Assistant Finance Business Partner - Compliance and Building Defects

MSV Housing Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A housing organization in Manchester is seeking an Assistant Finance Business Partner. You will support budget management, deliver financial insights, and ensure compliance with regulations. The ideal candidate is a part-qualified Accountant or AAT equivalent, with experience in collaborative financial reporting and strong data analysis skills. Enjoy benefits like flexible working, generous holiday, and a robust pension scheme.

Benefits

33 days holiday plus bank holidays

Pension scheme with 10% matched contributions

Health cash plan

Enhanced sick pay

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience of working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise effectively to meet changing needs.
• Experience of providing appropriate financial information.

Responsibilities

• Support financial performance management including budget preparation and forecasting.
• Deliver timely financial reporting and maintain budgets in systems.
• Provide tailored reports and insights for informed decision-making.

Skills

Financial performance management

Ability to analyse complex data

Strong IT skills

Collaborative working

Education

Part-qualified Accountant or AAT equivalent

Tools

Excel

Finance and housing management systems

Job description

Hours of Work: 35 per week

Closing date: 5th December 2025

Interviews: 11th December 2025

We are looking for a finance professional to support budget setting, monitoring, and forecasting, ensuring accurate management accounts and compliance with all financial regulations. You will work closely with Finance Business Partners and budget holders to deliver trusted financial insights, identify risks and opportunities, and drive value for money across the organisation. The role also involves supporting statutory accounts, maintaining financial systems, and contributing to strategic priorities to keep the business financially strong and well‑governed.

In addition, we are looking for candidates that have a passion to advocate on behalf of people and communities.

What the Assistant Finance Business Partner does:

• Support financial performance management, including annual budget preparation, accurate management accounts and forecasting to highlight risks and opportunities.
• Deliver timely financial reporting, producing reconciliations, maintaining budgets and forecasts in systems, and supporting statutory accounts and audits.
• Provide value‑added finance business partnering, offering tailored reports, analysis, and insights to enable informed decision‑making and robust risk management.
• Ensure data integrity and compliance, maintaining accurate transaction coding, validating data quality, and adhering to financial regulations and internal controls.
• Contribute to continuous improvement, supporting audits, risk management, and operational plans to enhance efficiency and embed value for money across the organisation.

What we are looking for:

• Part‑qualified Accountant or qualified AAT or equivalent through relevant training/experience.
• Experience of working collaboratively with multi‑disciplinary teams.
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise effectively to meet changing needs.
• Experience of providing appropriate financial information.
• Ability to analyse complex data to produce reports and deliver information to a range of audiences.
• Strong IT skills including use of Excel, knowledge and use of finance and housing management systems.

Benefits:

• Flexibility on where you work with home working kit provided.
• 33 days holiday per year plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy scheme.
• Company pension scheme with up to 10% matched contributions.
• Company funded access to a health cash plan, where you can claim back costs of everyday health treatments such as optical, dental and much more.
• Enhanced sick pay with up to 3 months full pay and 3 months half pay.
• Health and Wellbeing Support including an employee assistance programme, free counselling, mental health first aiders and numerous wellbeing initiatives.
• Life assurance subject to being a member of our company pension scheme.
• Learning and development to support you to develop the skills you need to fulfil your role and progress in your career.
• Commitment to Equality and Inclusion with employee network groups covering anti‑racism, LGBTQ+, disability and long‑term health conditions, carers, and menopause.

MSV are committed to Equality and Inclusion all applications are scored against the essential criteria of the role; however, we encourage candidates to submit an anonymised CV if they can do so.

MSV are also committed to supporting you to balance work and life, including with any caring or parental responsibilities you might have, and have a range of flexible working options and wellbeing support available to all colleagues to facilitate this.