Finance Business Partner in Basingstoke

Are you an experienced Finance Business Partner looking for your next opportunity? Do you have expertise in building safety accounting? We have a fantastic opportunity to join Sovereign Network Group (SNG) as Finance Business Partner on a fixed term contract basis for 14 months, taking the lead on financial reporting for building safety. Based from our offices in Wembley or Basingstoke, you’ll combine office and home working to ensure a positive work/life balance.

The Role

Reporting into the Head of Financial Business Partnering, you’ll act as the finance lead for reporting on building safety, ensuring that SNG has robust financial insight and guidance in navigating the increasing demands of new legislation, regulatory requirements and ongoing remedial programmes. In this role, you’ll improve the impact and understanding of financial reporting for building safety. You’ll provide analysis and deliver insight to link financial reports to business strategies, as well as preparing robust analysis and commentary for the annual budget and monthly forecasts for SNG.

Responsibilities include:

• Supporting the Head of Financial Business Partnering to organise and guide the wider team of management accountants to provide outstanding services to our customers.
• Analysing and understanding different business areas, producing reports for the budget holder and executive committee on conclusions drawn from the analysis, offering opinion and challenge.
• Partnering with budget holders to help them understand their spend to date, highlighting any opportunities for changes to make improvements, as well as supporting in understanding regulatory requirements such as value for money and helping to identify areas to achieve this.
• Working with senior budget holders on building their annual budget and monthly forecasts with thorough understanding of key drivers behind the budget bid and forecast.
• Analysing budget and forecasts by area, providing reporting and explanations of the movements between actual/budget/forecast involving presentation to senior management to explain key insights.
• Writing the monthly management accounts commentary for allocated areas ensuring strong collaboration with financial and non-financial staff.
• Keeping up to date with the latest legislative and accounting changes around building safety.

What we’re looking for

You’ll be a Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA) with previous experience in a business partnering role, and strong practical experience and knowledge of the principles of management accounting, forecasting and budgeting. You’ll also:

• Have strong analytical skills, with experience drawing key financial insights.
• Demonstrate strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders.
• Have strong stakeholder management skills, building trusted relationships with the ability to effectively influence or challenge where required.
• Be highly numerate with excellent attention to detail.
• Show strong prioritisation skills, working well to deadlines.
• Excellent IT skills, including advanced Excel and competent use of Microsoft Office, management information systems and integrated accounting systems.
• Experience within a property services or maintenance-focused finance team, including sound knowledge of building safety compliance and associated accounting treatment is highly desirable.

We have some great benefits at SNG, including:

• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days).
• Chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our flexible benefits package.
• 3 additional wellbeing days and 2 paid volunteering days.
• Generous matched pension scheme up to 12% and Life cover at 4x salary.
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption pay.
• Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance and critical illness cover.
• Wellbeing discounts, including Gym Memberships and access to a 24/7 virtual GP service.

At Sovereign Network Group, we are passionate about inclusion for all and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at SNG. Take a look at our careers site to learn more about us and our values.