Senior Finance Analyst

Senior Finance Analyst (Adult Social Care and Commissioning)

Salary range: £66,378 – 69,984 p.a. inc. London weighting

Contract:

Permanent

Hours of work: 36 hours per week

Location:

Civic centre and other locations from time to time

We are recruiting for a Senior Finance Analyst for Adult Social Care and Commissioning Services

Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up.

At Brent, finance is more than just producing the accounts, it's about enabling transformation, safeguarding public resources, and helping shape the future of our borough. Working closely with colleagues across the council to ensure that financial insight is at the heart of decision‑making. Their work is grounded in fairness, inclusion, and respect, and great pride is taken in creating a team environment where every voice is heard, and every success is celebrated.

These values are not just aspirations, they are embedded in how they lead, how they support each other, and how they deliver for Brent's communities.

We are seeking an experienced forward‑thinking Finance Business Partner to support the Adult Social Care and Commissioning directorate and help shape services that support some of the most vulnerable members of our community. As a key strategic partner to operational leaders, you'll bring clarity, insight, and challenge to financial decision‑making across the services. As the SFA you will be expected to be familiar with the services provided by the department and the complexities around them, including funding arrangements.

The Senior Finance Analyst will report into the relevant Head of Finance. They will provide officers and senior stakeholders with high level professional advice and make a positive contribution to the delivery of the service.

You will be responsible for:

• Providing high‑quality financial analysis, modelling, and forecasting
• Supporting budget holders to deliver sustainable, value‑for‑money services
• Leading on financial planning, monitoring, and reporting
• Translating complex financial information into clear, actionable advice
• Driving improvements, efficiencies, and innovation across the directorate
• Managing 2 financial analysts and a graduate trainee

Key activities will include:

• Strong business partnering experience, ideally in adult social care or a strong desire to work in that area.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build trusted relationships.
• Confidence in challenging stakeholders influencing strategic decisions.
• A proactive, solutions‑focused mindset - you will embrace change as opposed to resisting it
• Experience in local government finance and ideally exposure to adult social care
• Leading the promotion of good financial management so that public money is safeguarded at all times and used appropriately, economically, efficiently and effectively.
• Ensuring a systematic approach to financial control alongside the modernisation and streamlining of all processes.
• Supporting the departmental Head of Finance in the provision of high‑level professional advice on a very broad range of financial issues.
• Managing and leading staff to achieve high performance and effective operational delivery, including developing and improving staff capability

• Is a driven and motivated fully qualified accountant (CCAB or equivalent).
• Has excellent communications skills and the ability to challenge and influence a range of stakeholders.
• Has experience of supporting budget management for complex demand led services is essential.
• Has strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence, challenge and build effective working relationships
• Highly analytical skill set with exceptional attention to detail
• Experience in local government finance, ideally in adult social care is desirable but not essential.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and deliver high‑quality outputs to tight deadlines

• Generous holiday entitlement starting from 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Exce…