Finance Business Partner Fixed Term - SNG Formerly Sovereign Housing Association : Job Details

Are you an experienced Finance Business Partner looking for your next opportunity? 

We have a fantastic opportunity to join Sovereign Network Group as Finance Business Partner on a fixed term basis for 12-18 months. You'll be based from our office in Wembley, combining office and home working to ensure a positive work/life balance.

It's a really exciting time to join us as Sovereign have joined forces with Network Homes to form SNG (Sovereign Network Group). Together we provide over 84,000 homes and invest in communities across London and the South of England – our purpose being to provide quality affordable homes and places that people love for generations.

What you'll be doing

Reporting into the Head of Financial Partnering, you'll improve the impact and understanding of financial reporting on business performance, providing analysis and delivering insight to link financial reports to business strategies.

You'll prepare and produce robust analysis and commentary for the annual budget and monthly forecasts for SNG by activity and business areas and, in conjunction with Operational Directors, Service Managers and other budget holders, monitor changes to budget and ensure service budgets are incorporated into the overall budget or latest forecast.

Responsibilities include:

• Supporting the Head of Financial Partnering to organise and guide the wider team of management accountants to provide outstanding services to our customers
• Analysing and understanding different business areas, producing reports for the budget holder and executive committee on conclusions drawn from the analysis, offering opinion and challenge
• Partnering with budget holders to help them understand their spend to date, highlighting any opportunities for changes to make improvements
• Working with senior budget holders on building their annual budget and monthly forecasts with thorough understanding of key drivers behind the budget bid and forecast
• Analysing budget and forecasts by area, providing reporting and explanations of the movements between actual/budget/forecast involving presentation to senior management to explain key insights
• Writing the monthly management accounts commentary for allocated areas ensuring strong collaboration with financial and non-financial staff

What we need from you

You'll be a Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with previous experience in a business partnering role, and strong practical experience and knowledge of the principles of management accounting, forecasting and budgeting.

You'll also:

• Have strong analytical skills, with experience drawing key financial insights
• Demonstrate strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders
• Have strong stakeholder management skills, building trusted relationships with the ability to effectively influence or challenge where required
• Be highly numerate with excellent attention to detail
• Show strong prioritisation skills, working well to deadlines
• Have strong IT skills, including MS Office

Your Benefits

We have some great benefits at SNG, including: 

• £450 yearly flexible benefit pot to use against benefits of your choice
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
• Chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our flexible benefits package
• Generous matched pension scheme up to 12% and Life cover at 4x salary 
• Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance and critical illness cover
• Wellbeing discounts, including Gym Memberships and access to a 24/7 virtual GP service

At Sovereign Network Group, we are passionate about inclusion for all and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at SNG. Take a look at our careers site to learn more about us and our values.

If you would like the opportunity to make a real impact within our changing and growing organisation, we would love to hear from you!