Finance Business Partner

The Role

Our fantastic Finance team are looking for an experienced Finance Business Partner responsible for partnering with our Operations function. You ll be responsible for supporting the financial performance of our operations business, providing quality analysis and challenge to optimise our returns.

What you ll be doing

• Drive a cost–conscious discipline through challenge to Heads of Operations and Regional General Managers, keeping an opportunity & risk register of expected future performance for both income & costs
• A key member of the Regional Leadership Team (RLT), challenging Regional General Managers on financial performance and supporting all members of the regional management team with financial strategy, analysis and insight to support accurate decision making
• Provide accurate & timely budget, forecast and cashflow inputs. Understand monthly performance for both income & cost to a regional & cluster level, identifying & understanding variances
• Build and maintain a relationship with Heads of Operationsand other key RLT stakeholders, inputting into strategic decisions
• Consolidate cashflow projections for all areas of NOI, liaising with finance stakeholders to provide Treasury Manager with regular cashflow commentary and forecasts
• Collaborate with Group Reporting and Management Accounting teams to deliver appropriate reporting of key activity including monthly accruals, prepayments and adjustments
• Become the key business partner on Build to Rent, understanding performance and key metrics
• Maintain a good working knowledge of other areas of the business, and activities of our competitors; keep up to date with trends and developments within own professional area

What we re looking for in you

• Qualified Accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Excellent communications skills
• Ability to travel within the region for RLT meetings or other regional requirements
• Evidence of working in a fast paced, high change environment and able to manage multiple demands effectively whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy, quality and attention to detail
• An ability to develop & influence effective working relationships with senior internal and external business stakeholders
• Ability to provide challenge & hold to account commercial teams in order to drive performance
• Excellent analytical skills
• The ability to understand, empathise with and deliver against customer needs
• Possesses and promotes a positive attitude, with the ability to adapt swiftly and a willingness to undertake challenging tasks
• Ability to manage own time effectively, prioritising tasks, multitasking and meeting deadlines
• Basic understanding of data protection legislation & experience of developing and maintaining a team environment where personal data is kept protected, confidential and secure.

What You ll Get in Return

• An annual bonus so you can share in the company s success
• 25 days paid holiday
• Pension – based on how much you save, we ll contribute 1% more
• Flexible working opportunities
• Shared Parental Leave – 18 weeks full pay
• Other benefits include, ShareSave, Bike to Work, Charity Match, amazing discounts and more!

About Unite Students

Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100 business and the UK s leading provider of purpose–built student accommodation. You can find us in 25 leading university towns and cities, with 74,000 students calling US home! We are driven by our values, culture, and a commitment to develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas.

Instinctive inclusion. We know that to create and maintain a happy healthy organisation, we have to work hard to ensure inclusion isn t just what we do but who we are.

People make Unite Students. Employees, students and neighbours all contribute to building environments where we can all thrive.

Room for Everyone

We re proud to be an employer that embraces individuality, and we re passionate about building inclusive teams. We focus on creating a collaborative culture where you can be you, where your voice is heard, and where you can truly belong. We take great pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and are constantly striving to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities and professional pathways for our people. Building a home for success, for both our employees and students, requires exceptional people with a passion for creating room for everyone, doing what s right, keeping US safe, and raising the bar. Join us as we build better experiences for students that live with us.

We are US.