Job Description

Are you an experienced Finance Business Partner looking for an exciting new opportunity?

Have you got a track record in providing financial and commercial expertise successfully for property investment and divestment activity?

Sovereign is a leading Housing Association, committed to providing quality, affordable homes and services within sustainable, successful communities. We\'re led by our values and driven by a strong social purpose, placing our customers at the heart of everything we do.

We have a fantastic new opportunity to join our Investment Finance team as Finance Business Partner. With offices in Basingstoke, Bristol and Christchurch, we can be flexible on your base location. You\'ll share your time between the office and home, as well as some travel being required between our offices.

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Finance (Strategic Asset Management), the focus of this role is to deliver commercial finance decision support and performance management for Regeneration. You will provide timely, accurate and comprehensive internal financial information, commercial financial advice, scheme appraisals and financial analysis to managers and senior executive team in relation to regeneration activity.

Responsibilities include:

• Leading on providing financial and commercial advice, support and modelling for regeneration projects focusing on deal structure, tax implications, key risks and mitigations, and return measures such as residual land value, profit margins, peak debt, ROCE, IRR and NPV
• Own and manage the Excel regeneration model ensure it robustly appraises regeneration projects aligned to group metrics
• Running sensitivity and scenario analysis on projects and assess the viability of potential projects, understand risks and optimise performance as well as the suitability and viability of development partners
• Driving financial performance and managing risk by business partnering with the regeneration team and delivering insightful forward looking MI
• Partnering with any external parties to review and challenge financial performance of any Regeneration JV and partnerships
• Leading scrutiny of financial information from regeneration projects, making sure Directors fully understand project performance and are well placed to make informed decisions and support any relevant due diligence activity
• Working with the wider Finance function to deliver Group Business Planning, Budgeting, cashflow forecasting and wider reporting requirements in relation to regeneration projects to ensure management accounts, statutory accounts and programme reporting are timely, accurate and comply with relevant accounting standards

What we\'re looking for

You\'ll have proven experience in a similar role with a strong track record of providing financial and commercial expertise successfully for property investment and divestment activity. You\'ll have a deep background in regeneration, real estate or property development, either on the client side or as a consultant. You\'ll have:

• Significant investment appraisal expertise gained within the property / real estate sector
• Experience leading financial support for large-scale capital projects (developments, asset management and/or regeneration) and divestment programmes
• Excellent track record for business partnering, performance reporting, financial planning and stakeholder management
• The ability to build effective working relationships both internally and externally with strong networking skill
• Strong financial modelling skills
• Previous experience working in the Real Estate Sector or Social Housing Sector
• Knowledge of PowerBI and real estate appraisal software such as Proval, Sequel & Landval is desirable
• Ideally, you\'ll be a Qualified or Part Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

What you\'ll receive from us

We have some fantastic benefits on offer at Sovereign, including:

• \xc2\xa3450 flex-pot annually, discounted shopping & cycling scheme
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
• Company pension scheme matched up to 12%, life cover at 4x your salary
• Flexible working - we\'re committed to giving people flexibility as widely as possible
• Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance & critical illness cover

We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at Sovereign. Take a look at our careers site to learn more about us and our values.

This is a great opportunity to join the team as we progress through an exciting period of change. What we do makes a real difference to people\'s lives and by joining us you can share the satisfaction of doing something that really matters

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