Job Description

Finance Analyst (HRA)

Location: London

Contract: Temporary (4-month initial)

Rate: £400.00 per day

Start Date: ASAP

*Hybrid Working*

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Job Description

Service Care Solutions are currently recruiting on behalf of a Local Authority in London for a Finance Analyst (HRA) to join the team on a temporary basis. The postholder will be a key member of the HRA Finance team and will report into the Senior Finance Analyst.

Main Responsibilities

Supporting the HRA Senior Finance Analyst and contributing towards preparation of the HRA annual statement of accounts and notes and dealing with subsequent audit queries

Carrying out various checks and reconciliations, such as bank and balance sheet reconciliations, to ensure that all balances are intact

Supporting the service with annual housing rent setting and tenants' service charge reviews

Contributing towards the annual update of the HRA Business Plan and its regular monitoring

Supporting the preparation of HRA budgets

Assisting with collating financial data for various statutory housing returns (LAHS / LADR / RO / RA) and the annual core benchmarking exercise

Helping to ensure that the budget monitoring position is understood and mitigating corrective actions are taken where an overspend is projected

Liaising and building relationship with external parties and partnersCandidate Criteria

CCAB/CIMA Qualified/Part-Qualified with extensive experience

Experience of working within an HRA Finance environment preferably in Local Authority.

Experience of working in a Finance Business Partner role within Local Government.

Great communication skills with the ability to work well on own initiative as well as part of a teamIf you are interested in the role, or know of anyone who may be, please contact Greg at Service Care Solutions on (phone number removed) or email

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