Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner  

Salary up to £58,534 depending on knowledge, skills and experience  

Location Peterborough / Home-Based 

Full Time – Permanent – 37 hours per week – Ideally located within 1 hour of Peterborough 

Our client have a fantastic opportunity to join their growing team as a Finance Business Partner!  

The role is responsible for partnering with the budget holders across the organisation to understand their needs and cost drivers, influencing, challenging and supporting decision-making to ensure that objectives are met in line with the corporate plan and value for money. 

To be successful in this role the incumbent will need to be a qualified accountant, be able to provide accurate, insightful and forward-thinking financial analysis as well as having strong relationship building skills to ensure that an effective finance business partner service is provided to the business. 

If this sounds like the ideal role for you, they would love to hear from you! 

Our client are looking for someone 

• To be responsible for producing accurate, timely and insightful financial and non-financial reports and financial analysis.  
• To have meaningful, professional partnering with budget holders and stakeholders, take the financial lead in the preparation of budgets and forecasts. Support and challenge assumptions, working closely with budget holders to understand their business areas. 
• To work closely with the Financial Accounts Manager, prepare accurate and timely monthly Management Accounts, Financial Reports and Board Reports. Proactively monitor business performance, highlight risks, and work with the management team to take corrective action 
• To take responsibility for accruals, prepayments, balance sheet reconciliations, specific areas of income and expenditure, and commentary, as part of the management accounts preparation. 
• To act as a key point of contact to the business for financial queries. Proactively resolve issues in a timely and professional manner. 
• To support the production of quarterly and annual regulatory and statutory accounts and reports as required. 
• To be responsible for maintaining the Chart of Accounts, and systems administration in other finance systems. 
• To support the Financial Controller in developing and implementing new accounting procedures, and systems 
• To support other members of the finance team to assist in the achievement of team objectives. 
• To produce timely and accurate reports for Directors’ Team, Committees and Board Members as directed by the Executive Director of Finance and the Financial Controller. 

   

Requirements 

• Qualified Accountant; 
• Track record in improving performance, responding positively to change and delivering results 
• Strong understanding of management and financial accounts. 
• Experience at managing professional and effective relationships with budget holders at every level. 
• Experience to provide advice in relation to Value for Money. 
• Ability to manage effective and professional internal customer relationships. 
• Professional credibility to constructively challenge budget holders. 
• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise effectively, in order to achieve targets and meet deadlines; 
• A self-starter. Self-motivated with a positive outlook and the ability to take ownership for own work; hands on approach; 
• Excellent numeracy skills; 
• Advanced Excel skills; 
• Able to manipulate large volumes of data in a timely and accurate manner; 
• Able to build strong working relationships with individuals and teams from all disciplines within the business; 
• Able to clearly explain and present technical financial information to non-experts; 
• Excellent verbal, reasoning and written communication skills. 
• Commercially aware, understanding and anticipating the needs of operations and corporate service 
• Ideally have housing sector experience. 

   

The Company 

A commercial business with a social heart, their vision is to create opportunities that change lives through their drive, expertise, resources and passion.  

Their dynamic approach has made them one of the region’s leading providers of affordable homes for rent and sale. Developing new homes across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, and the surrounding area, they’re committed to increasing the supply of affordable homes in the communities where they are needed most. Agility and innovation are central to their approach to adapting to change, and they will continue to grow their business in today’s fast-paced operating environment.  

There’s more to building communities than building houses. In addition to providing quality homes and delivering excellent landlord services, they also provide care at home and at their two extra care communities in Peterborough as well as around the clock support through their Lifeline personal alarm service. Their community investment programme sees them working with specialist partners to bring a range of employment, wellbeing and family-friendly services to the heart of their communities, with a rapidly expanding digital support offer too.