Finance Business Partner (Accountant)

VIVID Housing; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday (plus bank holidays)

Annual discretionary bonus

Pension scheme 6% + employer match 7–/

Life assurance x3 annual salary

Private medical insurance

Medicash health plan

Electric car scheme

Learning & development opportunities

Job summary

VIVID Housing in Portsmouth is seeking a fully qualified Finance Business Partner (Accountant) to join our team. You will own monthly management accounts, forecasts, budgets and financial reporting, and provide clear financial insight to operational teams and budget holders.

Reporting to a Senior Accountant, you’ll build strong relationships, challenge assumptions where appropriate, and support continuous improvement while maintaining high standards of accounting compliance and governance.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant required (CIMA, ACCA, ACA, CIOT or equivalent).
• Experience in accounting, management accounting or business partnering.
• Strong understanding of current accounting standards and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly management accounts, forecasts and budgets.
• Produce financial reporting and KPI data for stakeholders.
• Analyze variances and provide practical financial advice.
• Support bid/forecasting processes and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Build strong relationships with operational teams and challenge where appropriate.

Skills

Finance partnering

Management accounting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Stakeholder management

Accounting standards

Education

Accounting degree

AAT/ATT qualification

Job description

The Vacancy

We're looking for a fully qualified Finance Business Partner (Accountant) to join our team in Portsmouth! This is a full time, permanent role working 37 hours per week. We offer a flexible approach to working between home and our Portsmouth office, with a minimum of 20% of this to be office based to promote collaboration and team working.

We're VIVID! -We offer a vibrant, friendly, inclusive culture that supports, develops and attracts the best people!

Want to know what we can offer you?

• 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays), with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
• Annual discretionary company performance-related bonus, rewarding our collective success
• A generous contributory pension of 6%. We'll match employee contributions between 7% and 10%
• Life assurance paid at x 3 annual salary
• Private medical insurance
• Health care cash plan called Medicash
• Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• Access to counselling, legal and financial information
• Electric car scheme
• Huge variety of in-house & e-learning courses and a range of coaching and mentoring programmes

Here's the facts about the role:

In this role, you'll partner with key areas of the business, providing high-quality financial insight, guidance and support to managers, budget holders and Heads of Service. You'll take ownership of monthly management accounts, forecasts, budgets and financial reporting, helping operational teams understand performance and make informed decisions.

Reporting to a Senior Accountant, you'll support them in the production of monthly accounts packs, KPI data and variance analysis. You'll be responsible for analysing actual performance against budget, investigate variances, coordinate forecasting and budgeting activities, and produce meaningful management information including KPI reporting and monthly accounts packs.

As a trusted finance partner, you'll build strong relationships across the business, confidently challenge and influence where appropriate, and provide clear, practical financial advice in a complex and evolving environment to support effective business performance.

You'll be a fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA, CIOT or equivalent) with an Accounting degree, AAT/ATT qualification or similar and a commitment to ongoing professional development. You'll have experience in an accounting, management accounting or business partnering role, with experience of balance sheet reconciliations, payroll accounting, budget setting and budget reviews.

A strong understanding of current accounting standards is essential, along with experience of working in a complex and evolving organisation. You'll be an effective communicator who can build positive relationships across the business, produce clear and accurate reports, confidently challenge and influence stakeholders, and support continuous improvement.

The key to success will be your ability to foster good relationships with operational colleagues and provide them with sound financial advice. If this sound like you, we'd love to hear from you!

This role requires a basic DBS check.

This is a two stage interview process with first stage interviews taking place via Microsoft Teams on Friday 9 and Monday 12 October (subject to change)

The Company

We're a leading provider of affordable homes and extensive support services in the south of England. We believe that everyone has the right to a safe and secure place to call home, and from the moment customers move into their VIVID home we're here to help with that and more.

Our customers have access to a wide range of tailored advice to sustain their tenancies and look after their wellbeing. We invest in our homes and communities for the long-term, and this means in the quality, safety and energy efficiency of existing homes and neighbourhoods, with a firm focus on improving services so they're easy to use and access by our customers.

We're addressing the shortage of affordable housing in the south, building the right type of homes to meet the needs of our local communities. We're the sixth largest developer of new homes amongst housing associations in England, having built over 1,500 last year.

This is summed up in our vision "More homes, bright futures".

Living VIVID

As a 'people' business, we work hard to create a high-performing and fun working environment. We invest in our people's development, whilst looking after their wellbeing with our award-winning initiatives.

• Buy / sell annual leave
• Pension scheme
• Smart working
• From 26 days holiday per year
• Private medical / medicash benefits
• Enhanced paternity / maternity leave
• Qualification funding support
• Electric car scheme

We're committed to diversity and inclusion, and want people from all walks of life to apply for our vacancies.

We're a disability confident leader with disabled-friendly offices and we'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to help you; please note your needs on your application form.

If you need additional support with your application, please get in touch with us on 02392 896758 or email [e-mail]. We'll be happy to help.