Senior Finance Officer

Job introduction

Are you someone who:

• Has strong technical, communication and organisational skills critical to delivering the financial accounting function?
• Has a positive proactive approach with the ability to work on your own initiative and as a team player?
• Has strong problem solving skills and competency using financial systems?
• Excellent customer service and communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate financial matters to a non-financial audience?

An opportunity has become available to join the Homes and Adult Social Care team as Senior Finance Officer, providing financial and management accounting services for Housing General Fund.

This role is also being offered on a part time/job share basis.

Office Day: Successful candidates are required to attend the office every Thursday.

Fixed term: Until March 2027

Interview date: Thursday 15th January 2025

This role is available as a secondment to internal applicants in line with our secondment policy. Before applying, please ensure you have read the Secondment policy to ensure you are eligible to apply. In accordance with the policy, please ensure you have the written approval of your line manager before applying. Evidence of this must be included with your application.

For an informal discussion, please contact Ferrise Hall - Principal Accountant on ferrise.hall@brighton-hove.gov.uk

About the role

As a Senior Finance Officer, you will provide support to the Housing department. Your duties will include:

• Preparing accurate forecasts for expenditure and income throughout the year
• Identifying and analysing any discrepancies within the budget
• Using tools such as Microsoft Excel to produce clear financial reports
• Assist budget holders and senior managers in improving financial performance, securing value for money, and delivering better service outcome.

About You

• Methodical and highly organised, with excellent attention to detail
• Confident in using Excel spreadsheets
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
• Capable of communicating financial information clearly and effectively to non-finance colleagues

Please read our Apply for a job at the council pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to complete your education and work history and upload a supporting statement. Your supporting statement is the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Application form guidance) and Supporting statement guidance as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.

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Company information

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Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).