Senior Financial Analyst

Location: London

Contract: Temporary (3 months initial)

Rate: £40-42ph umbrella

Start Date: ASAP

*Hybrid Working*

Contact: greg.waite@servicecare.org.uk

Job Description

Service Care Finance are currently recruiting on behalf of a Local Authority in London for a Senior Finance Analyst on a temporary basis.

Main Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing specialist and senior financial and accounting support to a substantial area of the council's business, typically a major part of the budget for an overall department or a substantial defined technical area of the corporate accounting and control arrangements.
• Support all officers within their service area, providing them with high level professional advice on a very broad range of financial issues and their relation to the council's corporate and managerial objectives.
• To provide significant and senior input to corporate financial processes such as co-ordinating major elements of the annual accounts or budgeting processes.
• To advise on and maintain appropriate financial controls and to challenge senior managers as necessary in this regard.
• To be an appropriate professional role model to junior staff in the department and to foster and champion professional development.

Full job specification available.

Ideal Candidate

• CCAB Qualified Accountant with relevant CPD.
• Experience of providing financial advice and leadership in a large and complex organisation, working with a high degree of professional independence and integrity.
• Experience of advising on managing all aspects of large and complex budgets, delivering significant improvements as a result. Experience across multiple service areas within Local Authority finance is beneficial.
• Ability to analyse, interpret and report upon large amounts of complex financial, accounting and output information and to analyse complex business processes.

If you are interested in the role, or know of anyone who may be, please contact Greg at Service Care Solutions on 01772 208969 or email greg.waite@servicecare.org.uk

Service Care Solutions also offers a £250 referral bonus! So, if you know of anyone who would be perfect for this position and they are placed into work, you will receive £250 for the referral once their probationary period has been completed.