Senior Finance Officer (Housing Revenue Account)

Role title: Senior Finance Officer (Housing Revenue Account)
Location: Hybrid, London Borough of Harrow Forward Drive, Harrow, HA3 8NT
Contract: 6 months
Rate: £400 per day (Umbrella)
About the Role:
London Borough of Harrow is seeking an experienced Senior Finance Officer to provide expert financial analysis and business partnering support to the Council''s Housing Revenue Account (HRA). This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in ensuring the financial sustainability of housing services while supporting strategic decision-making that directly impacts tenants and the Council''s long-term housing delivery objectives.
Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality financial advice, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, and supporting the effective management of housing income streams, including rent and service charge setting.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide expert financial analysis and business partnering support across the Housing Revenue Account.
- Lead and support the annual rent and service charge setting process, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and guidance.
- Deliver accurate financial forecasting, budgeting, and monitoring for housing services.
- Support strategic financial planning and contribute to long-term housing delivery and investment programmes.
- Prepare and present financial reports, business cases, and recommendations to senior management and key stakeholders.
- Ensure robust financial controls and compliance with statutory, regulatory, and corporate requirements.
- Analyse complex financial data and provide insightful recommendations to support operational and strategic decision-making.
- Work collaboratively with service managers to improve financial performance and income sustainability.
Requirements:
- Proven experience working within a local authority finance environment, ideally supporting a Housing Revenue Account (HRA).
- Strong knowledge of HRA accounting, rent setting, service charges, and housing finance regulations.
- Experience providing business partnering support to senior stakeholders.
- Excellent budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis skills.
- Strong understanding of local government finance and statutory reporting requirements.
- Ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance audiences.
- Qualified, part-qualified, or qualified by experience accountant (CIPFA, ACCA, CIMA, ACA desirable).
About Us:
For almost 60 years, Pertemps Recruitment Partnership has been the market leader in providing permanent and temporary staffing solutions. We are one of the most established players within the recruitment industry. The Sunday Times has listed us as one of the Best 100 Companies to work for 14 years running. We are not a big, scary, faceless company; quite the opposite: we strongly believe in the personal touch with everything we do. We are proud to be an accredited ''Investor in People,'' which is reflected across our business in the length of service and career progression of our employees.
Harrow Council is the 12th largest London borough and one of the most culturally diverse local authorities in the UK, making it a great place to live, work, and visit. Located 10 miles from the city centre and just 13 minutes to Euston from Harrow and Wealdstone station, there are great transport links via the Metropolitan Line, Watford DC Line, and national rail service. It is easily accessible to the M1, M25, and A406.
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