Job type
PermanentLocation
WembleyWorking Pattern
Full-timeSpecialism
Senior Finance QualifiedIndustry
Government & Public ServicesPay
£66,378 - £69,900
Senior Finance Business Partner – Senior Financial Analyst - ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA Qualified - Local Government Job
Senior Finance Analyst
Salary: £66,300 - £69,900 (depending on experience as per the job description)
Permanent
Hybrid – 3 days in the office, 2 days from home
Location: Civic Centre and other locations from time to time
Your new company
At London Borough of Brent, finance is more than just producing the accounts—it’s about enabling transformation, safeguarding public resources, and helping shape the future of our borough. Working closely with colleagues across the council to ensure that financial insight is at the heart of decision-making. Their work is grounded in fairness, inclusion, and respect, and great pride is taken in creating a team environment where every voice is heard, and every success is celebrated. These values are not just aspirations—they are embedded in how they lead, how they support each other, and how they deliver for Brent’s communities.
Your new role
We are recruiting for a Senior Finance Analyst for Capital (Public Realm and Assets) within our Capital, Treasury and Commercial Team.
As a Senior Finance Analyst working as a Business Partner, you will be responsible for providing specialist and senior financial and accounting support to the public realm area of the council's capital programme. The SFA would support all officers within the public realm capital area with high level professional advice on a broad range of financial issues and their relation to the council's corporate and managerial objectives. In addition, they will lead on ensuring the asset register is accurately updated each year as well as supporting a series of financial reporting tasks across capital.
The Senior Finance Analyst will report into the relevant Head of Finance. They will provide officers and senior stakeholders with high level professional advice and make a positive contribution to the delivery of the service. Key activities will include:
- Being actively involved in material business decisions to ensure immediate and longer-term implications, opportunities and risks are fully considered, and alignment with the organisation’s financial strategy.
- Leading the promotion of good financial management so that public money is safeguarded at all times and used appropriately, economically, efficiently and effectively.
- Promoting and developing a culture that supports a Self-Service approach to service delivery.
- Ensuring a systematic approach to financial control alongside the modernisation and streamlining of all processes.
- Supporting the departmental Head of Finance in the provision of high-level professional advice on a very broad range of financial issues.
- Managing and leading staff to achieve high performance and effective operational delivery, including developing and improving staff capability
What you’ll need to succeed
A driven and motivated fully qualified accountant.
Excellent communications skills and the ability to challenge and influence a range of stakeholders.
Experience of supporting budget management for complex demand led services is essential.
What you'll get in return
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
- Access to affordable parking nearby
- Season ticket loan for public transport
- Cycle to work scheme and good onsite facilities
The closing date will be 30th September but please note that applications will be reviewed as they are received. Please do not wait until the closing date to apply.
