Finance Analyst

We are recruiting for up to five Finance Analysts to act as Business Partners across the following areas:

• Capital, Treasury & Commercial
• Partnerships, Housing and Residents Services
• Chief Accountants Team
• Service Reform & Strategy

In the role as Finance Analyst within the Capital, Treasury and Commercial Team, you will play a key role in monitoring and maximising the Council’s capital resources and in planning future capital programmes. We have an ambitious £700m multi-year capital programme and have recently developed a capital pipeline. This will include significant investment in new housing, school’s expansions, roads and highways, major regeneration schemes and the funding of our housing company i4B Holdings Ltd. The role will support all aspects of the three work streams within the Capital, Treasury and Commercial team.

As a Finance Analyst, working as a Business Partner within the Partnerships, Housing and Residents Services Team, you will be responsible for providing professional financial and accounting support to the department covering a range of services, including housing, strategic partnerships and customer services. The Finance Analyst would support budget holders within the service area, providing them with high level professional advice on a broad range of financial issues by utilising strong analytical and financial modelling skills, as well as excellent communication and relationship building abilities.

For the roles within the Chief Accountants team, you will have a vital role in the council’s financial accounting, helping to ensure that the council correctly accounts and reports for its £3bn of assets and £1.1bn of expenditure correctly, and steering the Statement of Accounts through audit. The Chief Accountants team also holds responsibility for the production of the Council’s collection fund. This team has a strong track record of getting the council’s accounts finalised through audit.

The Finance Analyst role in the Service Reform and Strategy team will be part of the team that supports the Adult Social Care and Strategic Commissioning, Capacity Building & Engagement services, providing high level professional support to budget holders on a broad range of activities such as financial planning, budget monitoring & forecasting, and ensuring that financial data is accurate.

You are expected to take responsibility for key activities such as:

• Reporting to the Senior Finance Analyst for the Service within the Function
• Providing analytical support to the relevant business leadership team to help monitor and drive business performance.
• A role in the provision of management information to support decision making, and in all aspects of financial management/control of the business area.
• Provide concise and relevant management information to business leadership and key stakeholders to supplement the management information provided centrally to them or available to them from the online systems.
• Working with members of the Finance Team on all financial aspects of business planning, budgeting and regular forecasting.
• Liaise with the business to ensure accurate time recording, prompt billing, adequate provisioning and timely debt collection are being achieved.
• Work with members of the Finance Team to ensure that appropriate processes and controls are adhered to within the business and communicated as appropriate. Provide ad hoc training as necessary.