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Senior Finance Partner
Senior Finance Partner
Senior Finance Partner
Posted 3 days ago
- Chadderton, Greater Manchester
- Any
- External
ABOUT US
The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 140,000 customers nationwide. Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our customers, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.
The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
JOB DESCRIPTION
About Us
The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of social housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services to around 140,000 customers nationwide. Of our 70,000 homes , more than 70% are let at a social or affordable rent, while around 10,000 are owned or part-owned by the people who live in them.
Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our customers, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Finance Partner to join the Guinness Team. This is a permanent, full-time vacancy based in either our London, Euston Road or Oldham, Bower House office. We are currently working to a hybrid working style.
The overall purpose of the role is to provide professional financial expertise, insight and support across Guinness with accurate and timely financial performance information and analysis, to enable delivery of Guinness's business plan. The successful candidate will work closely with colleagues across the business to promote effective financial management and informed decision making that results in optimal use of our resources. This is an exciting time to join Guinness and the social housing sector with more focus on financial performance than ever before, giving the right candidate an opportunity to make a real difference to the organisation.
What we're looking for
We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do, so you'll not only be highly self-motivated with the rigour to pursue goals, but you'll also be a confident collaborator, networker and relationship builder with a willingness to go the extra mile to get the job done. You will be used to working in a fast paced environment and supporting organisations through periods of change.
You'll be able to demonstrate:
Essential:
Proven experience of working in a business facing or partnering finance role in a complex organisation.
Proven experience of preparing management accounts, budgets, forecasts and internal financial reports.
Experience of reviewing and analysing financial information and reporting on results.
Excellent attention to detail with an ability to understand wider picture, prioritise and manage a varied workload to meet agreed deadlines.
Excellent analytical skills and the ability to link financial performance and management information.
Strong stakeholder management skills including the ability to challenge, engage, influence and add value at all levels.
Excellent oral and written communications and the ability to present effectively to varying levels in an organisation.
Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, in particular Excel.
Experience of using financial systems to a high level, ideally Oracle or an equivalent.
Demonstrates the Guinness Behaviours.
Demonstrates the Guinness Leadership and Management Standard
Desirable:
Experience of developing finance system reporting.
Experience of project management or project/capital finance.
Experience of Group performance reporting.
Experience of partnering in the housing and/or care sectors.
Qualifications
Essential:
CCAB or CIMA qualified.
*If your base location is our London, Euston Road office you will receive an additional £6,000 London Job Supplement, making the total yearly salary "£82,702*
If you're interested in finding out more about the key responsibilities of the role and/or to ensure you meet the essential criteria, please review the attached role profile.
Benefits
• Holidays We offer 25 27 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays. We will also give you the opportunity to buy up to an additional 5 days. You will also receive additional holiday in line with your length of service (1 extra day per 5 years service, capped at 4 days).
• Competitive Pension Scheme We will help you save for your retirement through our workplace pension scheme. Guinness match your contribution up to 9%. To help you get the most out of your pension contributions, we operate a salary sacrifice arrangement that means you will pay less National Insurance contributions.
• Benefits Portal We have a lifestyle benefits scheme, pulling together a range of special offers and great deals. You can make some great savings on everyday shopping from fashion and electronics to travel, leisure and days out and weekly supermarket shopping.
• Performance Pay Annual Performance Score bonus subject to eligibility
• Life Assurance For peace of mind Guinness provides three times salary life cover in the event of your death
• Health Plan Options There are a couple of health care schemes available depending on the post grade
• VDU/DSE Free eye test vouchers every 2 years with £55 contribution to glasses if requires for VDU work
• Access to the Finance wellbeing portal
• Professional subscription annual payment
• Travel season ticket loan
• Car lease scheme
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The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 140,000 customers nationwide. Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our customers, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.
The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
JOB DESCRIPTION
About Us
The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of social housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services to around 140,000 customers nationwide. Of our 70,000 homes , more than 70% are let at a social or affordable rent, while around 10,000 are owned or part-owned by the people who live in them.
Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our customers, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Finance Partner to join the Guinness Team. This is a permanent, full-time vacancy based in either our London, Euston Road or Oldham, Bower House office. We are currently working to a hybrid working style.
The overall purpose of the role is to provide professional financial expertise, insight and support across Guinness with accurate and timely financial performance information and analysis, to enable delivery of Guinness's business plan. The successful candidate will work closely with colleagues across the business to promote effective financial management and informed decision making that results in optimal use of our resources. This is an exciting time to join Guinness and the social housing sector with more focus on financial performance than ever before, giving the right candidate an opportunity to make a real difference to the organisation.
What we're looking for
We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do, so you'll not only be highly self-motivated with the rigour to pursue goals, but you'll also be a confident collaborator, networker and relationship builder with a willingness to go the extra mile to get the job done. You will be used to working in a fast paced environment and supporting organisations through periods of change.
You'll be able to demonstrate:
Essential:
Proven experience of working in a business facing or partnering finance role in a complex organisation.
Proven experience of preparing management accounts, budgets, forecasts and internal financial reports.
Experience of reviewing and analysing financial information and reporting on results.
Excellent attention to detail with an ability to understand wider picture, prioritise and manage a varied workload to meet agreed deadlines.
Excellent analytical skills and the ability to link financial performance and management information.
Strong stakeholder management skills including the ability to challenge, engage, influence and add value at all levels.
Excellent oral and written communications and the ability to present effectively to varying levels in an organisation.
Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, in particular Excel.
Experience of using financial systems to a high level, ideally Oracle or an equivalent.
Demonstrates the Guinness Behaviours.
Demonstrates the Guinness Leadership and Management Standard
Desirable:
Experience of developing finance system reporting.
Experience of project management or project/capital finance.
Experience of Group performance reporting.
Experience of partnering in the housing and/or care sectors.
Qualifications
Essential:
CCAB or CIMA qualified.
*If your base location is our London, Euston Road office you will receive an additional £6,000 London Job Supplement, making the total yearly salary "£82,702*
If you're interested in finding out more about the key responsibilities of the role and/or to ensure you meet the essential criteria, please review the attached role profile.
Benefits
• Holidays We offer 25 27 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays. We will also give you the opportunity to buy up to an additional 5 days. You will also receive additional holiday in line with your length of service (1 extra day per 5 years service, capped at 4 days).
• Competitive Pension Scheme We will help you save for your retirement through our workplace pension scheme. Guinness match your contribution up to 9%. To help you get the most out of your pension contributions, we operate a salary sacrifice arrangement that means you will pay less National Insurance contributions.
• Benefits Portal We have a lifestyle benefits scheme, pulling together a range of special offers and great deals. You can make some great savings on everyday shopping from fashion and electronics to travel, leisure and days out and weekly supermarket shopping.
• Performance Pay Annual Performance Score bonus subject to eligibility
• Life Assurance For peace of mind Guinness provides three times salary life cover in the event of your death
• Health Plan Options There are a couple of health care schemes available depending on the post grade
• VDU/DSE Free eye test vouchers every 2 years with £55 contribution to glasses if requires for VDU work
• Access to the Finance wellbeing portal
• Professional subscription annual payment
• Travel season ticket loan
• Car lease scheme
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