Assistant Finance Business Partner – Customers in Manchester

Fixed Term Contract: 12 months. At MSV Housing, we’re committed to making sure our customers have good quality safe homes and our Assistant Finance Business Partners are key to making this happen. You will support effective financial management through budget setting, monitoring and forecasting, delivering accurate management accounts and contributing to statutory reporting and efficient financial systems. Working closely with Finance Business Partners and budget holders, you will provide high-quality business-partnering support, identifying risks and opportunities and driving value for money. You will help ensure MSV remains financially strong, compliant and well governed, supporting delivery of the Corporate Plan and deputising for the Finance Business Partner when required. In addition, we are looking for candidates that have a passion to advocate on behalf of people and communities.

What do our AFBP - Customers do:

• Support the delivery of the annual budget and ongoing financial planning, ensuring robust challenge, high-quality data and timely submissions for Executive and senior leadership reporting.
• Produce accurate and timely management accounts, providing clear analysis of financial performance, variances, risks and opportunities to support informed decision-making.
• Maintain strong financial reporting and control, including balance sheet reconciliations, fixed asset accounting, salary postings, forecasting and year-end statutory accounts activity.
• Deliver value-added finance business partnering, providing tailored reports, insightful analysis and embedding value for money across budgets and forecasts.
• Ensure strong financial governance and compliance by maintaining accurate records, robust internal controls, adherence to financial regulations, and effective support for audits and regulatory returns.

What we are looking for:

• Part-qualified Accountant or qualified AAT or equivalent through relevant training/experience.
• Experience of working collaboratively with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience of providing appropriate financial information.
• Ability to plan, prioritise and organise effectively to meet changing needs.
• Strong IT skills including use of Excel, knowledge and use of finance and housing management systems.
• Ability to analyse complex data to produce reports and deliver information to a range of audiences.

We offer a range of great benefits including:

• Flexibility on where you work with home working kit provided.
• 33 days holiday per year plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy scheme.
• Company pension scheme with up to 10% matched contributions.
• Company funded access to a health cash plan, where you can claim back costs of everyday health treatments such as optical, dental and much more.
• Enhanced sick pay with up to 3 months full pay and 3 months half pay.
• Health and Wellbeing Support including an employee assistance programme, free counselling, mental health first aiders and numerous wellbeing initiatives.
• Life assurance subject to being a member of our company pension scheme.
• Learning and development to support you to develop the skills you need to fulfil your role and progress in your career.
• Commitment to Equality and Inclusion with employee network groups covering anti-racism, LGBTQ+, disability and long-term health conditions, carers, and menopause.

MSV are committed to Equality and Inclusion; all applications are scored against the essential criteria of the role; however, we encourage candidates to submit an ammonised CV if they can do so. MSV are also committed to supporting you to balance work and life, including with any caring or parental responsibilities you might have, and have a range of flexible working options and wellbeing support available to all colleagues to facilitate this. We’re passionate about inclusion and we’d love to hear from people from diverse backgrounds for this role. If you are not sure whether you meet our requirements for this role, but want to apply, go ahead. We will decide whether or not you are what we are looking for.