The Metropolitan Police Service is undertaking one of the most significant transformation journeys in UK public service. Through New Met for London, the organisation is investing in the technology, estate, fleet and specialist equipment needed to support modern policing and improve outcomes for the capital’s communities.
That investment agenda is complex, high-value and strategically important. With no general capital grant available, the Met must make careful choices about borrowing, affordability, prioritisation and long-term value for money. Finance therefore sits at the centre of decisions that will shape the organisation’s future capability.
As Thematic Lead: Capital, you will play a key role in developing the financial insight, modelling and challenge needed to support those decisions. You will help the Met understand what it can afford, where investment should be prioritised, and how capital choices affect the organisation’s wider financial strategy.
This is an opportunity for a finance professional who enjoys strategic capital planning, investment appraisal and complex public sector funding challenges and who wants their work to support policing services across one of the world’s most diverse cities.
About the Metropolitan Police
The Met is London’s police service, serving millions of people across one of the world’s most diverse, dynamic and internationally significant cities. Its work touches every community in the capital, and the organisation is focused on building trust, improving performance and delivering better outcomes for Londoners.
Joining the Met means becoming part of an organisation with a clear public service mission. It is a place where finance professionals can see the impact of their work beyond the numbers, supporting better planning, stronger governance, improved value for money and investment in services that matter to the public.
The scale and complexity of the Met create a highly stimulating environment for finance professionals. The organisation manages competing priorities, long-term transformation needs and significant investment choices, all within a challenging public funding environment. This makes the capital agenda particularly important, with finance playing a central role in helping the Met make informed, sustainable decisions.
About the role
As Thematic Lead: Capital, you will support the development, management and strategic oversight of the Met’s capital programme. This will include work across estates, technology, fleet and specialist equipment, ensuring investment plans are forward‑looking, prioritised and aligned with the organisation’s medium and long‑term financial strategy.
You will work closely with the Head of Strategic Finance, Deputy Chief Finance Officer, Investment and Scrutiny colleagues, Finance Business Partnering teams, Commercial, MOPAC, the Home Office and other key stakeholders.
This is a strategic and analytical finance role requiring strong technical judgement, commercial awareness and the ability to translate complex capital, funding and affordability analysis into clear advice for senior decision‑makers.
Key responsibilities
- Support the development of a forward‑looking, prioritised capital investment plan across estates, technology, fleet and specialist equipment.
- Assess capital affordability, phasing and funding options, including borrowing, capital grants and asset disposals.
- Align the capital programme with the Medium‑Term Financial Plan and wider organisational strategy.
- Lead on the development of financial information, modelling and analysis to support management decision‑making.
- Monitor in‑year performance against the capital budget, reforecasting where required and reporting progress to senior leaders and external stakeholders.
- Provide financial input and challenge into capital business cases, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities, whole‑life costing and value for money.
- Support capital accounting, financial reporting, government returns, grant claims and the production of capital‑related information for business planning.
- Model funding, income and expenditure scenarios, including sensitivity testing, to support strategic and democratic decision‑making.
- Identify commercial and financial risks within the capital programme and develop appropriate mitigation strategies.
- Advise on opportunities to maximise available capital investment funding and reduce borrowing costs for the Met.
About you
You will bring strong experience in capital finance, strategic financial planning or investment appraisal within a large and complex organisation. Public sector experience would be particularly relevant, especially where you have worked with capital programmes, funding constraints, governance frameworks, borrowing strategies or major investment decisions. Experience of engaging with treasury functions and understanding the implications of financing choices would also be valuable.
You may be CCAB, CIMA or equivalent qualified, or in the final stages of qualification, and will be able to demonstrate the technical and analytical capability required to operate credibly in a strategic finance environment.
You will also offer
- Strong analytical and judgement skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and draw clear conclusions.
- Experience of business analytics, investment appraisal, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting.
- Knowledge of financial management and planning within complex organisations.
- Understanding of public sector capital, procurement, contract management and financial governance.
- The ability to assess commercial impacts, model scenarios and develop financial mitigation strategies.
- Strong planning and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
- Clear communication skills, with the ability to explain complex financial information to senior non‑finance stakeholders.
- The confidence to influence senior leaders while balancing customer focus with professional financial challenge.
- A proactive, improvement‑focused approach and the ability to support better ways of working across the finance function.
Why join the Metropolitan Police Service?
This role offers the chance to work on investment decisions that directly affect the Met’s ability to serve London. The capital programme supports the buildings, systems, vehicles and specialist assets that enable officers and staff to operate effectively, respond to changing demand and deliver for communities.
For a capital finance specialist, the scale and complexity are a major draw. You will be working in an environment where investment choices are high‑profile, funding is constrained, and the quality of financial modelling and challenge has a direct impact on organisational decision‑making.
You will also be contributing to a public service mission with real social value. The Met serves one of the most diverse populations in the world, and its work affects millions of people every day. By supporting better capital planning and value‑for‑money decisions, you will help ensure resources are targeted towards the infrastructure and capability London needs.
The Strategic Finance team plays a critical role in supporting integrated business planning, medium and long‑term financial strategy, and engagement with major external stakeholders including MOPAC and the Home Office. You will be part of a team with an outward‑facing mindset, helping the organisation navigate funding choices, transformation demands and long‑term investment priorities.
You will also be supported by Met Business Services, a centralised service delivery model focused on delivering value and efficiency across the Met. This provides a platform for more standardised processes, trusted data and better self‑service across Finance, HR and Commercial functions.
For a finance professional who wants to apply capital expertise in a role with scale, complexity and purpose, this is a compelling opportunity to help shape the future capability of policing in London.
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