Job Description

Job Category: Police Staff
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Salary starting at 24,195 per annum, plus a 2,000 South East allowance and a generous benefits package
Training Contract/Fixed Term Appointment for 3 years
Full Time 37.5 hours per week
Based at Culham, Oxfordshire (hybrid working)
The Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) is an armed police service that's dedicated to the nuclear industry. Our vision is to be recognised as a provider of a world-class service for the protection of nuclear material and facilities. Given the critical nature of our work, it's vital that we recruit skilled and committed professionals.
We're looking to recruit an enthusiastic, reliable, driven, and hardworking Senior Finance Apprentice to join our Finance & Business Efficiency team. The role will develop through seniority and salary upon completion of set milestones including reaching Qualified status, meeting expectations at personal development reviews and finally achieving your Level 7 Accountancy qualification. You'll be supported to build relationships with peers, allowing you to achieve your professional development objectives. The role involves rotation within the Finance team, assisting in the day-to-day financial activities, working alongside the Finance Business Partnering and Financial Control teams.
Responsibilities of the role include:

• Ownership of month end reporting processes - analysis and production of reporting packs for circulation
• Working with the Business Partnering Team, providing financial advice, financial analysis, support and coaching to Budget Holders and their staff, advice on and help in implementing corrective action on receipt of early warning of variances from budgets.
• Support the budgeting and forecasting exercises, receive financial submissions, consolidate and incorporate to the annual budget and medium-term financial plan
• Preparation of accurate and high quality monthly and quarterly reporting and forecasting
• To play a role in ensuring CNC's Annual Accounts and Financial Returns are completed in a timely and accurate manner. In so doing, to follow and comply with accounting policies contained within the HM Treasury guidance.
• Respond to queries raised by the internal and external auditors during their audit of the Accounts, explaining procedures and provide documentation as requested
• Assist in undertaking balance sheet control and reconciliation processes
• Assist in the preparation of cashflow management, including supporting cash collection process and Treasury forecasting
• Support the Financial Accountants in relation to all aspects of Fixed Asset Accounting.
• Support the team with supplier invoices and query resolution when required.
• Support users will issue around financial aspects of the Purchase to Pay process.

To be successful in this role you will be AAT Qualified (Level 3), ideally with some experience of working within a finance role in a public sector organisation. You'll be a confident user of MS Office applications and Enterprise Resource Planning systems, and have a high degree of numeracy, technical and analytical skills. You will work as part of a large team, in a lively working environment. We are looking for somebody with strong interpersonal skills, excellent attention to detail, willingness to assist in all tasks, and who is happy to constantly learn and develop new skills.
This role has been assessed as suitable for hybrid working, details of which will be discussed and agreed with the successful individual.
Please note that this role will initially be based at our HQ Culham until our relocation to Harwell in Autumn 2026 and the role thereafter will be based at Harwell.
Benefits of working for the CNC

• 30.5 days annual leave (rising with service), plus Bank Holidays
• Generous pension scheme (20.7% employer contribution, and 8.2% employee contribution)
• Flexi-time working scheme
• Bonus scheme - dependent on organisational and personal performance, up to a maximum of 7% of salary
• Subsidised Costa Coffee and restaurant on-site
• Officers and staff also have the opportunity to join the national Blue Light Card scheme which offers discounts on a variety of products and services to those working in the emergency services, NHS and Armed Forces
• Free parking on site
• Enhanced family friendly and wellbeing policies
• Cycle to Work scheme

As police staff the public expect us to display the highest standards, values and professional qualities at all times. The CNC values and Code of Ethics applies to all police staff and sets out the principles and standards of behaviour we expect to see, and you are responsible for displaying and delivering these to the highest standards.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are central to the values of our organisation. At CNC we value and embrace the unique experiences, identities, and abilities that each of us bring to our roles. We strive to empower everyone to bring their authentic self openly and safely to work.
Through the dedicated commitment of our affinity networks, ED&I team, and wider HR departments, we are on a journey to embed our ED&I commitments, ensuring the CNC is an employer of choice, where everyone feels included.
Please watch the video links below which will give you an overview of the vetting process that you will be required to go through if you are successful in your application to join the CNC:

• Vetting: An Overview -
• Vetting and Finances -
• Vetting and Life Experiences -

Skills Required