Finance Partner

About the role

The finance team at The Guinness Partnership play a critical role in the success of the organisation by ensuring Guinness has a strong financial base supporting us to be a high performing organisation. 

We are recruiting for a Finance Partner to join our Finance Partnering & Performance team to provide a full finance partnering service supporting the achievement of effective financial control, delivery of the financial and operational targets of the business and undertaking financial analysis and evaluation of processes.

This is a full time, 35 hours per week, 12-month fixed term contract role based at our Oldham office. We offer hybrid working, blending office days with working from home.

What we are looking for

We are looking for an individual with strong experience in finance partnering and the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders. You will demonstrate excellent attention to detail, the capability to prioritise and manage a varied workload and produce clear, insightful management reports. Experience in reviewing and analysing business processes to drive financial improvements is essential, as is technical competence in contributing to the statutory accounts process. The role requires excellent written and oral communication skills, advanced Excel capability, strong knowledge of Microsoft Office and confidence working with complex financial and work‑management systems.

You will be able to demonstrate these essential skills:

• Experience of finance partnering and ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders. 
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to prioritise and manage a varied workload to meet agreed insightful management reports. 
• Experience of reviewing and analysing business processes to achieve financial improvements. 
• Technical excellence and experience of contributing to the statutory accounts process. 
• Excellent oral and written communications. 
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, with advanced Excel skills. 
• Experienced in complex financial and work management systems. 
• Demonstrates the Guinness Behaviours.

Desirable skills:

• Experience of using Oracle Financials or equivalent finance system. 
• Experience of project management. 
• Relevant experience within the social housing sector.

Essential qualifications:

• CCAB or CIMA qualified.
• Relevant professional qualification e.g. AAT or part qualified CCAB.

If you are interested in finding out more about the key responsibilities of the role and/or to ensure you meet the essential criteria, please review the role profile.

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The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for nearly 160,000 residents 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 residents, 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.