Senior Finance Officer Role A in Hove

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Senior Finance Officer Role A

Location: Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ

Date posted: 09/11/2026

Job reference: REQ0001727

Job details

Salary £33,119 - £40,444

Contractual hours 37

Basis Flexi Hours Package

We are pleased to offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your wellbeing. You can read about them on our Why work for us pages.

Job category/type Finance

Attachments: Shortlisting Questions for Senior Finance Officer .docx 1950LH.Nov26.Senior Finance Officer (Corp Finance).JDPS.docx

Job description

Do you enjoy working with numbers and using financial information to solve problems?

Can you explain financial information clearly and build effective relationships with Budget Holders and colleagues ?

Would you like to develop your experience in local authority capital finance within a supportive and collaborative team ?

If so, we would like to hear from you.

We are looking for a proactive and organised Senior Finance Officer to join our team. You will enjoy working with numbers, solving problems and working collaboratively with others to provide valuable financial support to our capital programme and corporate revenue budgets.

Interview Date: Friday 11 December 2026

This post is being advertised for 2 years.

Please email Haley Woollard, Head of Corporate Finance and Deputy Chief Finance Officer, at haley.woollard@brighton-hove.gov.uk if you'd like a discussion about this role.

About the Role

You will principally support the Principal Accountant (Capital) with the effective financial management of the Council's £250m annual capital programme. You will also provide business partnering support to the council's Central Hub revenue budgets.

Your work will include:

• supporting the preparation and timely monitoring of the capital programme and corporate revenue budgets;
• assisting with the council's Capital Strategy and preparing the 5 year Capital Investment Programme;
• supporting the closure of accounts for capital;
• liaising with budget holders and senior managers to produce timely and robust forecasts;
• supporting the council's Capital Programme Board;
• providing financial advice and information to budget holders and project managers;
• completion of government returns.

About you

We are looking for someone who is proactive and organised and who enjoys working with financial information, solving problems and working collaboratively with others.

We are particularly looking for someone who can:

• Confidently analyse financial information and solve problems, using numerical and analytical skills to contribute to budgeting, forecasting, monitoring and identifying issues and working through potential solutions ;
• Use data and digital tools effectively, working comfortably with excel and financial systems ;
• c ollaborate with a diverse range of stakeholders, and be able to explain financial information clearly and build positive and inclusive relationships with colleagues with differing levels of financial knowledge and experience
• be organised, accurate and willing to learn, being able to prioritise work to meet deadlines and produce accurate and robust financial information .

In return, we can offer

• The opportunity to gain valuable experience in finance within a large portfolio.
• Ongoing training and development, helping you build skills and progress your career within finance
• The chance to work in a supportive and collaborative team where knowledge is shared and continuous improvement is encouraged
• Flexible working arrangements to support a health work-life balance
• A supportive and inclusive working environment, with access to staff networks
• A local government pension scheme and family-friendly policies
• Employee benefits including discount schemes and a cycle-to-work programme

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).

Why work for us?

As a council, we want to:

• be connected
• be confident
• be innovative and creative
• be diverse and inclusive
• be healthy and psychologically safe

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us which gives details of our wellbeing support, our benefits including leave and pensions as well as details of our training and development.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.