Financial Analyst
Posted 1 week ago by Service Care Solutions
£25 Per hour
Inside
Hybrid
Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Finance Analyst role involves supporting senior finance staff in providing strategic financial advice to a Local Authority in Hampshire. Key responsibilities include business modeling, financial risk analysis, and performance reporting to enhance financial performance. The position is temporary for an initial period of three months with a hybrid working arrangement. Candidates should possess relevant qualifications and experience in local government finance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide support to the Finance Business Partnering function and the Corporate Planning and Commercialisation function across the organisation.
- Build effective working relationships with other financial analysts to ensure alignment of the Council’s financial plans and sharing of best practices.
- Prepare financial and performance reporting analysis to identify key insights and value chains in front line services.
- Perform research, benchmarking, and analysis to compare performance and KPIs across the organisation, sector, and wider economic environment.
- Analyse risks and opportunities for the Council and provide briefings of the findings to members of the finance department and budget holders.
- Monitor the performance of budget holders in their duties through the use of analytical techniques and reasoning.
- Analyse the impact of reports, policies, and procedures relating to their area.
Key Skills:
- AAT Qualified or Part-Qualified CCAB Accountant as a minimum.
- Experience of working within a Local Government Finance environment.
- Advanced Excel skills with a high degree of competency across multiple finance systems.
- Strong analytical skills with experience of providing strategic financial advice to senior members.
- Great communication skills with the ability to work well on own initiative as well as part of a team.
Salary (Rate): £25.00 hourly
City: Hampshire
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Finance
Service Care Solutions are currently recruiting on behalf of a Local Authority in Hampshire for a Finance Analyst to join the team on a temporary basis. The Financial Analyst’s primary role is to support senior finance staff in providing strategic financial advice to the organisation. This will include the provision of business modelling, analysis of financial risk and financial management information in support of strong financial performance
- Main Responsibilities
- Provide support to the Finance Business Partnering function and the Corporate Planning and Commercialisation function across the whole of the organisation.
- Build effective working relationships with other financial analysts to ensure the Council’s financial plans are aligned across the team and best practice is shared.
- Preparation of financial and performance reporting analysis to identify key insights and value chains in front line services.
- Perform research, benchmarking and analysis to compare performance and KPIs across the organisation, sector and wider economic environment.
- Analyse risks and opportunities for the Council and provide briefings of the findings to members of the finance department and budget holders.
- Monitor the performance of budget holders in their duties through the use of analytical techniques and reasoning.
- Analyse the impact of reports, policies and procedures relating to their area.
Candidate Criteria
- AAT Qualified or Part-Qualified CCAB Accountant as a minimum
- Experience of working within a Local Government Finance environment
- Advanced Excel skills with high degree of competency across multiple finance systems
- Strong analytical skills with experience of providing strategical financial advice to senior members
- 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 01772 208969 or email greg.waite@servicecare.org.uk 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.