Stonewater is committed to growth through the Development programme and strategic initiatives. We're now seeking a Development Finance & Planning Manager to join our Business Planning team and analyse and support the financial performance of the Development programme, for business plan impact and scheme level performance.
This role will provide support and challenge to the Development directorate/programme with the assessment of Development scheme appraisals and completion of post-development scheme reviews. Additionally, you will ensure development schemes, and the whole development programme, achieves Stonewater's value for money ideals and meet appraisal requirements. You will ensure a high quality Finance business partnering service is delivered to internal customers, which includes providing financial information for the Development directorate, financial advice and support in commercial decision making and the growth of the business, in order to initiate and develop solutions to satisfy changing needs of customers. You will identify risks (such as contractor risk and exposure) and opportunities within the Development programme and create programme modelling to support decision making.
You will also take responsibility for the reconciliation of cashflows between Microsoft Dynamics Finance & Operations and Pamwin and the production of Stonewater's Development cashflow to provide analysis of individual development schemes, and the overall programme. You will prepare timely, accurate and relevant monthly management accounts, annual budget and quarterly forecasts for the Development directorate and ensure timely submission of results to the Development Leadership and Management teams.
The ideal candidate will:
- Be a strong, collaborative team player.
- Be a part qualified finalist with relevant finance experience.
- Have good knowledge and experience of development appraisals, development finance, business partnering, and business planning, ideally with working knowledge of Pamwin and Brixx.
- Have excellent Microsoft Excel and system skills.
- Have good written and verbal communication skills (presentation and report writing).
- Have confident business partnering skills.
- Have a good understanding of finance in the Social Housing sector.
- Have a logical, analytical business mind.
Appointment to this role will be subject to satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work document.
Discover Stonewater:
Stonewater is a leading housing provider. We manage around 39,000 homes, serving 82,000 customers across our portfolio of affordable properties for general rent, shared ownership and sale, alongside specialist accommodation, with an ambitious house-building programme.
Our mission is to provide quality homes and services for people whose needs are not met by the open market.
We're looking for like-minded people to join our team of over 800 talented colleagues who embody our values of being ethical, ambitious, passionate, agile and commercial, as well as people who want to make a difference and transform people's lives.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and working towards accreditation for becoming a Disability Confident Leader, which allows us to record and report on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace to better support our colleagues. We have also achieved accreditation for being an Advanced Employer for Investing in Ethnicity Maturity Matrix. We are committed to being a Menopause Friendly employer and working towards accreditation our Menopause Friendly accreditation.
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Stonewater reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date.