Financial Planning Manager in Northallerton

Read on to find out what you will need to succeed in this position, including skills, qualifications, and experience.

SALARY: £55,893 per annum

Location: Northallerton / hybrid

Working pattern: Hybrid - Typically 2 days per week across the portfolio, with regular on-site presence

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Financial Planning Manager will be at the heart of financial decision making across Broadacres. Leading financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, management accounting and business partnering, you will turn complex information into clear insight and constructive challenge for leaders across the organisation. You will also lead regulatory reporting, the 30-year financial plan, statutory accounts and quarterly returns, alongside treasury, cash-flow forecasting, interest payments, and rent and service charge setting. It is an opportunity to strengthen financial confidence today while helping Broadacres plan responsibly for the homes, services and investment of the future.

KEY PRIORITIES

• Deliver trusted, timely monthly management accounts, budgets and forecasts, supported by incisive variance analysis.
• Maintain five-year and 30-year financial plans using scenario modelling, sensitivity analysis and stress testing.
• Build a customer-focused finance business partnering model that strengthens understanding, ownership and accountability.
• Coordinate regulatory returns, statutory accounts, audit support and taxation compliance.
• Oversee liquidity, cash-flow forecasting, facility drawdowns, interest payments, lender covenants and treasury reporting.
• Lead transparent, compliant rent and service charge setting.
• Build a motivated, high-performing Financial Performance team.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

Finance is recognised as a trusted adviser and an active partner in Broadacres success. Leaders have timely information and meaningful insight, risks are identified early, managers take ownership of their budgets, lender obligations are met and the organisation maintains the resilience to invest in its long-term purpose. We are looking for a commercially minded and collaborative finance leader who combines strong technical capability with the confidence to influence decisions. You will make financial information accessible, develop trusted relationships with non-finance colleagues and create a high-performing team focused on service, insight and continuous improvement.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Experience

Essential

• Significant management accounting, budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting experience.
• Leadership of finance business partnering and support to non-finance managers.
• Interpretation and presentation of financial data.
• Team leadership and year-end / external audit support.

Desirable

• Social housing or not-for-profit.
• Regulatory reporting, long-term planning and treasury.
• Rent and service charge setting.
• Finance system implementation or upgrades.

Skills

Essential

• Excellent financial analysis, judgement and problem solving.
• Constructive challenge and influencing at all levels.
• Strong communication, organisation, people management and attention to detail.
• Consistent delivery against targets, standards and deadlines.

Desirable

• Financial modelling and data visualisation.

Knowledge

Essential

• Management accounting, budgeting and forecasting.
• Financial governance, controls, risk and accounting standards.
• Value for money, modelling and audit / assurance.
• Strong practical Excel capability.

Desirable

• Housing association regulation, treasury and rent / service charge standards.

Qualifications / requirements

Essential

• Professional accounting qualification, such as ICAEW or CIPFA.
• Current driving licence and flexibility outside normal hours.

Why Broadacres?

At Broadacres, we’re passionate about creating safe, warm, and welcoming homes. You’ll be part of a supportive team that values respect, passion and empathy. Broadacres is a successful, innovative, not-for-profit housing association based in Northallerton, North Yorkshire. We own and manage more than 7,100 homes across various regions, providing top-tier services aimed at meeting our vision: to be the best rural housing association in the country. We ensure our customers receive first-class service, making them proud to live in a Broadacres home.

At Broadacres we are an equal opportunities and disability confident employer who welcomes applicants from all sectors of the community, and we encourage applications from people who are underrepresented in areas of the organisation.

Please note: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received. We will be interviewing as applications come in, so apply early to avoid disappointment!