This role leads treasury and financial planning activity for a Social Housing organisation, ensuring funding arrangements, cashflow forecasting and long-term financial plans support the organisation's financial sustainability and strategic goals. Acting as a key finance partner, the role works closely with senior stakeholders, lenders and regulators, providing clear insight, assurance and robust reporting while continuously improving treasury processes and controls.
Key ResponsibilitiesTreasury & Financial Planning
• Oversee the organisation’s treasury activities, ensuring funding arrangements are optimised, cost-effective and compliant with policy
• Manage short- and medium-term investments and cash balances
• Lead the production and maintenance of long-term financial plans, including scenario modelling and sensitivity analysis
• Support the financial assessment of major projects and strategic initiatives
Stakeholder & Regulatory Engagement
• Act as a key finance contact for lenders, regulators and external stakeholders
• Ensure accurate and timely submission of regulatory and lender reporting, responding to queries as required
• Provide clear, insightful treasury and financial planning information to senior management, Board and Committees
Reporting, Systems & Governance
• Own treasury-related reporting including cashflow forecasts, covenant monitoring, security and compliance reporting
• Provide high-quality financial inputs into budgets, forecasts and management accounts
• Ensure treasury activity complies with financial regulations, internal controls and treasury policies
• Contribute to annual accounts, statutory returns and value-for-money reporting
• Maintain accurate records relating to assets, liabilities and funding arrangements
• Lead or support treasury-related change projects and process improvements
Collaboration & Ways of Working
• Work closely with finance colleagues and wider teams to support organisational objectives
• Act as a trusted finance partner, providing advice and insight to non-finance stakeholders
• Champion strong financial governance, professionalism and organisational values
Key Relationships
Internal:
• Executive team and senior leaders
• Board and Committee members
• Finance and wider corporate teams
External:
• Lenders and funders
• Regulators
• Auditors and professional advisers
Skills & CapabilitiesEssential
• Professionally qualified accountant (CCAB or equivalent)
• Strong financial and numerical capability with excellent attention to detail
• Confident communicator able to present complex financial information clearly
• Advanced Excel skills and experience using financial systems
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Knowledge & Experience
• Treasury management including cashflow forecasting, debt and investment management
• Long-term financial planning and scenario modelling
• Regulatory and lender reporting within a regulated environment
• Partnering effectively with senior stakeholders and external bodies
Desirable
• Experience within social housing or a similarly regulated sector
• Exposure to financial planning or modelling tools (e.g. BRIXX)
• Experience working with enterprise finance systems
