Compliance and Reporting Officer

Jobtailor; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Greater London is seeking a Finance Analyst to support council services with purchasing and receipting processes, resolve complex queries across financial systems, and produce timely reports.

You will prepare statutory reports with the Compliance and Reporting Manager, analyse performance data to identify trends, suggest service improvements, and contribute to year-end activities while updating policies or user guides as needed.

Qualifications

• Solid knowledge of income and payment processes, ideally within a large organisation.
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail.
• Ability to convert raw data and findings into persuasive, evidence-based arguments.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to build effective relationships across finance and non-finance teams.
• Ability to update policies or user guides.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and exercise judgment.
• Willingness to work from the office 3 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Support Council services with purchasing and receipting processes.
• Resolve complex queries across financial systems.
• Produce reports.
• Prepare statutory reports with the Compliance and Reporting Manager.
• Analyse performance data to identify trends.
• Suggest service improvements.
• Use benchmarking data from other authorities to improve delivery.
• Support transactional financial year-end processes.
• Advise management of significant failures in control procedures.
• Take responsibility for remedial actions when standard policies are disputed.
• Update policies or user guides.
• Resolve issues with minimal supervision.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Data analysis

Communication skills

Relationship building

Policy updating

Judgment in issue resolution

Office presence 3 days/week

Tools

Financial systems

Reporting tools

Data analysis tools

Job description

• Support Council services with purchasing and receipting processes
• Resolve complex queries across financial systems
• Produce reports
• Prepare statutory reports with the Compliance and Reporting Manager
• Analyse performance data to identify trends
• Suggest service improvements
• Use benchmarking data from other authorities to improve delivery
• Support transactional financial year-end processes
• Advise management of significant failures in control procedures
• Take responsibility for remedial actions when standard policies are disputed
• Update policies or user guides
• Resolve issues with minimal supervision

Requirements

• Solid knowledge of income and payment processes, ideally within a large organisation
• Strong analytical skills
• High attention to detail
• Ability to convert raw data and findings into persuasive, evidence-based arguments
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to build effective relationships across finance and non-finance teams
• Ability to update policies or user guides
• Ability to use own judgment to resolve issues with minimal supervision
• Ability to work from the office 3 days a week

Core Competencies

Demonstrates strong analytical skills and attention to detail in financial processes, with the ability to produce and analyze reports, update policies, and resolve complex queries effectively. Capable of building relationships across teams and providing evidence-based recommendations for service improvements.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Analytical Skills
• Income And Payment Processes
• Report Production
• Policy Updating
• Communication Skills

Hard Skills

• Financial Systems
• Data Analysis
• Performance Data Analysis
• Statutory Reporting
• Benchmarking Data Utilization

Soft Skills

• Attention To Detail
• Relationship Building
• Judgment In Issue Resolution

Industry Keywords

• Purchasing Processes
• Receipting Processes
• Transactional Financial Processes
• Service Improvements
• Control Procedures