Business Finance Officer

Business Finance Officer

£47,532 - £50,574 per annum

18 Months Fixed Term

About Us

Newham is a vibrant inner-city borough with excellent transport links. We are proud to be home to one of the youngest and most diverse cultures across the country, Newham is an exciting and challenging borough that is committed to putting people at the heart of everything we do.

The Borough boasts iconic landmarks such as, Green Street, the Olympic Park, Excel centre, Westfield Shopping Centre and the University of East London. Newham is changing rapidly, benefiting from significant investment, creating new jobs, homes and opportunities for all.  The Mayor of London provided the Borough with £107 million funding through the ‘Building Council Homes for Londoners’ programme, supporting the construction of 1,100 new homes by 2022. From this we expect to see an additional 2,500 jobs created over the next decade, injecting £1.5 billion to the local economy.

The Repairs and Maintenance Service (RMS) is the London Borough of Newham in-house housing repairs provider based in the heart of the borough at Bridge Road Depot. 

RMS employs just over 250 staff to deliver a comprehensive range of services to the residents of Newham. 

RMS receives around 1,000 repair orders a week and provides an in-house solution to the following types of work:

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• Responsive repairs (all trades) 
• OOH 24/7 365 emergency service 
• Voids refurbishment 
• Kitchen and bathroom replacement programmes 
• FRA works 
• Water Quality Services

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• Disabled Adaptations 
• Planned Electrical testing and works 
• UPVc window and FED replacement programmes 
• Gas Servicing, breakdowns and renewals 
• Estates and communal works programmes 
• Highways and street scene repairs 

 

The role is based within the Business Development Team who provides key support to these front line services and acts as a conduit between the services and Newham’s Corporate Services

About the Role

The post holder will work closely with the Business and Finance Manager on continual service delivery and improvements throughout the Repairs and Maintenance Service. The responsibilities or steps in performance management process vary broadly depending on the emphasis of performance efforts and the individual carrying it out. 

 The post holder will also be responsible for providing relevant and timely advice to Directors and their Service Management Teams in their strategic decision making, and ensuring they receive effective and timely support and advice on all financial matters related to the development of RMS service strategies, service plans and service delivery. 

This role is suited to someone who likes to continuously review and improve processes, learning from feedback and best practise requirements. You’ll have an attentiveness to detail and a high degree of numerical accuracy, alongside the ability to work to deadlines. 

To be successful in this role you must have:

A good working understanding and awareness of the Budget Cycle and Closure Processes.

Be able to lead on a number of business operation processes, including but not exclusively Purchase Ordering, Supplier Payments and Income Monitoring.

Knowledge of local housing demand and the needs of residents.

The ability to analyse a number of different data sets and make robust forecast and projections to aid decision making.

Significant experience of at least one of:

• Working in a Local Authority Housing environment.
• Working in a Local Authority Financial Service.
• Use of a Housing Management System such as Northgate, Service Connect or TASK.
• Dealing with Internal and External Housing Stakeholders including but not limited to Tenants, Operatives, various Council Officers of various levels, Suppliers and Contractors

Ability to communicate clearly, courteously and patiently with a range of stakeholders including operatives, service managers and where necessary members of the public and Newham Councillors. 

Able to use a range of IT systems – with the ability to identify best practice for and provide training for the benefit of the team and wider service.

Competent user of various Microsoft packages, such as Excel and Power B.I 

Able to make a positive contribution to deliver value for money.

Able to undertake line management responsibility of a Business Accounts Officer.

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Closing date 23/06/2025

IMPORTANT: If you are an LBN member of staff and applying for this role as a secondment you should note that secondments are subject to the agreement of your current employing service. Please ensure that you inform your line manager of your intention to apply for the post in the first instance.

Additional Information

We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all. When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that’s all that matters to us.

The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Please attach your supporting statement, explaining in no more than x2 A4 sides why and how you meet the criteria for this role.

We practice anonymised recruitment. Please ensure that you remove all personal information from any documents that you upload.

 

The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.