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Senior Financial Analyst x2

Employer
Brent Council
Location
Brent, London (Greater) - Hybrid
Salary
£62,748 - £66,156 plus benefits
Closing date
6 Oct 2024
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Your new organisation

This is a great time to join the finance team at London Borough of Brent. You will work with an outstanding leadership team and will join a highly committed  and innovative team who are dedicated to building on their performance. Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make-up.

The role

There are 2 positions on offer at Senior Financial Analyst levelwhich are essentially business partnering roles responsible for managing substantial budgets and providing support to senior managers. The 2 posts are in the following areas;

*Housing – As the HRA business partner, you will prepare the HRA statement of accounts and contribute to the HRA business plan.

*Children and Young Peoples’ (CYP) – You will be specifically responsible for setting the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) budgets and will support other CYP services. This post will lead on key statutory returns to DFE/ ESFA, plans and reports to Schools Forum and the Council.

What you need to succeed

You will be a qualified accountant and will ideally have worked in local government finance – experience of the above areas will be highly beneficial. If you have not worked in one of the specialist areas specifically you must be capable of communicating that you have a very clear understanding of what the area is responsible for and the associated challenges. You should be comfortable explaining complex information to non-financial managers as well as work well with external stakeholders.

What you'll get in return

Flexible working options are available. Hybrid working

Benefits include;

  • Competitive salary
  • The opportunity to join the Local Government Pension Scheme
  • Generous holiday entitlements starting from 27 days' holiday a year
  • A full range of family friendly policies, including generous maternity and paternity entitlements and childcare schemes
  • Flexible working patterns, including hybrid working
  • Training and development opportunities
  • Good travel links in and out of Wembley and a range of cost saving travel schemes
  • Access to My Brent Rewards, our dedicated website for staff with big brand discounts and local offers
  • Work at the outstanding state-of-the-art Brent Civic Centre

The closing date is stated but please note that applications will be reviewed as they are received. Please do not wait until the closing date to apply.

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