Finance Support Manager

Residential Management Group (RMG); Hoddesdon; Sur place; GBP 60 000 - 85 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

27 days holiday

Healthcare cashback plan

Study/qualification sponsorship

Pension scheme 7% matched

Life assurance 4x salary

Our Place Rewards discounts

Résumé du poste

Residential Management Group (RMG) is seeking a confident and experienced Finance Support Manager to lead a regional team of client finance professionals. You will own day-to-day financial operations, ensuring accurate, timely reporting and building a skilled, motivated team.

You will collaborate with Property Managers, senior operations leaders and key clients to drive performance. This full-time, office-based role is based in Hoddesdon and offers a strong benefits package, including

Qualifications

• 5–10 direct reports, leadership experience in a finance team.
• Chartered or Certified Accountant or professional-level stage.
• Experience in a high-volume finance environment balancing delivery, accuracy and service.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Attention to detail and time-management, capable of handling complex queries.
• Proactive process improvement; knowledge of property-management industry is advantageous.

Responsabilités

• Lead day-to-day financial operations for the region and ensure accuracy and efficiency within service levels.
• Build and develop a motivated finance team through coaching and performance management.
• Perform quality-control checks on transactions and reporting; escalate and address issues as needed.
• Provide clear management information to senior stakeholders and the Board.
• Manage complex financial queries and key client relationships professionally.
• Develop and document financial accounting processes and keep guides up to date.
• Lead projects to improve efficiency, strengthen compliance, reduce risk, and adopt new functionality.

Connaissances

Team leadership

Financial operations

Stakeholder management

Communication

Attention to detail

Process improvement

Formation

Chartered or Certified Accountant

Outils

Financial reporting software

Description du poste

We're looking for a confident and experienced Finance Support Manager to lead and develop a regional team of client finance professionals.

This is an important leadership role where you'll take ownership of day-to-day financial operations, ensuring our clients receive accurate, timely and professional financial information. You'll create a well-organised, motivated and knowledgeable team, with the right skills, processes and support in place to consistently deliver an excellent service.

As well as leading the team, you'll work closely with colleagues and key stakeholders from across the business, including Property Managers, senior operational leaders, key clients and IT. You'll use your financial expertise and people-management skills to improve performance, strengthen processes and ensure risks or service issues are identified and addressed.

Where will I be working?

This is a full-time office based role working at our offices in Hoddesdon (EN11 0DR)

What you'll be doing:

• Leading and coordinating the team's day-to-day financial operations, ensuring work is completed accurately, efficiently and within agreed service levels.
• Building, managing and developing a motivated, knowledgeable and self-supporting finance team through effective coaching, training and performance management.
• Completing quality-control checks on financial transactions and system reporting, identifying issues and ensuring appropriate action is taken.
• Monitoring team performance against key performance indicators and preparing clear management information on client performance for senior stakeholders and the Board.
• Managing complex financial queries, escalated complaints and key client relationships in a professional and solutions-focused way.
• Developing and documenting financial accounting processes, keeping procedures and user guides accurate and up to date.
• Leading and supporting projects that improve efficiency, strengthen compliance, reduce risk and promote better use of systems and new functionality.

What we're looking for:

• A strong and supportive finance people manager with experience of leading and developing a team, ideally with between 5 and 10 direct reports.
• A Chartered or Certified Accountant, or someone who has reached the professional-level stage of their qualification.
• Experience of working within a busy, high-volume finance environment, with the ability to balance operational delivery, accuracy and customer service.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to produce clear, professional written communications and management information.
• Excellent attention to detail, organisation and time-management skills, alongside the confidence to manage complex queries and competing priorities.
• A proactive approach to process improvement and business change, with the confidence to challenge existing ways of working. Knowledge of the property-management industry and project experience would be advantageous.

What does RMG have offer you?

You'll not only be joining a thriving market leader where you'll benefit from working alongside the best in the industry, you'll also receive a superb package of company benefits including:

• 27 days holiday plus all Bank Holidays
• Free Healthcare cashback Plan (re-claiming for things like optical treatment (plus an optical discount voucher) and dental care, physiotherapy and GP Charges – plus more! (all to a generous fixed amount), plus 24/7 access to remote GP Services)
• Sponsorship for study and professional qualifications (up to 4 study days)
• Pension scheme (matched up to 7%) and Life assurance (4 x annual salary)
• As part of Places for People Group (RMG's parent company), you will have access to Our Place Rewards, where you can choose from a huge range of shopping discounts, instore vouchers and reloadable e-cards, earn cashback on on-line purchases and take advantage of many exclusive offers!

What does RMG say about diversity and inclusion?

As part of ourcommitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application. We are dedicated to creating a supportive and accessible recruitment process for all.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team on [e-mail].

We understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.

Safeguarding

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect.

We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.