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Job title:                           Senior Financial Analyst

Contract Type:               Fixed-Term (2-years)

Salary:                               £47,354 - £60,515 p.a

Hours:                               36 hours per week

Location:                           Wandsworth/Twickenham

The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and London Borough of Wandsworth present a unique opportunity to be part of a team who are working together within a successful shared staffing structure across both boroughs.

About Us

The Senior Financial Analyst role forms part of the Financial Management Division within the Finance Directorate, at the strategic heart of the two authorities, and comes with potential for career development as we continue to enhance our solid reputation for effective financial management.

Building on a Financial analyst and Management Accounting background, as a Senior Financial Analyst, you will assist the Head of Service in overseeing routine and more complex financial analysis to support medium term financial planning, annual budget reviews, the corporate transformation programme and other change initiatives/projects for the organisation.

We offer flexible working, and we have been operating largely as a distributed team, however some office working days are expected in line with service needs.

At Richmond and Wandsworth Councils, we care more about how you work and what you achieve, rather than where you work on any given day.  We have carefully considered agile ways of working to provide the best experience for residents, stakeholders, and our staff.   Our agile working strategy actively supports and encourages a dynamic work environment and daily working experience.   Agile working helps put the needs of our staff at the center of everything we do, so if specific flexible working arrangements helps you with this, feel free to let us know. 

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• You need to have a good understanding of basic accounting principles and structures.
• Significant experience in a local authority budgetary control, accounting and financial reporting environment
• Experience of interpreting complex structures such as accounting standards, legislation, technical guidance and formulae
• Experience of financial analysis within a local government setting 
• Experience of local government funding and medium term financial planning
• CCAB qualified or equivalent or substantial relevant experience

For further information please contact John O’Sullivan at john.osullivan@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk or on 0208-871-5362

Indicative Recruitment Timeline:

Closing date: Sunday 27th April 2025

Shortlisted Date: W/C 28th April 2025

Interview date: TBC

Useful Information:

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone.  We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. 

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer, if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know. 

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.  For more details click here

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils