Finance Business Partner – Property Services (Asset and Compliance)
Salary: £66,023 + excellent benefits
Location: Wooburn Green, High Wycombe
Hybrid working: Two days per week in the office and three days from home
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Are you looking to join a growing, values‑led organisation with a clear social purpose? At SettleParadigm, we’re proud to be the largest housing group in the region, managing over 30,000 homes across Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, and Hertfordshire. Everything we do is about delivering excellent services, high quality homes, neighbourhoods we can be proud of and maximising number of new affordable homes we build. Through our merger we’ve brought together shared values, skills and ambition, so we can build more affordable homes and make an even bigger difference in the communities we serve. If you’re ready to grow your career in a supportive, inclusive environment while helping to shape stronger communities, we’d love to welcome you on our journey. Together, we’re building a better future.
About The Role
As Finance Business Partner, you will act as the primary financial advisor to senior leaders across Asset Management and Compliance. You will provide clear insight, challenge and strategic guidance across long term investment planning, statutory compliance and stock sustainability. You will lead forecasting, financial modelling and scenario planning, ensuring leaders have a clear understanding of cost pressures, risks, affordability and value for money. You will also develop reporting frameworks that give visibility of performance, cost drivers and emerging risks.
This is a highly collaborative role where you will work closely with Property Services, Development, Finance and senior stakeholders to support decision making at Executive and Board level.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic asset and compliance insight
- Lead financial appraisal of asset investment and compliance programmes
- Provide visibility of cost per unit and highlight trade offs between investment, compliance and affordability
- Support scenario planning where pressures exceed budget
Financial planning and forecasting
- Lead forecasting across asset and compliance programmes
- Identify emerging risks and affordability gaps
- Define triggers for reforecasting and escalation
- Support leaders in understanding programme phasing and delivery risks
Performance, value for money and reporting
- Develop reporting frameworks that show performance, cost drivers and risks
- Provide insight for Board reporting on compliance, investment and affordability
Governance, controls and assurance
- Maintain strong financial governance over compliance spend and asset accounting
- Ensure alignment with fixed asset register and regulatory expectations
- Support audit processes with clear evidence and documentation
Integration, systems and continuous improvement
- Support system harmonisation across legacy organisations
- Improve data consistency and transparency
- Drive improvements in reporting and financial processes
Business partnering and stakeholder insight
- Act as the primary finance partner to Asset and Compliance leadership
- Translate complex data into clear insight
- Support decision making by explaining financial trade offs
- Provide constructive challenge to drive value for money
- Clear and consistent visibility of financial performance and risks
Must Haves
- Experience preparing and interpreting management accounts
- Experience working with complex budgets and forecasts
- Experience improving accuracy, reporting or financial controls
Essential Knowledge And Skills
- Strong Excel capability including advanced lookups, pivots and modelling
- Strong understanding of management accounting principles
- Ability to analyse financial and non financial data and identify trends
- Part qualified or finalist CCAB accountant
- Ability to present insight clearly to non finance stakeholders
- Strong attention to detail and a methodical approach
- Highly organised and proactive with the ability to manage competing priorities
- Strong communication and relationship building skills
Nice To Haves
- Experience in social housing, local government or regulated environments
- Experience using Sun Accounts or modern ERP systems
- Experience supporting senior budget holders or operational leaders
Benefits
- Annual salary: £66,023 per annum
- 25 days holiday, increasing with service, plus Christmas closure and buy options
- Generous pension scheme – up to 9.5% employer contribution via salary sacrifice
- Family-friendly leave: Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
- Health cash plan – claim up to £1,800 for everyday health costs (plus free kids’ cover)
- Life cover and income protection
- Flexible working – hybrid options, modern offices, free parking & EV charging
And that’s just the beginning! We’re also thrilled to provide:
- Mental Health First Aiders available to support
- Car leasing via salary sacrifice (for permanent colleagues subject to conditions)
- Funded training, qualifications & apprenticeships
- 3 paid volunteering days in the local communities
- Peer-recognition rewards platform
- Paid professional subscription (one per year)
Working Hours & Additional Pay
- 37 hours per week.
- 09:00 – 17:30 Monday – Thursday
- 09:00 – 17:00 – Friday
Our Commitment
We are committed to creating an inclusive workforce, by reflecting and representing the diversity of the communities we serve. We would like to encourage applications from disadvantaged socio‑economic backgrounds; people who identify as disabled, neurodiverse, members of the LGBTQ+ community and people from underrepresented groups.
Accessibility and Adjustments
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process and we’ll always endeavour to be as accommodating as possible. Please let us know in advance of any suitable arrangements required. Due to the nature of some of our roles involving work with vulnerable members of society, this post may be subject to a basic or enhanced Criminal Disclosure, which will be carried out when a conditional offer is made. Please ensure you fully answer the questions on the application form.
Closing Date: 07/06/2026. We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the closing date should we find a suitable candidate.
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