Finance Business Partner - Treasury & Financial Planning

Robertson Bell are partnering with Gateway Housing to recruit an outstanding candidate to be their Finance Business Partner - Treasury & Financial Planning. Gateway are a leading social housing provider dedicated to delivering quality, affordable homes for residents in East London.

As the Finance Business Partner – Treasury & Financial Planning, you will play a key role in managing the organisation’s treasury function, funding arrangements, and long-term financial planning. You will be responsible for optimising cash flow forecasting, ensuring compliance with regulatory and lender requirements, and maintaining the association’s assets & liabilities register. This role offers the opportunity to collaborate extensively with senior stakeholders, financial institutions and advisers to contribute to the financial sustainability and strategic planning of the organisation.

The organisation:

With a heritage spanning almost 100 years, Gateway continues to evolve to meet the changing needs of residents and the wider community. As an organisation, Gateway is deeply engaged with the people it serves, fostering strong relationships with residents to ensure services are tailored to community needs. They are committed to building sustainable homes, driving forward regeneration projects, and ensuring that housing remains accessible to those who need it most.

Their vision is to create a long-term, sustainable housing model that not only provides safe and secure homes but also empowers communities to thrive. Through innovation, investment, and collaboration, Gateway seeks to enhance the quality of life for residents and contribute to the long-term development of East London’s housing landscape.

Gateway is led by its PACE values – Passionate, Accountable, Connected, Excellence.  Do you embody them?

The key responsibilitiesof this role are as follows:

• Optimise and manage funding arrangements.
• Effectively manage short- and medium-term deposits.
• Prepare long-term financial plans using Brixx software.
• Provide financial expertise to assist in the delivery of strategically important projects.
• Effective liaison with lenders addressing all queries and reporting requirements.
• Prime contact for all aspects of cash flow forecasting and financial planning across Gateway.
• Manage reporting of covenants, security and other information requirement to lenders.
• Provide funding data and cash flow information for budgeting, forecasting and management accounts.
• Provide timely and accurate reports to Board, Committees and third parties.
• Compile financial reports accurately and on time for Regulator of Social Housing.
• Prepare allocated sections of management accounts, annual report and financial accounts.
• Prepare statistical returns and metrics on value for money benchmarking and associated KPI reporting .
• Co-ordinate the maintenance and regular updating of the association’s assets & liabilities register.
• Manage delivery of strategic treasury projects.

The successful candidate will have:

• Achieved their full accountancy qualification.
• Strong treasury management (especially cashflow forecasting) and financial planning experience.
• Previous experience in social housing or a similar regulated sector that is customer oriented.
• Experience in stakeholder management, including regulators and funders.
• Ideally, experience using BRIXX, although this is not essential.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

If you think this role sounds like it could be of interest, please do not delay in applying! The closing date for applications is on Sunday 9th March, but CVs will be under continuous review in advance of then so apply today to make sure you don’t miss out.