Finance Officer - Control X

About Hounslow

We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents and doing everything we can to improve their lives.

We serve an outstanding borough with visionary leadership, a dynamic cabinet, and a can‑do culture. We have built strong partnerships that transform how we serve one of London’s most diverse communities.

We live by five core values:
Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of all our work, articulated in “Harness the Mix”, breaking down barriers and unlocking the power of our varied minds.

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We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic and self‑motivated individual to join the Transaction Processing and Controls Team as a Finance Officer. The team reconciles all income and expenditure within the Council’s bank account and provides accountancy support. Reporting to the Senior Finance Officer, your role will include:

• Assist in the preparation of statutory and non‑statutory returns, including VAT and CIS.
• Perform a wide range of corporate reconciliations, including cash and payroll.
• Prepare and reconcile data files interfaced to the ledger.
• Update and review changes to financial and cash management systems.

If the following points resonate with you, we’d love you to apply:

• Sound understanding and experience in bookkeeping, accounting and data entry.
• Demonstrates good literacy, numeracy and ICT skills relevant to the role.
• Competent in the use of information technology, particularly word and Excel based applications and financial systems.
• Knowledge and understanding of financial processing and management, operating systems and internal control mechanisms.
• Achieved or working towards an AAT level 3/4 qualification.

Basic DBS check is required for the role.

Interviews for this job will be held on 24th and 27th April 2026.

Contact:
Telephone .

Internal Candidates – Please seek your line manager’s approval before applying for this role as a Secondment.