Finance Analyst (HRA)

Location:
LondonContract: Temporary (4-month initial) Rate: £400.00 per day Start Date: ASAP*Hybrid Working* Contact:

Job DescriptionService 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

CandidateCriteria

• 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 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.