Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.
Job Introduction
What you’ll do
You will provide strategic and operational leadership to ensure the delivery of a consistent, reliable, customer focused MI and financial control for all NHG development activities and manage the financial implications of the development programme.
As a senior member of the Finance team, you will drive a customer centric ethos and continuous improvement culture within our Finance team, ensuring all finance services deliver the best outcomes for our residents
How you’ll do it
• Effective business partnering for portfolio reporting of all existing property assets
• Ensuring that there is robust financial process, modeling and reporting in place to support the development and regeneration programme and associated opportunities.
• Oversight of the progress of the development programme, including an understanding of the financial arrangements of the key schemes in the portfolio.
• Insightful and value adding services on planned investment on existing homes delivery of the asset strategy
• Appraise revenue-based projects on behalf of the Assets directorate including carrying out regular impairment reviews of all completed housing and Investment assets.
• Strategic capitalisation of development overheads and partnering with development colleagues on any under and over absorption of overheads Responsible for NHG's Asset • Register including grant amortization and depreciation accounting and all activities related to the audit and annual return
• Responsible for all regulatory returns relating to Assets and NHG's development programme
• Regularly review system controls and workflows to maintain integrity of activities
• Manage and mentor the Capital & Asset Reporting team fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional development.
The Ideal Candidate
We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation.
Pending confirmation of legislative changes, this role may require a qualification to demonstrate competence. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification.
In addition, you will need the following:
• Hold a CCAB recognised accounting qualification with supporting CPD.
• Be a confident and experienced role model and leader, ensuring you reflect the values of the organisation.
• Excellent communication skills (both written and oral) with the ability to engage effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders and collaborate with others.
• Capability for strategic thinking and ability to analyse complex data, review alternative solutions, and reach speedy, data driven conclusions.
• Significant experience in the recording of capital and repairs related accounting transactions for an organisation of significant complexity.
• Experience working on large, complex, asset driven development programmes
• Ability to provide expert technical accounting advice to different parts of the business.
• Highly skilled in developing and overseeing internal controls (including finance systems), financial policies, and compliance mechanisms, ensuring these evolve with organisational needs and external regulations
• Uphold ethical principles including integrity, objectivity, professional competence, confidentiality, and professional behaviour
What’s in it for you?
Once you join us, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You’ll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential.
Benefits include:
- Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
- Generous pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
- Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations.
- Health cash plan
- Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more.
- Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Life Assurance x 4 annual salary
All about us
Notting Hill Genesis is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 60,000 existing homes and 10,000 more in our pipeline and we employ around 1,500 staff.
For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit:
We welcome applications from everyone. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments. To find out more about our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion please visit: https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/diversity-is-our-strength/
Selection Process
Step 1: If you are interested, please send your application now! Closing date is 04/08/24
Step 2: Successful candidates will be invited to a screening interview
Step 3: Successful candidates will be invited to interview which may include a technical assessment
Please apply for this role online. If you are not able to apply online or if you have any reasonable adjustment requirements arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our hiring team via jobs@nhg.org.uk.
Should a redeployee apply for this role, their application will be considered before any others.
NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.
