Finance Adviser - OPCC
| Posting date: | 20 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £31,548 to £39,372 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 July 2025 |
| Location: | Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Northumbria Police |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Salary: Career Graded 7-8, £31,548 – £39,372 per annum (Please note due to current organisational requirements we are seeking an experienced candidates who meets the essential and desirable criteria)
Location: Agile, Forth Banks Police Station and homeworking
Hours/Contract: Full time, permanent
The role
Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Finance Department as a Finance Advisor.
This position is ideal for individuals seeking to advance their finance careers while gaining valuable experience within a large organisation. The role offers exposure to areas such as Budget Monitoring, Financial Reporting, Accounts Payable/Receivable, VAT, Finance Systems, and Capital Projects, equipping you with essential knowledge and tools for future progression into fields such as Finance Performance, Corporate Finance, and Governance.
What you’ll do
- Be responsible for the day-to-day financial management of the Office of Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC).
- Supporting VAT reporting, Bank reconciliation, and Funding allocation processes and reconciliations.
- Maintenance of Fixed Asset Register and other balance sheet reconciliations.
- Processing of transactions and journal entries into accounting software.
- Supporting internal reviews on finance processes and providing recommendations for improvements, helping to drive efficiencies.
- Supporting the finance systems maintenance and working on system development projects.
- Supporting the internal control processes and providing financial information to both external and internal auditors.
- Monthly financial reporting including monitoring against budget.
- Responsible for annual budget setting and annual close down.
- Support the Technical team in preparation of year end accounts for the OPCC.
- Support the Finance Lead – Partnerships Projects & Capital Programme with one-off projects.
What you’ll bring
- You must be either have or be working towards obtaining your AAT level 4, accounting qualification or equivalent and are able to demonstrate experience of working in a busy finance function.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- An ability to work using your own initiative in an innovative and proactive manner, applying problem solving skills where required.
- Strong attention to detail and high personal and professional standards.
- Experience of operating to strict deadlines.
- Good understanding of Microsoft Office, in particular, Excel.
We know it’s important for you to feel that you’re not only part of a great team, but part of a community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, and their talents are fully utilised. Appointments are based on merit alone.
Just so you know
Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Finance Adviser with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you’re applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute.
The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face-to-face interview. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.
We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.
If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.
If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.
Terms of appointment
The permanent role is subject to a six-month probationary period.
If you are successful in your application, you will have a 6month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Location: Agile, Forth Banks Police Station and homeworking
Hours/Contract: Full time, permanent
The role
Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Finance Department as a Finance Advisor.
This position is ideal for individuals seeking to advance their finance careers while gaining valuable experience within a large organisation. The role offers exposure to areas such as Budget Monitoring, Financial Reporting, Accounts Payable/Receivable, VAT, Finance Systems, and Capital Projects, equipping you with essential knowledge and tools for future progression into fields such as Finance Performance, Corporate Finance, and Governance.
What you’ll do
- Be responsible for the day-to-day financial management of the Office of Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC).
- Supporting VAT reporting, Bank reconciliation, and Funding allocation processes and reconciliations.
- Maintenance of Fixed Asset Register and other balance sheet reconciliations.
- Processing of transactions and journal entries into accounting software.
- Supporting internal reviews on finance processes and providing recommendations for improvements, helping to drive efficiencies.
- Supporting the finance systems maintenance and working on system development projects.
- Supporting the internal control processes and providing financial information to both external and internal auditors.
- Monthly financial reporting including monitoring against budget.
- Responsible for annual budget setting and annual close down.
- Support the Technical team in preparation of year end accounts for the OPCC.
- Support the Finance Lead – Partnerships Projects & Capital Programme with one-off projects.
What you’ll bring
- You must be either have or be working towards obtaining your AAT level 4, accounting qualification or equivalent and are able to demonstrate experience of working in a busy finance function.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- An ability to work using your own initiative in an innovative and proactive manner, applying problem solving skills where required.
- Strong attention to detail and high personal and professional standards.
- Experience of operating to strict deadlines.
- Good understanding of Microsoft Office, in particular, Excel.
We know it’s important for you to feel that you’re not only part of a great team, but part of a community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, and their talents are fully utilised. Appointments are based on merit alone.
Just so you know
Our application form will help us understand how your work, education and life experience has prepared you for the role of a Finance Adviser with #TeamNP. To help support your application research what makes us tick here at Northumbria, the role you’re applying for and the values and behaviours that contribute.
The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face-to-face interview. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.
We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Employer, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview.
If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.
If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.
Terms of appointment
The permanent role is subject to a six-month probationary period.
If you are successful in your application, you will have a 6month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.