Finance Manager

Resourcery Group; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

SHPS Pension Scheme

Generous Annual leave

Job summary

Resourcey Group is seeking an experienced Finance Manager to lead the delivery of management information and financial planning within a housing-focused environment. You will partner with senior operations to influence decisions and drive performance.

Hybrid role in Lancashire with 2-3 days on site, offering a strong team, visibility, and opportunity to shape financial performance and planning across the group.

Qualifications

• Significant management accounting / operational finance experience.
• Experience within a Housing Association or similar housing environment.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting skills.
• Excellent understanding of financial controls and balance sheet management.
• Experience leading and developing a finance team.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• The confidence to influence, challenge and support senior decision-making.
• Proactive approach to improving processes and performance.

Responsibilities

• Leading monthly management accounts and operational finance reporting.
• Supporting annual budgets, forecasting and financial planning.
• Providing insightful analysis and business partnering to Senior Operational teams.
• Overseeing balance sheet controls and reconciliations.
• Supporting statutory accounts and audit activity.
• Developing management information, reporting and KPI insight.
• Driving improvements to systems, processes and ways of working.
• Promoting a strong Value for Money culture.
• Providing financial oversight of key projects.
• Leading, managing and developing the Finance team.
• Building strong relationships across Finance, Operations and wider Group Business Services.

Skills

Management accounting

Financial reporting

Stakeholder management

Finance business partnering

Housing sector experience

Team leadership

Process improvement

Budgeting & forecasting

Internal controls

Balance sheet management

Job description

Finance Manager

Resourcey Group is exclusively supporting this appointment for an experienced Finance Manager with strong housing-sector knowledge.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a capable and established team, working closely with a highly collaborative SLT and ELT. You'll have genuine influence, senior visibility and the opportunity to shape financial performance, reporting and future business planning.

The Role

You'll lead the delivery of accurate and meaningful management information, working closely with Finance and Operations as a trusted Finance Business Partner.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading monthly management accounts and operational finance reporting.
• Supporting annual budgets, forecasting and financial planning.
• Providing insightful analysis and business partnering to Senior Operational teams.
• Overseeing balance sheet controls and reconciliations.
• Supporting statutory accounts and audit activity.
• Developing management information, reporting and KPI insight.
• Driving improvements to systems, processes and ways of working.
• Promoting a strong Value for Money culture.
• Providing financial oversight of key projects.
• Leading, managing and developing the Finance team.
• Building strong relationships across Finance, Operations and wider Group Business Services.

About you

We're looking for an experienced finance professional with strong technical accounting, business partnering and housing-sector experience.

You’ll ideally have:

• Significant management accounting / operational finance experience.
• Experience within a Housing Association or similar housing environment.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting skills.
• Excellent understanding of financial controls and balance sheet management.
• Experience leading and developing a finance team.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• The confidence to influence, challenge and support senior decision-making.
• A proactive approach to improving processes and performance.

Why join?

This is a role where Finance has a genuine voice. You'll work alongside experienced operational leaders and a collaborative SLT/ELT, with the support of a strong team already in place. It's an opportunity to bring your housing-sector expertise, develop people, improve ways of working and make a tangible impact on financial and operational performance.

What's on offer

• Salary: £60,000-£65,000
• Lancashire- Hybrid - 2-3 days on site
• SHPS Pension Scheme
• Generous Annual leave