PS/577/B - PO3/04 - Principal Accountant Management Accountancy - Beds Finance Department

Bedfordshire Police is one of the smallest Forces in the Country but has a complex crime risk more akin to a metropolitan area. With a budget in excess of £125M and the expectation of a period of austerity over the coming years the role of the management accountant has never been more important.

We are looking for a CCAB qualified accountant who has experience of building up a budget from scratch, budget monitoring, has excellent communication skills and is able to coordinate the production of budget forecast reports across the Force area.

An extensive area of our budget is formed of local and regional collaborations and we will expect you to work closely with project teams and accountants from our neighbouring Forces in Cambridgeshire & Hertfordshire.

You will have a team of two people who will assist you in all your budget monitoring activities along with assistance from a separate Management Accountancy Team for budgets that have been collaborated.

Good communication skills, including report writing and interpersonal skills are an essential requirement of this post. You will have the ability to communicate with a wide range of people, both internally and externally. The post holder will have the ability to adapt to change, show a positive attitude towards new ways of working and be flexible in their approach to work.

Bedfordshire Police encourage agile working and this role has been designated as “home working” so you will need sufficient broadband capacity and space at your home address to carry out your duties from there which must be in the United Kingdom. There may be rare occasions when you are required to travel to a site within Bedfordshire.

The ability to work remotely is essential while still being part of a team, as is a very good knowledge of Microsoft 365 products including Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel & PowerPoint.

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

For further information or a general discussion about the role please contact Stuart Goodwin, Head of Finance, Bedfordshire Police stuart.goodwin@beds.police.uk

For the purposes of the application you will be expected to provide evidence against the experience and qualifications element of the job description as well as the skill categories shown below (Max 500 Words Each);

• We take ownership
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• We are innovative and open-minded
• We analyse critically
• We are collaborated

Internal applicants within Bedfordshire Police should upload either a CV or a completed ‘Staff internal role summary’ form, which can be found in the vacancy documents below. Please note you will be required to provide evidences against the competencies listed above. 

External applicants should ensure that your current CV is uploaded and provide evidences against the competencies listed above. To ensure the recruitment process is fair and equal, please do not include personal details on your CV other than your name. 

This vacancy is live to those at risk of redundancy and will remain open to redeployees until the conditional offer stage throughout the recruitment process. Any redeployee that wishes to apply should apply through the redeployment portal and provide evidences against the competencies listed above. Redeployees will take priority over other applicants at any point during the recruitment process up until conditional offer. 

This force is a Disability Confident employer. Should you require any reasonable adjustments for your application process that you have not made explicit in the application, please contact the HR Service Centre on 01438 75 7777 (or the above email address) or the manager contact for this role directly. We also offer the guaranteed interview scheme; this means that all candidates with a disability covered by the Equality Act 2010, who meet the minimum entry requirements for the role, will be invited to attend an interview. 

All applications must be submitted through our online recruitment website by clicking the apply button below. 

Everyone at Bedfordshire Constabulary takes personal responsibility to help create an inclusive workplace, where police officers and staff respect one another, feel valued for their differences and can be themselves. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, wherever needed so everyone feels welcome and can flourish. 

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