Development Finance Manager

Development Finance Manager

Are you a qualified accountant with experience in social housing looking for an opportunity to make a real impact? Do you enjoy working closely with operational teams, providing commercial insight and influencing key financial decisions? Are you looking for a role that combines strategic finance business partnering with technical accounting responsibilities and offers scope for long-term career progression?

Robertson Bell is recruiting for a permanent Development Finance Manager to join an organisation operating within the social housing sector.

This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of development finance activities, working closely with senior stakeholders to provide financial insight, commercial challenge and support on key investment and development decisions. The role offers a varied mix of business partnering, financial planning and technical accounting, making it ideal for someone who enjoys both the strategic and operational aspects of finance.

The key responsibilities of the Development Finance Manager include:

• Acting as a trusted Finance Business Partner, working closely with Development teams to provide financial advice, commercial insight and constructive challenge.

• Monitoring the financial performance of development activities, including budgets, forecasts, risks and returns, ensuring financial objectives are achieved.

• Supporting the financial appraisal of development schemes, identifying potential accounting, VAT and tax implications.

• Producing meaningful financial analysis and reporting to support senior stakeholders in making informed strategic and operational decisions.

• Overseeing fixed asset accounting, including capitalisation, depreciation, reconciliations and year-end reporting.

• Managing capital budgets, cashflow forecasts and variance analysis, identifying financial risks and recommending appropriate actions.

• Ensuring development expenditure and associated funding are accurately accounted for in line with relevant accounting standards.

• Supporting improvements to financial processes, controls and reporting, while providing guidance and technical expertise to colleagues.

The successful candidate will have:

• A recognised professional accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).

• Previous experience working within the social housing sector, with a strong understanding of development finance and fixed assets.

• Proven finance business partnering experience, with the ability to build effective relationships with Development teams and senior stakeholders.

• Strong commercial awareness and analytical skills, with the confidence to challenge assumptions and influence financial decisions.

• The ability to combine strategic thinking and commercial insight with hands-on technical accounting responsibilities.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced finance professional looking to take the next step in their career within the social housing sector. Offering a broad range of responsibilities, exposure to senior stakeholders and the opportunity to influence key financial decisions, this role provides an excellent platform for continued career development.

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If you are an experienced development finance or finance business partnering professional looking for a role combining detailed financial analysis with strategic influence, please apply now.