Finance Business Partner Role information Are you an experienced Finance business partner who has a proven track record of guiding and delivering commercial decision making and successful business relationship building? If so then this role is for you Who we're looking for: Our Finance Business Partnering team work closely with Directorates at a senior level to prepare 18 month rolling forecasts and annual budgets. Operating as a business-embedded financial partnering service, you will be a source of expertise in budgeting, as well as in-year financial management, monitoring and reporting. As a trusted advisor you will work effectively with stakeholders and senior colleagues to ensure that financial planning is aligned with broader organisational goals and to provide support in the decision-making process. As such you will possess strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build rapport with a range of finance and non-finance colleagues. You must have a proven track record of financial business partnering at a senior level in a complex organisation. Outstanding relationship management skills are vital, supported by strong technical finance ability and the capability to advise, challenge and influence. The skills to create and communicate business insights based on data management and modelling are essential. The successful candidate must be a professionally qualified accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA/CIPFA) with a driven and proactive approach. What we'll offer you
• A salary of circa £40,000-45,000 per annum, depending on experience
• 23 days holidays plus public holidays. We also close between Christmas and New Year, so you get another 3 days bonus holidays
• A great pension scheme
• The ability to buy extra leave and discount cards
• Flexible working
• Employee referral scheme
• Cash claim-back on medical treatments
• Travel to work loan
• Discounted rates on a cycle scheme, personal medical plans, life assurance, give as you earn, critical illness and travel insurance
• Find out more on our careers page Why work for Southern Housing Group? Southern Housing Group is one of the largest housing associations in the UK and has a well-established reputation as a successful business with social objectives. The Group provides a range of homes for people in housing need, including social rent, affordable rent, shared ownership and outright sales. We exist to provide homes for more than 72,000 customers in over 28,500 homes, making lives better and investing in communities. With around 1,000 employees, we're an organisation that's growing. We are a member of the G15, which represents London's largest housing associations. The G15 houses one in ten Londoners and builds a quarter of London's new homes. Southern Housing Group won the "Housing Association of the Year" award at the WhatHouse? Awards 2018. The Group also won the award for "2018 Best Large Development" at the National Housing Awards for our development at Bow River Village in London. Closing date: 6 th October 2019 Please be aware that due to the nature and sensitivities of some of our roles we are not always able to consider applications from Southern Housing Group residents. For this role, successful candidates will be subject to a DBS check. This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to every application. If you have not heard from us within 7 days, please assume that your application has not been progressed. After this period of time, we will delete all your personal information. We thank you for your interest in working at Southern Housing Group.