Job Description

Finance Analyst (HRA)
Location: London
Contract: Temporary (4-month initial)
Rate: 400.00 per day
Start Date: ASAP
Hybrid Working
Contact: (url removed)

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 partners

Candidate 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 team

If 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 (url removed)

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.