L&Q Hiring for Senior Finance Business Partner Analyst Job at West Ham, England Full Time

A new opportunity has arisen in the Finance Business Partnering team for a Senior Business Partnering Analyst working with the reactive repairs and voids service.

In this role you will be responsible for providing a comprehensive range of finance business partnering services for the reactive repairs and voids services within L&Q, with a focus on key financial analysis that adds value to the organisation.

This is an exciting time to join a growing team who support our frontline staff in providing a repairs service for our residents and preparing void properties for new residents to move into.

Reporting to the Finance Manager you will be part of the Finance Business Partnering team where your main duties will include:

• Support management by providing key financial information and recommendations to budget holders, building the relationship between finance and partner functions and enabling them to make informed business decisions.

• Perform detailed financial analysis, financial monitoring, review and reporting on assigned areas of income and expenditure and/or balance sheet ensuring applicable accounting standards and principles are applied consistently.

• Assist in the provision of monthly management accounts, annual financial statements, key performance indicators, benchmarking data and monthly forecast, in line with set reporting timescales.

• Maintain updated accounting records on the accounting system, specifically affecting the assigned activities, including maintaining the chart of accounts in line with business rules, authorised ledger postings and transactions reporting through both application built-in reports and recognised business intelligence tools.

• Assist in the development of systems and reports which ensure the effective financial monitoring, management and delivery of a portfolio of projects whether capital or revenue.

Your experience must include:

·Specialist Knowledge & Experience: Requires a foundation level of theoretical knowledge in accounting, typically gained through professional development in the field and extensive experience as an analyst.

• Finance & Commercial Experience: Excellent numerical and analytical skills.

· Communication & Influencing Skills: Must have strong communication, presentation & influencing skills and ability to deal with staff at management level.

· Organisation & Planning Skills: Needs to be very organised with the ability to plan & prioritise work against challenging timetables.

• Academic & Professional Qualifications – The post holder will typically be a finance professional who has achieved or is nearing full qualification or equivalent (may currently be part qualified or studying towards a full accounting qualification, and / or has prior experience equivalent to a full qualification).

• IT knowledge & Skills: IT literacy in MS Office is essential along with intermediate knowledge of excel for reporting and monitoring.

If you are interested in this role and have the experience required, then apply without delay and with a supporting statement

COVID 19: The safety of our staff and our candidates is of the utmost importance.

Every effort will be taken to ensure that safe ways of working are adopted throughout the Recruitment and Selection process.

We are introducing extra precautions in line with UK Government Guidelines.

Our recruitment processes will follow social distancing and COVID-19 Secure requirements.

This will include the use of various technologies to support the interview process.

Should candidates have any questions regarding this, or if you require additional support please let us know at the interview planning stage.

At the foundation of everything that we do are our corporate values and associated behaviours.

Our organisational behavioural framework outlines the core expectations of all employees, which should be demonstrated at all times when representing L&Q.

More information about L&Q’s values can be found on our website and a copy of our behavioural framework can be provided on request.