Thematic Lead - Capital

Thematic Lead: Capital

Metropolitan Police Service

Band U

Location: London

Salary: £77,000 - £85,000pa

Contract: Permanent.

The opportunity

Metropolitan Police Service is undertaking one of the most significant transformation journeys in UK public service. Through New Met for London, it is investing in technology, estate, fleet and specialist equipment to support modern policing and improve outcomes for London’s communities.

With no general capital grant available, the Met must make careful choices about borrowing, affordability, prioritisation and long-term value for money. Finance sits at the centre of decisions that will shape future capability.

As Thematic Lead: Capital, you will develop the 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 wider financial strategy.

This is an opportunity for a finance professional who enjoys strategic capital planning, investment appraisal and public sector funding challenges, and wants their work to support policing across one of the world’s most diverse cities.

About the Metropolitan Police

The Met is London’s police service, serving millions across one of the world’s most diverse 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. Finance professionals can see the impact of their work beyond the numbers, supporting planning, governance, value for money and investment in services that matter.

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 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 stakeholders.

This is a strategic and analytical finance role requiring technical judgement, commercial awareness and the ability to translate capital, funding and affordability analysis into advice.

Key responsibilities

You will:

• Support a 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 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 capital-related information for business planning.


• Model funding, income and expenditure scenarios, including sensitivity testing, to support strategic decision-making.


• Identify commercial and financial risks within the capital programme and develop mitigation strategies.


• Advise on opportunities to maximise capital investment funding and reduce borrowing costs.

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 relevant, especially where you have worked with capital programmes, funding constraints, governance frameworks, borrowing strategies or major investment decisions. Treasury experience and understanding of financing choices would also be valuable.

You may be CCAB, CIMA or equivalent qualified, or in the final stages of qualification, and will demonstrate the technical and analytical capability required to operate in strategic finance.

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.


• Ability to assess commercial impacts, model scenarios and develop mitigation strategies.


• Strong planning and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities.


• Clear communication skills, with the ability to explain complex financial information to senior non-finance stakeholders.


• Confidence to influence senior leaders while balancing customer focus with professional financial challenge.


• A proactive, improvement-focused approach and ability to support better ways of working across Finance.

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 and deliver for communities.

For a capital finance specialist, the scale and complexity are a major draw. You will work where investment choices are high-profile, funding is constrained, and financial modelling and challenge have a direct impact on decision-making.

For a finance professional who wants to apply capital expertise in a role with scale, complexity and purpose, this is an opportunity to help shape policing in London.

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