Group Finance Manager - Income Optimisation

Mackie Myers; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Housing Association in Central London seeks a Group Finance Manager for Income Optimisation. This newly created role involves managing financial aspects of service charges, providing strategic advice, and leading a team of finance business partners. The successful candidate will have a CCAB qualification and extensive experience in business partnering, with strong leadership and communication skills.

Benefits

Excellent opportunity in a newly created role.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in business partnering with non-Finance colleagues.
• Proven track record of leadership and developing high performing teams.
• Experience influencing operational activities at tactical and strategic levels.

Responsibilities

• Manage all financial aspects of service charges, ensuring compliance and efficiency.
• Act as a strategic advisor to service charge teams.
• Lead financial planning and reporting for service charges.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Strategic Thinking

Data Analysis

Business Partnering

Education

CCAB recognised accounting qualification

Tools

Excel

Job description

Our Client

Our client is a large Housing Association based in Central London. Following a large restructure, a newly created Group Finance Manager vacancy has been created.

The Role

As a Group Finance Manager for Income Optimisation, your role involves being the vital link between the Finance and Operational service charge teams.

Main Duties

1. Own the management of all the financial aspects of service charges, ensuring accuracy, compliance and efficiency.
2. Act as a strategic advisor to service charge teams, offering dedicated business partnering support and commercial challenge.
3. Support the Head of Income Optimisation with regard to all Financial aspects of managing Service Charge, deputising for them when needed.
4. Manage senior stakeholders from across Operations, communicating effectively across all levels, influencing financial and strategic decisions.
5. Lead financial planning and reporting for service charges, adhering to legal and audit requirements and ensuring timeliness and accuracy.
6. Build and maintain strong relationships with internal teams, particularly Operations, and relevant external partners to enhance service charge processes.
7. Develop and adapt reporting processes to meet the specific needs of service charge management, providing insightful financial analysis.
8. Maintain accurate data, managing large, complex data sets on Excel and in-house systems.
9. Manage and mentor a team of finance business partners, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional development.

The Successful Candidate

1. Hold a CCAB recognised accounting qualification with supporting CPD.
2. Extensive experience of business partnering with non-Finance colleagues, providing finance expertise and commercial challenge.
3. Proven track record of leadership and developing high performing teams.
4. Strong communication and interpersonal skills for diverse audience engagement; work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.
5. Experience working within a high volume, fast paced service-based industry.
6. Strategic thinking ability; capable of analysing complex data to develop solutions and make data-driven decisions.
7. Experience influencing operational activities at both tactical and strategic levels across all areas of the business.

What’s on offer?

• Excellent opportunity in a newly created role.