Senior Finance Officer

Senior Finance Officer

Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) - part of GLA

Reference: 4717

Salary: £40,814 per annum

Contract type: Permanent

Location: North Acton, London [Hybrid]

Application closing date: 15th July 2026 at 23:59:00

Interview date: First week August 2026 (may be subject to change)

The Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) is a Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC), established by the Mayor of London to bring forward the regeneration of the Old Oak Opportunity area, spanning land in three London boroughs – Ealing, Brent and Hammersmith & Fulham.

The Old Oak and Park Royal Opportunity Area is one of the most exciting and important regeneration opportunities in the UK – aiming to create an accessible, welcoming and well-connected urban district, centred around the new High Speed 2 station at Old Oak Common, with tens of thousands of new high-quality and affordable homes; good quality, well-paid jobs and shops; facilities, sustainable travel connections and public green space.

Corporate Operations Directorate

The Corporate Operations Directorate provides essential support services to enable the effective functioning of OPDC. This includes finance, HR, Governance, IT, legal and facilities management.

About the team

The finance team provide fundamental business partnering and transactional support to the OPDC business.

As the organisation has evolved, so too has the finance function to reflect this.

About the role

The OPDC Finance team is made up of Finance Business Partners and a Financial Control team. The Senior Finance Officer role will form part of the Finance business partnering team and will work alongside the Finance Business partners and will report to the Head of Finance Business Partnering.

The purpose of this role is to undertake a wide range of financial support tasks across the Corporation’s internal finance function, ensuring financial integrity and strategic alignment with OPDC’s objectives.

What your day will look like

Every day will be different as you will be working on a variety of tasks, but a typical day can look like:

• Preparing, posting and reviewing journals in SAP and assisting with period end and quarter end processes.
• Overseeing the Asset and Estate Management (AEM) portfolio, including reviewing cash transfer notes for the Managing agent. Ensuring all sales invoices are raised and providing cash allocation details to Financial Control team.
• Joining monthly asset and estate management team meetings, including overseeing commercial strategy through to operational and tactical matters such as tenant related items.
• Running reports and distributing these to Finance team members (daily/weekly).
• Raising Purchase Orders for the Financial accountant, ensuring the P2P process is followed appropriately.
• Supporting OPDC’s annual financial and planning cycles by producing and coordinating timetables and tracking progress against deadlines.
• Lunch with team at local bakery/Join OPDC lunch and learn sessions (ad hoc).
• Team check in (weekly) and 1-2-1 with manager (weekly).

Skills, knowledge and experience

To be considered for the role you must meet the following essential criteria:

• Building and managing relationships

developing rapport and working effectively with a diverse range of people, sharing knowledge and skills to deliver shared goals.

• Communicating, engaging and influencing

presenting information and arguments clearly and convincingly, articulately and with credibility.

• Planning and organising

thinking ahead, managing time, priorities and risk, and developing structured and efficient approaches to deliver work on time and to a high standard.

• Research and analysis

gathering intelligence (information, opinion and data) from varied sources, making sense of it, testing its validity and drawing conclusions that can lead to practical benefits.

• Problem solving

analysing and interpreting situations from a variety of viewpoints and finding creative, workable and timely solutions.

OPDC follows the GLA Competency Framework Guidelines. Further detailing each competency and the different level indicators can be found here: GLA Competency Framework

If you have questions about the role

If you wish to talk to someone about the role, the hiring manager Lorraine O’Garro would be happy to speak to you. Please contact them at [email protected]

If you have any questions about the recruitment process, contact the [email protected] who support the OPDC with recruitment.

Equity, diversity and inclusion

London’s diversity is its biggest asset, and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London’s diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We would welcome applications from candidates who are seeking part-time work as this role is open to job share.

Please note we are a Disability Confident Employer so for candidates who wish to be considered under the scheme and meet the essential criteria, they will automatically be invited to interview. Please note, should you require any adjustments through the process, we will accommodate as much as possible. Please contact the recruitment team for further information if required.

Benefits

OPDC staff are hybrid working up to 3 days a week in our offices and remotely depending on their role. As part of this, you will need to split your time between home working and coming into the office.

In addition to a good salary package, you will be paid every four weeks, providing frequent salary payments. We also offer an attractive range of benefits including 30 days’ annual leave, interest free season ticket loan, interest free bicycle loan and a career average pension scheme with the option to add to build up pension benefits with a separate provider alongside your LGPS pension via additional voluntary contributions.

Learning and development

At OPDC we are dedicated to empowering team members through ongoing learning opportunities and professional development initiatives. Our commitment to learning and development means that we will provide you with the resources and support to expand your skills and grow your career.

Additional Information

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record (DBS) check but some roles may require additional security screening.

More Support

If you have a disability which makes submitting an online application form difficult, please contact [email protected]