Finance Business Partner

Octavia; London; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A housing organization is seeking a Finance Business Partner to provide strategic financial insights and support budgeting processes. This hybrid role involves collaboration with senior leaders to enhance financial performance while instilling a culture of compliance. The ideal candidate will be a fully qualified accountant with experience in the social housing sector and strong analytical skills. The position offers a salary of £63,240 and excellent benefits, including flexible working and employee wellbeing support.

Benefits

Flexible-working

Life Assurance

Employee Wellbeing App/ Mental Health Support

Online GP Service

Cycle to work

Opportunities for self-development

Qualifications

• Experience in the social housing sector is preferred.
• Ability to adapt to a complex and regulated sector.
• Experience in budgeting and forecasting processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance business partnering across various functions.
• Conduct budgeting and forecasting for key spend areas.
• Deliver analytical insights for strategic decision-making.

Skills

Social Housing sector experience

Strong communication skills

Strong analytical skills

Proven finance business partnering experience

Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills

Education

Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA / CIPFA)

Job description

We’re looking for a strategic and commercially minded Finance Business Partner to act as a key advisor across Octavia’s Assets, Repairs, and Building Safety functions. In this pivotal role, you’ll build strong relationships with senior leaders and budget holders, providing insightful financial analysis, value-for-money guidance, and robust decision support. As a trusted partner, you’ll play a crucial role in driving financial performance and supporting long-term planning across Octavia and the wider Abri Group.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the finance business partnering across assets, repairs and building safety
• Take ownership for the budgeting and forecasting cycle for key spend areas including asset management, repairs, building safety and property sales
• Deliver analysis to help drive strategic and operational decision making with a focus on achieving Value for Money
• Help maintain a strong, and operationally suitable, set of financial controls and instil a culture of compliance and control as part of the wider finance team.
• Provide a user-friendly, customer-focused and reliable service at all times, consistently demonstrating a positive, ‘can-do’ attitude
• Fully embrace a Group matrix management structure with a culture of collaborative working and continuous improvement
• Work collaboratively with other members of the Finance team to achieve the overall aims of the directorate, ensuring workloads are covered and skills shared
• Provide coaching and support to junior team members

This role is hybrid with an expectation of 2 days a week in our West London office. There may be occasional travel to our Abri offices in Bracknell and Eastleigh.

We believe every employee at Octavia has a part to play in delivering of our vision and strategy.We are looking for individuals who will encompass our values and support one another in achieving their potential.

For this position, we have listed the requirements we believe are necessary for this role:

Knowledge & Experience

• Social Housing sector experience, or a strong ability to adapt to a complex and regulated sector at pace
• Proven experience of delivering a high-quality finance business partnering function
• Strong communication skills, with a demonstrable ability to convey complex accounting concepts in a clear and concise manner to non-finance personnel
• Strong analytical skills with ability to add value and deliver high quality reporting
• Experience of leading the budgeting and forecasting process
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills

Qualifications / Skills

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA / CIPFA), or part qualified with extensive experience of partnering repairs, assets and building safety within the social housing sector

The salary for this role is £63,240 per annum with up to 10% pension contribution.

We also offer a fantastic additional benefits:

• Flexible-working
• Life Assurance
• Employee Wellbeing App/ Mental Health Support
• Online GP Service
• Cycle to work
• Opportunities for self-development with over 60 courses available to self-enrol
• Opportunities to volunteer in our Charity Retail Stores or on our Befriending Programme

Together, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices of our employees. Everyone is welcome.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.