Senior Finance Business Partner - Basingstoke, United Kingdom - Sovereign Housing Association

Sovereign Housing Association

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Basingstoke, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Are you experienced in financebusiness partnering and driving transformation projects forwards?

Sovereign is a leading Housing Association, committed to providing quality, affordable homes and services within sustainable, successful communities.

We're led by our values and driven by a strong social purpose, placing our customers at the heart of everythingwe do.

We have a fantastic opportunity to join us as a
Senior FinanceBusiness Partner on a
fixed term basis for 12 months.

You'll act as a FinanceTransformation design lead for a keyfinancialplanning and forecastingproject, initially focussing on ourPropertyServicesoperational area of the business, which covers in excess of £100mof operational costs.

Based from our head office in Basingstoke, you'll combine home and office working to ensure a positive work / life balance.

The Role

Through business partnering withOperational teams, Finance, IT and Transformation teams, you'll
research, design and deliver a reshaped planning and forecasting process to drive a more streamlined and efficient process, enhance financialinsights and highlight efficiency savings across Sovereign.

You'll work with the Project Manager, Business Analyst, FP&A and business partnering teams to lead the scoping of businessrequirements for the new planning and forecasting tool (IBM PlanningAnalytics), identifyingbusiness drivers and seeing the project throughto implementation, with the PropertyServices module of the tool being a key initial focus.

Other keyresponsibilities include:

Defining the keybusiness drivers and other data points to be used for providing the financial rolling forecast and yearly budget for PropertyServices, focusing on Repairs
Inputting into specificationrequirements for the IBM PlanningAnalytics tool to be used for planning and forecasting, ensuring the specification is an accurate reflection of the requirements
Workingcollaborativelywith the PropertyServices team and Customer Portfolioproject team, to identifykeyoperational metrics that can be used for financialplanning and forecasting
Being the keyFinancerepresentative for the endtoend repairs project, providing input and advice on Financerequirements and identifyingdependencies
Ensuring alignment with other Transformation projects, such as Source to Pay
Play an active role with the design of crossfunctional process and data requirements by attending and, where appropriate hosting, cross functional workshops.
Collaboratingwithstakeholdersat all levels to C-Suite, to fully understand the keybusiness performance issues, objectives and drivers and associatedfinancialrequirements for both current and future businesschallenges

What we're looking for
You'll be an experienced senior FinanceBusiness Partner with a track record of working in senior FinancialPlanning & Analysis roles. You'll also have extensive experience working on transformation projects involving data analysis and business driver modelling.

You'll also:

Be a qualified Accountant, ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent post graduate accounting qualification, withsignificant post qualification experience
Have experience in manging critical transformationfinance projects, leading the full lifecycle of the project from design to delivery
Have advanced problem solving and analytical skills
Demonstrate strong communication skills at all levels
Be highly numerate and computer literate, with strong Excel modelling skills
Have strong, clear working knowledge of processes and controls surrounding budgeting, forecasting and management account preparation, including detailed report writing and analysis
Previous experience working in a housing association or for a propertyservices, development or customer focused firm would be highly advantageous
A good understanding of relevant legislation and accounting principles for Housing Associations (SORP) would be beneficial but is not essential
Any knowledge of IBM PlanningAnalytics (or similar tool), Agresso/Unit4 Accounting system, job costing systems and other reporting tools e.g., Power BI would be advantageous

What you'll receive from us
We have some fantastic benefits on offer atSovereign, including:

£450 flex-pot annually, discounted shopping & cycling scheme
25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
Company pension scheme matched up to 12%, life cover at 4x your salary
Flexible working we're committed to giving people flexibility as widely as possible
Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance & critical illness cover

It's an exciting time to be joining Sovereign as we continue through ourtransformation journey and work towards achieving the goals in ourambitious corporate plans.

If you're looking for a new opportunity, then we'd love to hear from you