Head of Finance Business Partner Repairs

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Competitive London, SE1 Our Vacancy We re looking for an accomplished Head of Finance Business Partnering Repairs to provide senior financial leadership across our Repairs service. In this pivotal role, you ll shape financial strategy, influence key operational decisions and ensure highquality financial insight underpins everything we do. In this role, you will drive excellence in financial management, delivering accurate and insightful reporting, forward-looking analysis, and strategic guidance to operational leaders. Your work will be pivotal in enabling the delivery of efficient, safe, and customer-focused repairs services, influencing key decisions and shaping the financial strategy of the organisation. What You ll Lead Lead a high-performing team providing accurate, timely and insightful monthly management information. Ensure Repairs financial reporting is fit for purpose and highlights risks, opportunities, trends and operational drivers, including productivity metrics. Deliver high-quality Board, Committee and Executive reports; act as Finance Lead on relevant project teams. Drive excellence in financial planning leading budgets, reforecasting and long-term planning. Challenge and support budget holders using deep operational understanding of Repairs, with a focus on improving cost efficiency and productivity. Ensure compliance with accounting standards, controls and audit requirements. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to ensure a joined-up approach to performance and productivity improvement. Champion continuous improvement of finance systems, enabling better tracking and reporting of operational productivity. Drive value-for-money opportunities across Repairs, with a strong emphasis on enhancing productivity across services. Keep up to date with regulations and sector trends. Deliver audits, and VFM benchmarking as requested, incorporating productivity comparisons where appropriate. Provide financial leadership and oversight for the two DLO entities, including full financial accounts, reporting cycles, audit readiness and productivity performance. Support DLO Boards reporting with clear analysis of financial performance, productivity levels, risks and opportunities. Develop and implement productivity measures and KPIs for DLOs, ensuring work is delivered as efficiently and effectively as possible. About you Qualified CCAB Accountant with post qualification experience gained across different sectors, to include the core operations of a residential landlord. Able to provide high quality advice to the Finance Director and the wider business on matters of financial accounting and regulatory reporting. Successful experience of strategy development, business planning and partnering. Excellent attention to detail and able to balance competing workloads to meet agreed deadlines with a range of stakeholders. Ability to be challenging, pragmatic, robust and resilient in business partnering. Why Join Us? At Peabody, our values guide everything we do Be Kind, Do the Right Thing, Love New Ideas, Celebrate Diversity, Keep Our Promises, and Pull Together. You ll be joining a mission-driven organisation committed to continually improving resident trust, satisfaction and outcomes. What We Offer 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays Two paid volunteering days each year Flexible benefits scheme, including family-friendly options and access to a discount portal 4x salary life assurance Up to 10% pension contribution Please Read Before Applying Peabody does not provide sponsorship as a licensed UK employer. Closing date: 30 April 2026 Interview Dates: Interviews will take place week commencing the 4th May via Teams and a second stage, if successful on week commencing 18th May. This advert is due to close on the 30th April 2026. However, we may close this advert early depending on application volume and quality. Please apply by submitting an anonymised CV and a short statement explaining your suitability for the role. At present, we are only considering direct applications and are not partnering with recruitment agencies.
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London
Job Type:
FullTime

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