Senior Business Partner - Finance

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About The Role

Are you ready to provide strategic financial expertise that will shape the future of housing across the South West? Do you have the drive to contribute to an organisation that positively impacts thousands of lives? If so, this is the role for you.

LiveWest is one of the largest housing providers in the South West, owning and managing over 40,000 homes. We're seeking a proactive, detail-orientated Senior Business Partner to join our finance team, focusing on our Asset Management division. In this pivotal role, you'll support investment and sustainability initiatives for our existing homes, guiding senior managers and budget holders with essential financial insights to help achieve performance goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver financial expertise to advance LiveWest's investment and sustainability strategies for existing homes.
• Partner with senior managers to address financial performance challenges, ensuring accountability and progress.
• Lead the preparation of our annual asset management budget and 30-year business plan, supporting long-term and sustainable growth.

This role is being offered on a full time, permanent basis. You can be based in our Weston-super-Mare or Exeter office, and a hybrid way of working, with 2 - 3 days per week in the office, dependent on business need, is available.

Why Join Us?

At LiveWest, you'll join a purpose-driven organisation, committed to delivering safe, sustainable, and affordable housing. You'll have opportunities for ongoing professional development and the chance to work in a supportive, forward-thinking environment.

For further information about this opportunity, please click here to view our candidate information pack.

About The Candidate

To be successful in your application for the role of Senior Business Partner - Finance, you will meet the essential skills and experience for a Level 3 role (please see our candidate information pack) and the following specific and experience:

• CCAB qualified, or equivalent experience if an internal candidate.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Preferably you will have a background in social housing, or a related sector (D)
• Advanced MS Excel, familiarity with Power BI (D); good working knowledge of MS office and finance/housing management systems.
• Strong grasp of financial and management accounting, budgeting, variance and ratio analysis, and Value for Money principles.
• Skilled in project planning, process improvement, and translating complex data into meaningful reports
• Demonstrated accuracy and strong focus on risk management.

Other organisations may call this role: Management Accountant, Finance Business Partner, Finance Manager, Accountant, Senior Finance Analyst.

About The Company

Our Reward and Benefits:

• Defined Contribution pension scheme - employer contribution of 6% - 9%.
• Discretionary Bonus scheme.
• Death in Service benefit (3 x salary).
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays with service related increase to your entitlement up to 30 days plus an option to purchase extra annual leave.
• Family Friendly policies.
• Health Cash Plan including dental and optical cover (worth up to £1,100 per annum).
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Health and Wellbeing programme which includes enhanced sick pay, monthly campaigns, training and yearly flu jabs.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Car Benefit scheme.
• Learning and Development including coaching and professional qualification support.
• Volunteering days.

About Us:

LiveWest provides over 40,000 homes to over 80,000 people throughout the South West from Gloucestershire to the Isles of Scilly. We have plans to build over 5,000 homes in the area over the next five years, developing new homes of all tenures including low-cost rent and sale, market rent and sale, and a range of supported housing and intermediate housing products, creating choice and flexibility.

As well as developing new homes, we continue to invest in existing properties and communities. Through the stability of good housing, we place better living for better lives at the centre of our mission both today and for generations to come. At LiveWest we believe in a home for everyone.

As an Inclusive Employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all colleagues. For further information about our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy, please click here.