Job Description

Salary range: 53,607 - 56,646 (pro-rata) incl. London weighting


Contract: 1 year Fixed Term (Maternity Cover)


Hours of work: 36 hours per week


Location: Brent Civic Centre

Excellent opportunity to work in a high performing team

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. Brent's diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here.




The council is pursuing a far-reaching transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our community so it is an exciting time to join us.

The Post

The postholder will lead on the reconciliation for Payroll, Pensions and Barclaycards on a monthly basis, as well as be responsible for the preparation of notes for audit for annual statement of accounts.


They will act as the main contact between key service areas such as Payroll and Finance teams, identifying and taking appropriate actions on any issues related to reconciliation, and in turn troubleshooting root causes and suggesting innovative solutions to correct these and avoid future errors.


You will also lead on patch testing for any new updates in Oracle Cloud for the team. This position will be at the forefront of introducing continual improvements to the Council's key business systems to achieve efficiencies and improve user experience.

The Person

You will possess excellent communication and stakeholder management skills and be highly organised and detail conscious, with the ability to prioritise and work under time constraints to deliver solutions.


With your excellent analytical and presentation skills, the successful candidate will be a proactive self-starter with the capability and confidence to work on your own initiative as well as knowledge share and work effectively in a high performing team environment.


The ideal candidate will have a finance background and a sound understanding of financial practices and will be at the leading edge of innovation, providing support to services and act as the liaison between internal teams and external support teams, when required.


Closing date: 15 June 2025 (23:59)

Additional Information

If you are interested in applying for this job, please start by clicking the "Apply Now" button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of your application that clearly shows how you meet the criteria on the Person Specification. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, you should still provide a supporting statement.

Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.


We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.


The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found here .


Brent has a positive approach to flexible working.


As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including "non-visible" disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on recruitment@brent.gov.uk