, Windsor, and Scotland.

This role sits within the Headquarters strand of RASP but involves working with officers and staff from across the command on a daily basis.

The main function of the role is to process, record and act as a point of contact for all payment requests which are crucial in maintaining the effective day-day business of RASP.

By acting as a point of contact for payment requests for the OCU, the Band E role maintains good working relationships between RASP, our vendors, and other stakeholders within the procurement chain by ensuring payments are made in a timely manner and issues are communicated and escalated accordingly.

The role also supports the Finance and Performance Manager in creating costings and data analysis in order to evidence costing submissions and audit activity.

The role is based at Lambeth HQ, and the team are currently operating a Blended Working model of attending the office at least two days a week.

Main Responsibilities:

Record and submit payment requests to the relevant approver and department for processing.
Liaise with external vendors, SSCL, LSS and RASP officers to ensure payment requests are transacted in a timely manner, and issues identified are rectified.
Issue Local Overtime Codes to RASP officers.
Record and send Barclaycard reconciliation reminders to RASP officers on behalf of the Finance and Performance Manager
Analyse RASP monthly expenses through dipsampling, escalate areas of noncompliance to line management.
Report quarterly on overseas trips and costings for submission to the Home Office
Analyse financial data on an adhoc basis, and present this in an appropriate format e.g., Pivot Table/Graph
Provide forecasted and actual large scale event costings for submission to the Home Office for reimbursement, analysing and compiling various data sets.
Liaise with other constabularies in order to reimburse funds for officers deployed on Mutual Aid during largescale events.
Assist the Finance and Performance manager in conducting audits on areas of identified risk.

Vetting
This post requires access to the most sensitive intelligence material on a daily basis.

Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo National Security Vetting (NSV) Security Check (enhanced) (SC(e)) level before taking up the post; with a willingness to undergo Developed Vetting (DV) once in post, if required.

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Additionally, this material is of particular sensitivity to the UK and its distribution must be restricted to UK nationals. In approved circumstances dual nationals (of which one element is British) may also be granted access.

However, in the event that potential conflicts of interest cannot be managed the post holder will not be able to see the intelligence material and will not be able to perform their duties.

For the purpose of safeguarding national security and in line with Cabinet Office Policy, supported by Section 82(2) to (4) of the Police Reform Act (2002), applicants who do not hold or acquire Security Check (enhanced) (SC(e))
OR Developed Vetting (DV) clearance and meet the nationality requirements cannot be offered the post.

How to apply

Essential Criteria:

Intermediate knowledge of Excel e.g. ability to create Pivot Tables, Graphs, use of formulas
Excellent communication skills
Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines set.
Excellent attention to detail
Problem solving skills.
Ability to maintain integrity, discretion and confidentiality.

Desirable Criteria: