Finance Business Partner Review
at Merseyside Police
Higher Level Apprenticeship
Accounting
Liverpool
Review Submitted: May 2025
Overall Rating
3.6 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
4/5
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Overview of Role
4/5
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Skills Development
3/5
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Structure and Support
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
4/5
Management Accounting/Finance Business Partnering.
Preparing Budgets, producing forecasts, presenting at senior leadership team meetings.
Interact daily with Finance colleagues as well as operational areas around financial queries.
Preparing Budgets, producing forecasts, presenting at senior leadership team meetings.
Interact daily with Finance colleagues as well as operational areas around financial queries.
To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
4/5
Enjoy the technical side of the course. Some modules particularly interesting and enlightening around the changes in Financial landscape with technological advancements - AI, Blockchain etc.
Financial reporting - necessary and required to understand the more technical aspects of Accountancy.
Financial reporting - necessary and required to understand the more technical aspects of Accountancy.
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
4/5
Communication/Presentation skills.
Interpersonal and team working particularly with operational teams.
IT - Excel in particular which has improved problem solving skills.
Coaching/mentoring more junior colleagues more recent into the team.
Interpersonal and team working particularly with operational teams.
IT - Excel in particular which has improved problem solving skills.
Coaching/mentoring more junior colleagues more recent into the team.
Structure and Support
How well organised/structured is your programme?
4/5
Well structured - split between Theory/Ethics, Financial and Management modules.
All then captured as part of a case study to refresh the whole level.
Course and materials well detailed with lots of resources available.
All then captured as part of a case study to refresh the whole level.
Course and materials well detailed with lots of resources available.
How much support do you receive from your employer?
2/5
Difficult managing full time role with Apprenticeship work, particularly when experienced and further into career development with more responsibility.
Personally feel Apprenticeships better suited for more junior roles or employees earlier in their careers.
Personally feel Apprenticeships better suited for more junior roles or employees earlier in their careers.
How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
4/5
Resource material provided, online options of LiveChat and email queries.
Further emails from tutors when completion of progress tests etc for any further support.
Further emails from tutors when completion of progress tests etc for any further support.
How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
3/5
Some parts are irrelevant to my role - particularly Financial reporting.
Management accounts more relevant along with Ethics module around communication and structures etc helps with the Finance Business Partnering elements of my role.
Management accounts more relevant along with Ethics module around communication and structures etc helps with the Finance Business Partnering elements of my role.
Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)
2/5
Not that I am aware of.
Some social events organised by our own teams but not aware of professional networking events.
Some social events organised by our own teams but not aware of professional networking events.
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Merseyside Police to a friend?
Yes
Why?
Would recommend if looking for a career in Finance in early stages - career development and opportunities.
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Merseyside Police?
Provide evidence of examples of how you have achieved things in your career or personal life, regardless of small it may seem. Regardless of what role you have been in, experience can be relevant.
