Finance Business Partner - Business Planning

Gravitas Group; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

26 days annual leave (plus holidays)

Pension 10% employer contribution

Healthcare benefits

Life assurance

Job summary

Gravitas Group is looking for a Finance Business Partner to own the 30-year group business plan, with hands-on exposure to strategic planning, scenario modelling, stress testing, cashflow forecasting and regulatory returns.

This hybrid role works across teams, delivering concise board-ready reports and modelling inputs, while ensuring long‑term financial viability in line with the corporate strategy; salary up to £65,000 plus excellent benefits.

Qualifications

• Long-term business planning, scenario modelling, and variance analysis.
• Extracting data from management accounts to build financial models and interpret results.
• Experience with regulatory returns (FFR and QFRS) via NROSH+ in the social housing sector.

Responsibilities

• Produce and maintain the 30-year Group Business Plan with scenario modelling and stress testing.
• Submit SDR, FFR, FVA to Regulator of Social Housing by deadlines; complete Quarterly Finance & Risk Survey.
• Monitor short- and long-term cashflow; perform forecasting.
• Report on loan covenants and Treasury Management Policy compliance.
• Maintain asset security register and report investment portfolio value.
• Maintain quarterly Assets & Liabilities Register reporting.
• Contribute to management information reporting and annual financial statements preparation.
• Collaborate on inputs for long-term planning assumptions to demonstrate financial viability.

Skills

Long-term planning

Scenario modelling

Cashflow forecasting

Regulatory returns

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

Financial reporting

Risk management

Dashboard reporting

MS Excel

Education

Accounting qualifications in progress

Tools

BRIXX

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

FINANCE BUSINESS PARTNER - BUSINESS PLANNING

FLEXIBLE HYBRID WORKING

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE / HERTFORDSHIRE

£60,000 - £65000

PLUS, EXCELLENT BENEFITS

I’m delighted to be partnered exclusively with an established Housing Association in the Buckingham & Hertfordshire area. My client are looking to hire a Finance Business Partner to join the team and take ownership of the 30-year business plan.

This is a hands-on role with exposure to strategic planning, scenario modelling, stress testing, cashflow forecasting, regulatory returns and mitigation planning.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Production and maintenance of the 30-year Group Business Plan including the what-if scenario modelling, sensitivity analysis, and stress testing.
• Responsible for the submission against strict deadline to the Regulator of the Social Housing (RSH) three annual submissions (SDR, FFR, FVA); and the completion of the Quarterly Finance & Risk Survey.
• Short- and long-term cashflow monitoring and forecasting.
• Reporting on the compliance with the loan covenants, and the Treasury Management Policy including the Golden Rules.
• Maintain the asset security register of the Group’s home and ensure that the value of the investment portfolio is reported correctly and in timely manner.
• Maintain and report quarterly on the Assets & Liabilities Register.
• Contribute to the internal management information reporting regime and to the preparation of the annual financial statements.
• Collaborate with the business and be responsible for preparing and validating the inputs that include the long-term planning assumptions that will enable the 30-year financial Business Plan to demonstrate the long-term financial viability of the Group whilst delivering its Corporate Strategy and long-term investment requirements.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

• Qualified or part qualified Accountant working towards full membership of either ACA, ACCA, or CIMA,
• Experience of formulating long-term business plans, key assumptions/variables, what-if scenario modelling, stress testing, and variance analysis.
• Experience of extracting data from underlying management accounts and other financial records, to manipulate data into financial models, and interpret results using ratio analysis, trend analysis, margin analysis, etc.
• Experience of working in the social housing sector, including preparing regulatory returns (FFR and QFRS’s) and submitting via NROSH+.
• Advanced excel skills (VLOOKUP’s, pivot tables, etc.), and comfortable managing and analysing large complex datasets, to extract key information for management.
• Ability to appreciate, anticipate and manage business risks, and suggest mitigating actions.
• Proficient in writing concise business reports (including graphical outputs and dashboards) to Management, Committees and Board, on complex financial and treasury matters, so that these are understandable to non-financial colleagues.
• Proficient in using MS WORD and PowerPoint.
• Experience of BRIXX business planning software

FOR THIS YOU WILL RECEIVE A COMPETITIVE SALARY OF UP TO £65,000 BASE, PLUS EXCELLENT BENEFITS WHICH INCLUDE

• Flexible Hybrid working with 2 days in the office and a 1pm finish on a Friday
• 26 days annual leave rising to 28 days plus public holidays, an extra day for your birthday and one volunteering day a year to support a charity of your choice
• Pension - 10% employer contribution
• Healthcare benefits with Simplyhealth
• Life assurance