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

Metropolitan Police

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Lambeth, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Job Title:
Royalty & Specialist Protection - Finance Administrator

Salary:
£28,511 to £30,504 plus a Location allowance of £1,721. You will receive £28,511 the band minimum. Progress to the band maximum of £30,504 will be via incremental progression.

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

Confidentiality Agreement
Applicants should also be aware of the need to sign a confidentiality agreement on taking up the post.

We view diversity as fundamental to our success. To tackle today's complex policing challenges, we need a workforce made up from all of London's communities. Applications from across the community are therefore essential.

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer the Met have committed to ensuring that disabled people and those with long-term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.

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**: