Interim Senior Finance Business Partner - Social Housing

Are you a Senior Finance Business Partner who enjoys building structure, improving processes and raising standards? Can you help a Housing organisation move from reactive reporting to proactive finance partnering? Do you enjoy coaching developing finance teams and leaving behind processes that genuinely work?

A small Housing provider is seeking an Interim Senior Finance Business Partner on a 6-month contract working remotely and outside IR35 to help modernise and strengthen its finance partnering function. This is a highly visible role focused on bringing structure, consistency and stronger stakeholder engagement into the finance team. The organisation has a number of capable but relatively junior colleagues in place and is looking for an experienced interim who can establish processes, improve reporting and help define what “good” looks like in operational finance support.

The role will allow the Head of Finance to focus on statutory and technical priorities, while you take ownership of management reporting, business partnering and the embedding of stronger financial controls and conversations across the organisation.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and embedding best-practice finance business partnering across the organisation.
• Establishing clear processes and documentation for management accounts, reporting, budget monitoring and management information.
• Coaching and developing junior finance colleagues to improve capability and consistency.
• Ensuring management accounts and reporting are delivered accurately and supported by meaningful analysis.
• Working with operational leadership teams to identify financial risks, opportunities and cost pressures.
• Improving financial insight around operational performance, margins, EBITDA MRI and cost base management.
• Ensuring reporting reaches stakeholders in a timely and useful way, with effective conversations taking place around performance.

This is an opportunity to make a lasting impact within a smaller Housing organisation where change can happen quickly. You’ll have the autonomy to shape processes, improve ways of working and help create a finance function that is more proactive, commercially aware and stakeholder-focused.

To be considered, please meet these criteria:

• Strong Finance Business Partnering experience within the Housing sector (essential).
• Proven track record as an interim – delivering change in a variety of contracts and organisations.
• Proven experience improving finance processes, reporting and stakeholder engagement.
• Comfortable coaching and developing junior or developing finance teams, especially those that work remotely.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to identify risks, opportunities and operational performance drivers.
• Pragmatic, hands-on approach with the ability to bring structure and clarity into evolving environments.
• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).

Informal discussions can take place at short notice – please apply now for this attractive Outside IR35 remote working Interim Senior Finance Business Partner opportunity.