Management Accountant (Headquarters, Essex)

Location of Role: Chelmsford 

Advert Closing Date: 17/11/2026 

Job Grade/Rank: £53,451

Part/Full Time: Full Time 

Contract Type: Permanent 

Working Pattern: Mon-Fri 

Weekend/Evening Working: No

The Role

This is a challenging role that requires the successful candidate to provide financial expertise, information and support to senior managers, allocated budget holders and service users, including the provision of financial analysis and forecasting methodologies.

Work closely with Budget holders and their teams, Corporate Finance Management Team, Chief Officers and PFCC staff in providing financial expertise in response to the business requirements, including financial control, analysis and trend reporting, financial performance, future forecasting, and complex costing exercises.

Develop areas for efficiency improvement within their portfolio, working as part of a team and recommend effective resource usage whilst ensuring compliance with financial regulations, audit requirements and financial controls. 

Attend strategic corporate meetings as part of main portfolio including, project boards and Command team meetings which support operational efficiency and effectiveness and contributes to the Force in achieving its strategic objectives and priorities.

This opportunity would suit a highly motivated and dynamic Accounting Technician or Accountant who can utilise their wide experience of working within Corporate Finance roles within Essex Police or other organisations in order to contribute to the strategic objectives of the Force.

Within your reason for application please provide evidence and/or experience of the following:

• AAT, IPP, CII or equivalent qualification (level 4 Diploma, and represents a professional qualified accounting technician) 
• An understanding of the principles of devolved financial management and the ability to correctly interpret associated reports and information, and able to accurately forecast budget outturns.
• A knowledge of costing techniques that allow best value comparisons to be made when evaluating proposals, projects, operations and business plans

It would also be desirable: for applicants to hold CCAB level or equivalent professional body (level 7 diploma and masters degree and represents a professional qualified accountant); post qualification experience (3 years) desirable; management accounting experience in the financial environment (2-3 years); experience in an accounting environment, ideally within a medium or large size public sector organisation (3-5 years). 

Join us and be a part of a dynamic team dedicated to excellence in financial management!

This is an Office based agile working role with a designated team area. You will work predominantly (60% or more) in one office space. The rest of the time you will work at home or at another police site locations.

The role will offer flexibility in terms of place of work, including some home working. The extent of flexibility will be agreed through individual assessment with the line manager to assess operational requirements and individual’s suitability for home working. In the event that home working is agreed for the successful candidate, there will be a requirement to regularly attend the contractual workplace.  

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Your application for this role will be shortlisted on the content you provide within the “reason for application” question, within the application form itself. CV’s, covering letters or attachments are not included in the shortlist. Within your “reason for application” answer, please refer to any experience, skills, and abilities you feel you have that will make you suitable for this role, based on the role criteria stated in the job advert or job description. Please provide as much detail as possible as insufficient content may mean you do not meet the shortlisting criteria, however please note this question is limited to 9000 characters and this system will count spaces and blank lines as characters. This count may differ from the Microsoft Word word count function therefore you may wish to use a different online character counter to check the characters used.

All of our posts require a level of vetting and security clearance. During the recruitment process you will be sent vetting information forms to complete. 

Kent Police and Essex Police welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, sex, or employment status.

Please let us know if you require extra support at any stage of the application process, or for further information regarding this position, please email us at recruitment.business.services@ecis.police.uk stating ‘Application Support and Adjustments’ in the title of your email. Alternatively, you can call us on 01245 452833. Where appropriate we will make adjustments to the selection process, working arrangements and/or the working environment provided it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.

If you’re not from the UK, you must be a resident in the UK and have lived here continuously for the last three years. You must also be free from restrictions with indefinite leave to remain. If you’re from the UK you must have lived here continuously for the last three years. This doesn’t apply to those serving abroad in the British Armed Forces.

As a Disability Confident Leader we:

• have subjected our Disability Confident self-assessment to external challenge and validation
• are taking an active leadership role in encouraging and helping other employers on their journey to becoming Disability Confident.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion are central to the values of our organisation. At Essex Police 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 support networks, DE&I team and wider HR departments, we are on a journey to embed our DE&I commitments, ensuring Essex Police is an employer of choice; where everyone feels included.

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