Assistant Finance Business Partner

Location:

Worcester (WR1) – Worcestershire, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Salary:

Competitive

Type:

Contract

Start Date: 

As Soon As Possible

Contract Period: 

To Be Confirmed

Main Industry:

Search Information Technology Jobs

Advertiser:

Sanctuary Group

Job ID:

131189652

Posted On: 

03 October 2024

Sanctuary is one of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and community services. With around 13,000 employees, we maintain a culture where diversity is valued and talent is nurtured and rewarded.

Assistant Finance Business Partner

Worcester
based with a balance of home and office working

£35,089 per year

35 hours per week – Monday to Friday – 9:00am to 5:00pm

Temporary position for up to 12 months

We are looking for an Assistant Finance Business Partner to join our Housing Finance team based at our office in Worcester. You will assist the Senior Finance Business Partner in coordinating and transforming the processing of financial and management account services to deliver efficiencies across the team and business. You will provide key stakeholders essential information to ensure value for money and to support decision making. You will also be required to complete complex financial analysis ensuring high levels of accuracy are met.

Using financial systems and processes, as Assistant Finance Business Partner you will ensure that the financial records of the organisation meet legal and regulatory requirements and actively look for process improvements, in order to drive team efficiencies.

The role of Assistant Finance Business Partner will include:

-Provide business information to key customers and stakeholders to enable effective monitoring and to support decision making
-Ensuring accurate reporting within timely deadlines and responsible for month end processes and procedures
-To maintain relationships with key stakeholders ensuring early detection of issues and shortfalls are addressed while providing a high level of service
-Preparation of journals including accruals, prepayments, and miscodes, confirming a robust audit trail is present
-Supporting the Finance Business Partner with day-to-day activities, including reconciliations, forecasting, budget setting, analysis, and ad hoc duties
-To effectively manage a direct report and support them in achieving their objectives
 

Skills and experiences:

-AAT qualification or working towards an ACCA, ACA, or CIMA professional qualification
-Strong Excel and analytical skills
-Experience of using financial systems e.g. SAP and BPC
-Recent and relevant experience in a management accounting function/role
-Proven experience of working to deadlines and prioritising workloads
-Ability to interpret written instruction and maintain accurate records
 

Why work for us?

One of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and commercial services, Sanctuary employs more than 14,000 people and manages over 116,000 units of accommodation throughout England and Scotland, including general rented, retirement living, supported housing, student and key worker accommodation and care homes. Sanctuary also provides a range of other services including maintenance, care and telecare, all of which are delivered by our dedicated employees who are completely committed to customer service.  

Our Benefits    

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:

-25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays (pro rata)
-A pension scheme with matching employer contributions from Sanctuary up to set limits
-Life Assurance
-Employee Volunteering scheme
-Employee Advice Service including counselling
-Cycle to Work scheme
-Voluntary health plans  
-Employee discounts
-Wellbeing support and tools
-Employee recognition scheme
-Employee platform to access your reward and wellbeing package online, find exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources and recognition tools
-Role Salary is £31,611 with an additional policy allowance of £3,477 per annum
 

To view the job profile please click here
(if the link is unavailable the Sanctuary careers website)
 

Closing Date: 16 October 2024

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

For an insight into what it’s like to work for us, take a look at our company page on Linkedin

Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference.  We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission.  We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.

Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers. 
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent unlawful working.
Sanctuary Group is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.

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