Senior Finance Analyst - Public Health and Leisure

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
As a Senior Finance Analyst, working as a Business Partner, you will be responsible for providing specialist and senior financial, and accounting support to Public Health, Leisure & Communications Insight & Innovation services. The SFA would support all officers within the service area, providing them with high level professional advice on a broad range of financial issues and their relation to the Council's corporate and managerial objectives. As the SFA you will be expected to be familiar with the services provided by the department and the complexities around them, including funding arrangements.
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.

• Managing and leading staff to achieve high performance and effective operational delivery, including developing and improving staff capability
  

What you'll need to succeed
To succeed in this role, you will be a qualified accountant (CCAB or equivalent) with a strong track record in public sector organisations (ideally local government). You will hold a good understanding of the variety of directorates and be able to support the departmental Head of Finance in the provision of high-level professional advice on a very broad range of financial issues. You'll bring a positive attitude and work ethic and be able to effectively liaise with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

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

The closing date will be 10th Augustbut 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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