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Finance Analyst - Corporate Reporting

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  • Job type

    Permanent

  • Location

    Wembley

  • Working Pattern

    Full-time

  • Specialism

    Part Qualified Accountant

  • Industry

    Government & Public Services

  • Pay

    £45,021 - £55,155 + Benefits

  • Closing date

    2 Jun 2024
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Corporate Reporting

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.


Your new role

Finance Analyst - Corporate Reporting

This role is a cross cutting role with an element of business partnering and an element of corporate reporting to it. You will be supporting corporate reporting across the council.
  • Finance Business Partnering for one of the council’s smaller directorates: Finance and Resources
  • Corporate Financial Reporting (both internal and external)
  • Working both with a service delivery area and across the council, you will be reporting to the senior finance analyst on agreed objectives and outputs, preparing savings target updates and expenditure and funding reporting.
  • The role will require you to work with stakeholders across the organisation to ensure that you have collected the information required on a timely basis with view to collating data and commentary in a comprehensive way.
  • You will also support other areas such as calculating corporate over heads.
  • You will also support to undertake complex and technical accounting tasks and ensure that there is an effective framework for financial reporting, forecasting, control management within the council.

What you'll need to succeed

  • Good organisational skills and ability to get staff from across the organisation to provide information promptly
  • Strong data analysis skills
  • Ability to produce written reports collating financial information from across the organisation
  • Part Qualified accountant/ AAT
You may have worked in local government, but applications from candidates who have worked in another public service area or commerce would be welcome.

You must be able to demonstrate that you are proactive, committed to adding value and dedicated to improving systems and processes to deliver a first-class service to budget holders.


What you'll get in return

  • 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


What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

The closing date will be 2nd of June, but please note that applications will be reviewed as they are received. Please do not wait until the closing date to apply.