Group Head of Finance Business Partnering / Social Housing / Construction

Group Head of Finance Business Partnering / Social Housing / Construction
Liverpool base with agile working
Full Time
Permanent
£66,000 per annum
 
Our client is an ambitious and well-established housing group with deep roots in their three heartland areas of Liverpool, St Helens and Warrington.
 
One of the largest landlords in the North West, they have 1,500 staff, manage 40,000 homes, support almost 75,000 customers and invest at least £5m a year into local communities and life changing causes.
 
A social organisation with a commercial focus generating income to drive their activities and deliver lasting change, our client is a landlord, property developer, commercial contractor and social entrepreneur.
 
Financial Management is at the heart of their success and they have created a role that will be instrumental in driving their financial performance forward. Reporting to the Group Finance Director, the main purpose of this role is to deliver effective and efficient business partnering and financial services to Landlord and Subsidiaries. You’ll lead on the delivery of financial insight, intelligence and advice across all group activities, enabling us to meet our corporate plan ambitions and maintain their financial strength.
 
Within this role you’ll be responsible for:
●     Operationally leading on the preparation of budgets and financial forecasts in relation to landlord services and subsidiaries
●     Leading on the production of timely and accurate management accounts, liaising with managers and supporting and advising on the development of strategies
●     Supporting subsidiary growth ambitions
●     Providing support, advice and challenge to the group transformation programme, ensuring that transformation projects are accurately reflected in budgets and financial plans
●     Developing and implementing robust investment appraisal models for asset regeneration, investment and other capital expenditure
●     Providing support, advice and analysis on financial aspects of projects across the group
●     Managing and leading the team, ensuring the continuous development of people, processes and systems
●     Taking overall accountability for financial management and resource deployment for the team
 
To be successful in this role you will:
●     Hold a CCAB qualification or equivalent with extensive business partner experience at a senior level
●     Ideally have experience from within housing or construction
●     Have significant experience of providing management accounting services to a range of clients including subsidiary organisations
●     Have experience in supporting successful commercial growth
●     Be experienced in the development of financial reporting systems and processes
●     Be confident in management change and delivering intelligence led improvements
●     Be able to building effective working relationships with ease
●     Have experience of leading, inspiring and developing staff
●     Be highly motivated and resilient and will demonstrate enthusiasm, commitment and an inquisitive approach to challenge and seek continuous improvement
●     Be passionate and committed to inspire others to change
 
 
Our client’s people share qualities they value highly. They are problem-solvers, able to work well within their team. They are open, honest and committed to doing the right thing at all times, and they always look for ways to do things better, focused on making sure our client achieves their aims. If you can share their way of working, you’ll enjoy working with them.
 
In return, our client offers a modern workplace that is challenging, supportive and gives you room to grow your skills – along with a package of benefits that shows how much they value your contribution and care about your wellbeing.
 
Please note, due to Covid19, this role will initially be based from home with the expectation that this will change to agile working when it is deemed safe to do so.
 
Our client reserves the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that they have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible.