Location
London Borough of Camden, Dennis Geffen Annex N1C 4DG

Hours
36 hours per week

Salary
Starting salary: £43,615

About the Role
As a Compliance and Reporting Officer, you will provide critical support to Council services around purchasing and receipting processes, resolving complex queries across financial systems and producing reports. Working closely with the Compliance and Reporting Manager, you will prepare statutory reports and analyse performance data to identify trends, suggest service improvements, and utilise benchmarking data from other authorities to improve delivery. You'll play a key supporting role in transactional financial year-end processes and proactively advise management of any significant failures in control procedures. This role requires you to take responsibility for remedial actions when standard policies are disputed, making it a challenging but deeply rewarding opportunity to directly influence organizational efficiency and safeguard resources.

About Camden
At London Borough of Camden, we’re building somewhere everyone can thrive. We want Camden to be a place where everyone has the opportunity to succeed and where our communities feel proud of the spaces they live, work and visit.

Working for Camden
We’re ready to welcome your ideas, your views, and your rebellious spirit. Help us redefine how we’re supporting our communities, and we’ll redefine what a career can be. At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits as well as joining a flexible working employer.

Additional Information
This is a hybrid post and will require the post holder to work from the office 3 days a week.

Experience
Solid knowledge of income and payment processes, ideally within a large organisation. Experience working with financial systems and producing reports is highly desirable.

About you
Strong analytical skills and high attention to detail, with the ability to convert raw data and findings into persuasive, evidence-based arguments that influence management decisions. Excellent communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships across finance and non-finance teams. Confident in updating policies or user guides and using your own judgement to resolve issues with minimal supervision.

Qualifications
Not explicitly stated, but a background in finance, compliance, or related fields would be advantageous. A proactive and responsible approach to remedial actions and control procedures is essential.