Financial Reporting Manager

Fairhive is pleased to be exclusively partnering with Robertson Bell in our search for a Financial Reporting Manager to join our team on a permanent basis. Fairhive is a Community Benefit Society and not-for-profit landlord that provides 9,000 homes across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and South Northamptonshire. We exist to support residents and neighbourhoods, maintain quality homes, build new ones, and ultimately create thriving communities where people want to live.

Reporting into the Assistant Director of Finance and managing a team of three, this role will be responsible for the day-to-day management and control of the Financial Reporting function within the group. This will include providing direction and hands on support in all things budgeting, forecasting, statutory accounts, business partnering and monthly management reporting, whilst also offering exceptional scope for project work and process automation.

The Organisation:

Our 20,000 residents are at the heart of everything we do, providing good neighbourhoods and safe homes for everyone to lead fulfilling and enjoyable lives. Our services are shaped around residents and community needs and their feedback, to enable social inclusion, reduce poverty, and protect more vulnerable residents through our Welfare Help & Advice. That’s why we involve our residents as much or as little as they want.

We're a proud, certified Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and we believe that people are our greatest asset – their dedication, hard work and continued learning is what allows us to deliver the services residents need – now and in the future. That’s why we invest in employee development and actively support wellbeing. This includes enrolment in a defined benefit pension scheme, opportunities to work from home up to four days per week, ongoing support for professional development, plus lots more!

The key duties of this role are as follows:

• Production of the group’s budget in consultation with budget holders.
• Preparation of monthly management accounts in conjunction with budget holders to ascertain required explanations / proposed actions.   
• Preparation of quarterly financial reports for the Executive Management Team and the Board, including a meaningful analysis of variances to budget and forecast.
• Lead on the preparation of Annual Statutory Accounts and being a key point of contact for the external auditors.
• Oversee timely submission of the regulatory returns.
• Work closely with the Financial Services Manager on finance system development and enhancements.
• Oversee provision of proactive and value-added finance business partnering services to operational teams.
• Lead, motivate and support the Assistant Management Accountants and Finance Business Partners to provide a professional and high-quality customer focused service

The successful candidate will have:

• Qualified as an accountant with five years’ post qualification experience.
• Proven experience of competently producing budgets, forecasts and management accounts.
• Proven ability of producing statutory accounts and leading the annual external audit.
• Experience of managing staff, including setting objectives and monitoring performance.
• Proven ability to build relationships and work effectively with the wider finance team.
• Ability to produce concise information and analysis to support decision making.
• Experience of working in a medium-sized or large organisations in the social housing or property sectors.
• Strong verbal, written and presentational skills, with the ability to communicate with people at all levels.

The deadline for applications is on Sunday 8^th September, but applications will be under continuous review in advance of this date, so apply today to make sure you don’t miss out!