Finance Business Partner in Birmingham

Location: Birmingham
Salary: £200.00 per hour
Recruiter: Churchill Retirement Living
Job Hours: Full-time

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  • Job Title: Finance BusinessPartner
  • Location: Bromsgrove,supporting our Midlands and Northern Regional Offices
  • Reward & Benefits:Competitive salary, Company Car or Car Allowance and excellent Colleaguebenefits
  • Are you looking for anopportunity to be the finance lead in two key strategic regions for ourcompany?

    Do you have the ability tothink commercially, analyse data and be able to present this is in a clear wayto non-financial people?

    About us

    We are Churchill RetirementLiving, the fastest growing company in the UK retirement house-building sectorand we’re looking for people like you.

    We’re a family-run,privately-owned business and we’re going places. We’re proud of what we do, andthe people we work with. We have ambitious growth plans for the future, nowemploying 700 people and growing all the time.

    We pride ourselves onbuilding beautiful, quality, purpose-built one and two bedroom apartments indesirable locations across the UK for those looking for an independentlifestyle in later life. Developments are designed to take away all the hassle,fears that can be experienced by older people, and provide security, peace ofmind and independence.

    We’ve won a host of awards;most recently we have been recognised by The Sunday Times as the 3rd bestcompany to work for and in 2016 we became the first ever retirement livingspecialist to have been named overall ‘Housebuilder of the Year’ by theWhatHouse? Awards.

    Our Values: TORCH – Trust /Openness / Respect / Communication / Honesty

    About the role

    Due to our continued growthand success, we are delighted to be appointing an experienced Finance BusinessPartner to our Warrington and Bromsgrove offices (Northern and Midlandsregional offices).

    Reporting directly to theCRL Finance Manager and working closely with both Regional Managing Directorsyou will provide efficient and effective financial control, information andadvice at all levels within the company. This will include management accounts,workflow reporting, forecasting and providing financial insight.

    Your duties will alsoinclude:

  • Producing monthly RegionalBoard reports with commentary and input into the Regional Managing DirectorsOperations Board report.
  • Interpreting andchallenging financial and statistical information from the business, to analysethe performance of the region and provide advice to the Regional Board members.
  • Reporting against KPI’s toensure we are on track to deliver our ambitious 4 year growth plans,understanding and commenting upon key variances.
  • Attending key regionalmeetings such as Regional Board meeting, workflow meetings and cost reviewmeetings.
  • Controlling, collating andproviding annual regional budgets
  • Owning site appraisals, foreach development for which you are responsible. This means keeping theappraisals updated, scrutinising and challenging inputs and searching for risksand opportunities to improve the profit margin and providing reports for keystages in the appraisals lifecycle.
  • Assisting with theproduction of statutory accounts
  • The working hours for thisrole are 9:00am-5:30pm Monday to Thursday and 9:00am-5:00pm on a Friday. Noweekends.It would be expected that yourtime would be split between the two regional offices to ensure you can supportboth regions equally.

    About you

    We are looking for anenthusiastic, experienced Management Accountant who will enjoy being a trustedpartner to two growing regions within the housebuilding sector. You will be afully qualified professional to CIMA, ACCA or ACA level with excellentknowledge of accounting systems.

    Your background willinclude the preparation of management accounts, forecasting, budgeting andcommunicating with people around the organisation. You will be confident inyour ability to produce meaningful reports with accompanying narrative, inaddition to presenting the information in board meetings.

    Our new Finance BusinessPartner will have excellent interpersonal skills, a logical and methodical wayof working with strong time management and planning skills.

    Confident IT skills and theability to write clear, concise and accurate reports are also essential skillsfor this opportunity.

    How you will be rewarded

  • Competitive salary
  • Company Car or CarAllowance options
  • Annual holiday entitlementof 25 days, plus Bank Holidays
  • Day off on your birthday
  • Personal Pension
  • Life Assurance
  • Eye care vouchers
  • Investment into yourpersonal development
  • Career progressionopportunities
  • Long service awards
  • £200 John Lewis vouchersfor all expectant parent
  • Colleague recommendationbonus scheme
  • Colleague well-beinginitiatives and Ambassadors
  • Socially conscious companywith our own charitable foundation who offer a fund-matching programme forColleagues
  • Join the Churchill family and be part of an ambitious and successful business who value and appreciate their people. Apply today!

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    About Churchill Retirement Living


    Churchill Retirement Living is an award-winning, privately owned and family run British company, voted Most Outstanding Retirement Housing Operator in the UK for eight years running.

    We have built over 160 retirement living developments across the country. Headquartered in Ringwood, Hampshire and with regional offices in Byfleet, St Albans, Bromsgrove and Warrington, and a satellite office in Exeter.

    We specialise exclusively in developing attractive, purpose-built one and two bedroom retirement apartments in the UK. Our retirement developments are designed to take away all the hassle and fears that can be experienced by older people and replace them with a new lifestyle that provides security, peace of mind and independence.

    Our success is built primarily upon the people who work for and with Churchill Retirement Living and in 2019 we are immensely proud to announce that we have been ranked as the 2nd Best Company to Work for in the UK in the Sunday Times Top 100 list - up two places from 2018 and our best ranking to date!

    In 2016, we also won the coveted Housebuilder of the Year from WhatHouse? This is the most highly respected accolade in the housebuilding industry and we are the first retirement specialist to win the award. 2019 also saw us scoop Gold for Best Medium Housebuilder - a testament to the hard work and dedication shown by our Colleagues at all levels.

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