Finance Business Partner - Housing

Your new company
A large London Housing Association is seeking a Finance Business Partner to join their team with strong sector experience.

Your new role
This Finance Business Partner will be the lead for reporting on Building Safety and Maintenance.

• Provide finance business partnering support and act as the finance lead for building safety reporting, ensuring robust insight around legislation, regulation and remedial programmes.
• Enhance the quality, clarity and impact of building safety financial reporting by producing timely analysis, insightful commentary, and linking financial performance to strategic objectives.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting activities for building safety, preparing accurate annual budgets and monthly forecasts in collaboration with operational directors, service managers and other budget holders.
• Build strong, effective relationships with budget holders, supporting their understanding of financial performance, identifying areas for improvement, and ensuring compliance with regulatory and value-for-money requirements.
• Oversee the monitoring of budget changes, ensuring service budgets are incorporated into group reporting, and continually review systems and processes for efficiency and effectiveness.
• Support team leadership by guiding management accountants, providing training and coaching, contributing to workload planning, and acting as deputy to the Head of Financial Business Partnering when required.

• Full CCAB/CIMA qualification or equivalent
• Demonstrable experience within the Social Housing sector, ideally building safety, maintenance or development.
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management
• Strong skills in management accounting principles, budgeting and forecasting

• Hybrid working
• Competitive pension and annual leave package
• Learning and development opportunities