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My whole career has been spent delivering Finance roles in the Public Sector and I am fortunate enough to have taken a number of Senior roles during that time. For me, taking the decision to step into Policing was undoubtedly the best move I ever made. For a Finance professional, the world of Policing is complex, fast paced and incredibly rewarding. Operational decisions made can directly effect people’s lives and I am extremely proud to play a part in improving the services to the public of South Yorkshire, ensuring the Force applies its resources to deliver its priorities and still strives for efficiency and value for money.The leadership of South Yorkshire Police set high standards and I am grateful to my operational colleagues for the work that they do but also the support and importance they place on sound financial stewardship. As part of that leadership team, I am respected and listened to…that is not always the case at other organisations.I have a hard working and dedicated Finance team with a growing reputation and with the recent investment in Oracle Cloud are continuing their journey to provide an excellent service to our police officers and staff. They will be looking to you to provide supportive leadership and direction to continue their development, whilst also engaging your peers across the Force.This is a genuinely exciting time for you to be joining us as our Head of Finance. You will have my complete support and the opportunity to lead the team into its next phase of transformation. We are looking for you to match our energy and commitment to delivering an excellent financial service in an exciting and ever evolving policing environment. You will not regret taking this opportunity to join a fantastic organisation in a role where you will make a real difference for both colleagues and the public of South Yorkshire. Policing really is a career like no other and I look forward to working with you.
Working for us doesn’t have to mean patrolling the streets; our police staff work side by side with uniformed officers. A strong team of professional support staff work behind the scenes in many different areas of our organisation, including in finance. We need skilled people, like you, to join our police family to keep our South Yorkshire communities safe.
South Yorkshire covers an area of approximately 600 square miles and has a population of approximately 1.4 million. We have an annual budget in excess of £300 million and employ over 3,000 police officers and 2,200 support staff.
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Our Finance Department plays a vital role in supporting operational effectiveness through robust financial management and strategic insight. We are a dynamic team providing comprehensive financial services across the organisation and across the wider national Police Force footprint with our partners. Our core activities encompass:Management Accounting• Delivering accurate management reports, budgeting, and performance analysis to empower informed decision-making across business units.Strategic Finance Business Partnering • Offering strategic financial direction, assurance, and challenge to support long-term planning and decision-making.Financial Accounting • Ensuring the integrity of general and technical accounting functions, and delivering high-quality statutory and regulatory reporting.Payroll, Pensions & Systems • Managing the end-to-end processes for payroll and pensions, alongside maintaining and developing our core financial systems.Our team is integral to shaping the future of South Yorkshire Police, enabling efficient use of resources and supporting the delivery of outstanding public service
We are committed to attracting, selecting, hiring, retaining and developing a diverse and professional workforce that is reflective of the communities we serve, enabling us to meet and exceed our corporate finance goals and objectives. Our purpose is to attract people who can bring the right values, behaviours, and skills into corporate finance for today and for the future. We achieve this through wide-reaching engagement activities and positive action where we proactively seek to promote opportunities to members of the department.
For our existing people, it means we will listen to you to understand how we can support you to make the most of your skills and realise your potential. We are committed to the following priorities:
Team SYP is underpinned by core values of fairness, integrity and trust. We are fair in all our actions and activities, we behave and perform our roles with integrity, and we trust our colleagues and work hard to earn the trust of our communities.
Whether you are just starting out, or looking to retrain or change career, working within the South Yorkshire Police corporate finance department offers a varied and rewarding career in a fast-paced environment.
We are looking for creative and dynamic individuals from finance and clerical backgrounds to join us on a journey of organisational and personal development, finding new and innovative ways to support the force and the public of South Yorkshire.
Staff wellbeing is a priority for us, and as such we offer competitive salaries, generous annual leave allowances, access to various staff networks, an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible working, as well as great training and career development opportunities.
I started with South Yorkshire Police just over a year ago as a finance officer within the corporate finance team. In my short time here I have been exposed to a variety of areas within finance and each day has been different. I have significantly developed my knowledge which has assisted with working towards my ACCA qualification and subsequently resulted in being offered a new challenging role to cover a colleague on secondment. Since my first day I have felt supported and encouraged by my leaders to help develop my career.
I joined SYP’s Corporate Finance Department as an Assistant Financial Accountant, from a background of Private Practice & Pension Accounting, quite a change! That role required continuous CPD that was supported due to specific annual statutory changes. Fast forward over the last 20 years, I have had time as the Acting Financial Accountant, then took the leap over to the Operational Management Accounting function where I supported major changes to our HR Function. This was a catalyst along with the Finance Business Partner training & development, provided by SYP, that led to a promotion 6 years ago to become a Finance Business Partner. I personally enjoy working for SYP for a number of reasons, to name a few; there are many amazing colleagues across the Force, experts in their field, which helps in producing my financial input to tell the story which assists decision making; the varied work that comes my way due to working for a Police Force & the hybrid and flexible arrangements available. On top of those are the parts probably taken for granted! Such as parking available, modern office space, IT equipment to support delivery of my role & many employee benefits of working for SYP (pension, generous annual leave, blue light card membership, sports & social club, etc). I look forward to welcoming the new members of our team…
I have worked for South Yorkshire Police for 28 years. During this period I have embraced every opportunity and performed several different roles in Corporate Finance.The best things about working for SYP is the people, in particular “Team Finance”. The force provides a safe working environment for everyone.
I joined South Yorkshire Police back in 1997, working within the catering department. An opportunity became available to move roles and department, and I started a new challenge within finance. This gave me the chance for personal and professional development, starting as a finance clerk and progressing to the credit controller role. In 2000, a challenging secondment opportunity was offered to undertake the exchequer supervisor role. It has been a positive move forward in my career and has allowed me to develop further skills within an environment which is exciting, challenging and satisfying.
