Senior Finance Business Partner

Regenda Group; St Helens; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent housing organization in St Helens is seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner to support its financial strategies and deliver excellent customer-focused financial support. The role involves working closely with commercial subsidiaries to provide timely and meaningful financial information. Ideal candidates will have CCAB qualifications and significant experience in financial reporting, alongside strong ICT skills. This position offers a competitive salary and a hybrid working model.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days paid annual leave

6 additional days for volunteering

Employers pension contribution up to 9%

£250 annual 'Live and Learn' allowance

Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay

Employee Assistance Programme

Exciting learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Must be fully CCAB qualified or studying for an accountancy qualification.
• Significant experience within financial reporting is required.
• Ability to build lasting relationships with key stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support financial strategies and ensure compliance with procedures.
• Provide accurate financial information for decision-making.
• Work closely with commercial subsidiaries.

Skills

CCAB qualification (ACA, ACCA, ACMA, CIPFA)

Experience in financial reporting

People management skills

Advanced ICT skills

Strong attention to detail

Education

Fully CCAB qualified or studying for accountancy qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word)

Relevant financial systems

Job description

The Vacancy

• Annual salary of £54,000 - £59,000 (DOE) (FTE)
• Permanent role
• Full-time (35 hours)
• St Helens office base, hybrid working

Please Note: We are not using recruitment agencies for this position. All applicants should apply directly through the Regenda Website. Any applications submitted through agencies will not be considered.
Proposed Interview Date: Tuesday 27th January 2026

The role

As a Senior Finance Business Partner, you will support the Group's financial strategies and policies by ensuring compliance with financial procedures and delivering customer-focused financial support. You will work closely with our commercial subsidiaries (Ecogee and M&Y) providing accurate, timely, and meaningful financial information to aid decision-making and maintain financial integrity.

Ecogee is an energy and construction specialist company providing green energy solutions across the North West to social housing providers and developers. It is a top provider of energy saving grants in the region and highly sought after by developers to assist with new build projects.

M&Y provides responsive repairs, planned works, renewables, facilities management and new build services to the group and clients across the North West.

The right fit

• You will be part of fully CCAB qualified (ACA, ACCA, ACMA, CIPFA) or studying for an accountancy qualification.
• You have significant experience within a financial reporting department, ideally within the housing or commercial/construction sectors.
• You're able to build solid, lasting and productive relationships with key stakeholders.
• You have people management skills, including the ability to communicate complex issues.
• Advanced ICT skills with Microsoft Office suite especially Excel and Word.
• Good working knowledge of relevant computer applications and financial systems.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to achieve deadlines under pressure.

Who we are

We regenerate places and work with people to create the opportunities they need to thrive. Affordable housing is our starting point, but we are a dynamic group of organisations doing very different things. We work in places where we can make a difference and operate across the housing and construction sector, in care and support, and in education, training and careers.

The Regenda Group is made up of Regenda Homes and its wholly owned subsidiaries M&Y Maintenance and Construction, Redwing, Ecogee, Petrus, The Learning Foundry, Positive Footprints, Centre 56 and the National Communities Resource Centre.

Next steps

If you like what you've read so far and think you've got what it takes to join our team, then apply now with a copy of your CV and a short covering letter detailing why you think you would be a good fit the role.

Our Talent Acquisition team will review your application and will be in touch shortly.

What we offer

The Regenda Group really is a great place to work - and you don't have to just take our word for it! We're accredited by Best Companies for our 'world class' levels of staff engagement and have been consistently named as one of the Best Companies to Work For in the North West.

We can offer you a working environment where you can enjoy yourself, develop yourself and be yourself and where you really can make a difference to people's lives.

We also offer a fantastic reward and benefits package which, amongst other things, includes:

• A range of flexible working options.
• 27 days paid annual leave each year (rising one day per year up to a maximum of 32 days after five years) in addition to 8 bank holidays.
• 6 additional days for volunteering
• Up to 9% Employers Contribution to the Pension Scheme (match funded).
• £250 annual 'Live and Learn' allowance to spend on learning any new skill.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay schemes.
• Employee Assistance Programme and health and wellbeing initiatives
• A wide variety of exciting learning and development opportunities.
• Interest free loans to assist with the purchase of computer equipment and travel season tickets.
• Monthly staff lottery scheme.

We regenerate places and create opportunities for people

We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and minority ethnic candidates as they are currently under-represented within our organisation.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we'd encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

The Company

The Regenda Group is a great quality, forward thinking housing business, building, managing and maintaining the homes people need. We own or manage around 13,000 properties across the region, including social rented housing, housing for older people, supported housing, private rented property, shared ownership and housing for sale.

The Regenda Group is made up of Regenda Homes and its wholly-owned subsidiaries M&Y Maintenance and Construction, Redwing Living, McDonald Property Rentals, Petrus Community, The Learning Foundry, Positive Footprints and Centre 56.

Our mission is to provide a comprehensive range of multi-tenure housing products and services that reflect the dynamic nature of the housing market, the diversity of our customers and a rapidly changing world.

Our core purpose is to regenerate places to create opportunities for people.