Title:  Senior Finance Process Analyst

Senior Finance Process Analyst

Worcester – Hybrid Working (with occasional travel)

Salary £37,414.20 per annum, rising to £39,383.42 per annum after 12-month performance review.

35 hours per week – Monday to Friday

Make an impact where insight drives improvement

Sanctuary is one of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care services. Within our Commercial team, we drive sustainable growth, identify new opportunities. We’re now looking for a Senior Finance Process Analyst, where you’ll play a key role in developing and improving the systems and reporting that drive critical business decisions. If you’re analytical, collaborative and passionate about transforming finance processes, this role offers a great opportunity to make a real impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, test and maintain reporting tools that support the analysis of critical business information.
• Develop and implement new systems and processes, ensuring robust testing and supporting end users with training and guidance.
• Ensure business information remains efficient, accurate and fit for purpose, aligning with Group objectives.
• Conduct in‑depth data analysis and recommend process improvements to drive finance transformation.
• Support the review and evaluation of key areas to enhance reporting efficiency and business performance.
• Present clear, concise reports and recommendations to managers and stakeholders.
• Contribute to planning and resource coordination for changes to finance reporting processes.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships and proactively address any service delivery issues.
• Support wider projects that contribute to the Group’s values and strategic objectives.

What We’re Looking For

Qualifications: Degree, management qualification, or relevant professional qualification (ACCA, ACA, or CIMA desirable).

Experience:

• Recent experience in a similar finance process or reporting role.
• Strong understanding of financial regulations, legislation and current practice.
• Proven experience producing, analysing and presenting large volumes of statistical information.
• Experience creating KPI dashboards, management information and performance reporting.
• Significant experience implementing and testing business information systems.
• Ability to manage conflicting deadlines and support project delivery.
• Strong stakeholder management and problem‑solving skills.

Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to translate technical concepts into plain English.
• Strong interpersonal and customer‑care skills.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, Power BI, and Microsoft Apps.
• Ability to extract, interpret and manipulate complex data.

Why Join Us?

You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping finance processes that drive efficiency and value across our organisation. We offer a collaborative environment, opportunities for professional development, and the chance to make a real impact.

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

The reference number for this position is 227273

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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.