Our client, a local authority, is currently seeking a Senior Finance Analyst for a contract position. This role involves providing essential financial support and analysis within the housing sector - as well as offering flexibility of being a hybrid role, 3 days onsite.
Key Responsibilities: - Preparing the HRA annual statement of accounts and notes, and handling subsequent audit queries
- Conducting annual housing rent setting and tenants' service charge reviews
- Maintaining financial models for rent setting, service charge reviews, and the HRA Business Plan
- Supporting the preparation of HRA budgets for the council's annual Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) review
- Submitting financial data for the annual core benchmarking exercise
- Preparing and submitting statutory housing returns - LAHS, LADR, RO, RA
- Managing two Finance Analysts and supporting Graduate Trainees
- Ensuring budget monitoring positions are understood and taking mitigating corrective action for projected overspends
- Participating and networking with external parties and partners on a national level
Financial Support Responsibilities: - Providing clear financial advice to senior stakeholders and presenting financial information to committees and forums
- Managing monthly financial monitoring
- Assisting in the submission and understanding of various statutory and benchmarking returns
- Overseeing budget modelling to determine financial impacts of future service demands and legislative changes
- Reviewing benchmarking information and identifying efficiencies and savings
- Supporting the delivery of projects with complex financial implications
- Identifying funding sources for projects and preparing bidding documentation
- Closing the accounts annually, ensuring statutory deadlines are met
- Providing innovative financial solutions for projects within constrained budgets
- Reviewing the viability and value for money of various development schemes
- Reviewing estate regeneration schemes to maximise viability, including scenario modelling on tenure mixes and phasing
- Maintaining awareness of the wider housing political and economic climate to maximise housing supply
Job Requirements: - CCAB-qualified accountant
- Evidence of significant relevant continuing professional development (CPD)
- Practical experience in preparing HRA annual statements and handling audit queries
- Experience in annual housing rent setting and service charge reviews
- Proficient in maintaining financial models for housing-related financial planning
- Understanding of preparing HRA budgets and conducting financial monitoring
- Experience in managing statutory housing returns and benchmarking exercises
- Ability to provide robust financial advice to senior stakeholders
- Experience in managing and supporting a finance team
If you are a skilled Senior Finance Analyst with experience in the public sector, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's dedicated team.
