Title:  Assistant Finance Business Partner

Sanctuary manages rented and shared ownership homes and supports community initiatives for thousands of customers across England. Our staff help make a real difference to the quality of people’s lives.

Assistant Finance Business Partner

Worcester based with a balance of home and office working

£35,468 per year

35 hours per week – Monday to Friday 

Temporary position for up to 12 months

We are looking for an Assistant Finance Business Partner to join our Property Services Finance team based in Worcester. Joining a team of 14 you will provide business partnering and analytical support for Property Services with annual expenditure of circa £154m. In this role you will be responsible for the production of the monthly management accounts, analysing large sets of data and assisting with budgets, forecasts and month end postings.

The role of Assistant Finance Business Partner will include:

• Maintaining and developing reports which monitor commitment against forecast and budget for the Teams and Group expenditure
• Preparation and parking of journals including accruals, miscodes and invoicing of works, confirming a robust audit trail is present
• Supporting with a project to transform reporting capabilities to increase insight and value from reports, to improve the budget, forecasting and reporting processes
• Assisting with the review, development, and maintenance of monitoring systems, including process improvements
• Ensuring the maintenance, accuracy and completeness of financial records and adherence to financial controls to ensure regulatory and statutory requirements are met, including effective management of all supporting processes
• Improving collaboration and engagement with key stakeholders, ensuring early detection and resolution of issues are implemented
• Producing monthly management account packs for Senior Management, meeting key deadlines
• Undertaking ad hoc analysis, scenario planning and balance sheet reconciliations.

Skills and experiences:

• AAT qualification or equivalent
• Strong Excel and analytical skills
• SAP analytics cloud experience would be desirable
• Experience of management accounting for maintenance/ property services/ manufacturing sectors would be advantageous
• Recent experience of working in an analytical finance role and working with large data sets is essential
• Ability to work independently, with large sets of complex data

Why work for us?

One of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and commercial services, Sanctuary employs more than 14,000 people and manages over 116,000 units of accommodation throughout England and Scotland, including general rented, retirement living, supported housing, student and key worker accommodation and care homes. Sanctuary also provides a range of other services including maintenance, care and telecare, all of which are delivered by our dedicated employees who are completely committed to customer service.

Our Benefits   

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:

• 25 days annual leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays (pro rata)
• A pension scheme with matching employer contributions from Sanctuary up to set limits
• Life Assurance
• Employee Volunteering scheme
• Employee Advice Service including counselling
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Voluntary health plans  
• Employee discounts
• Wellbeing support and tools
• Employee recognition scheme
• Employee platform to access your reward and wellbeing package online, find exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources and recognition tools
• Employee Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues
• Role salary is £32,244 with an additional policy allowance of £3,224 per annum

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Closing Date: 11 June 2025

If you're unsure about any details, have questions about the role or want to discuss a need for adjustments, our fantastic talent team will be happy to help you -corporate.recruitment@sanctuary.co.uk

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

View more detail about what it’s like to work for our organisation, and what we offer on our Sanctuary careers pages at -  www.sanctuary.co.uk/join-our-team

Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.

Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.
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Sanctuary Housing Services Limited is a subsidiary of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.