Finance Business Partner

Oldbury | £55,000 – £62,000 | Hybrid working

Are you looking for a finance role where you can influence strategic decisions and help shape the future sustainability of vital housing services? Do you have strong business partnering experience and enjoy working closely with senior stakeholders? Are you ready to make an impact within a large and complex organisation undergoing significant transformation?

This is an exciting opportunity to join a large public sector organisation as a Finance Business Partner. Working closely with Housing leaders, you will provide strategic financial insight, challenge and support to help navigate financial pressures and ensure the long-term sustainability of one of the largest Housing Revenue Accounts in the country.

This role offers the opportunity to join an ambitious and growing finance team, where you will play a key part in improving financial decision making, strengthening processes and supporting the delivery of high-quality public services.

What you’ll do

• Act as the dedicated finance business partner to Housing services, providing clear, pragmatic and constructive financial advice. • Work closely with budget holders to develop and deliver savings plans that align expenditure with changing financial pressures. • Support the costing, implementation and monitoring of savings initiatives across the Housing Revenue Account. • Provide robust financial challenge and insight, helping senior stakeholders understand the financial position, risks and opportunities. • Lead on budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting for the HRA, ensuring key stakeholders have accurate information to support decision making. • Support longer-term financial planning to improve the sustainability of housing services. • Ensure compliance with relevant HRA regulations, guidance and financial governance requirements. • Contribute to continuous improvement across financial processes, controls and reporting.

The organisation is on an exciting journey of improvement and transformation, having made significant progress in recent years and continuing to invest in its people, services and communities. With a strong focus on learning and development, this is a fantastic opportunity to join a finance function that values collaboration, professional growth and delivering meaningful impact.

What you’ll need

• A full CCAB accountancy qualification. • Experience working as a Finance Business Partner or within a similar stakeholder-facing finance role. • Experience of Housing Revenue Account finance is desirable, although candidates from other relevant backgrounds are encouraged to apply. • The ability to communicate complex financial information clearly and confidently to non-finance stakeholders. • Strong relationship-building skills with the resilience and credibility to operate in a challenging financial environment. • A proactive and solutions-focused approach with the ability to influence decision making. • The ambition and capability to develop within a large and complex organisation.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so early application is encouraged to avoid missing out.