Stonewater
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Senior Finance Business Partner Location: Remote Salary : £70,000 per annum Vacancy Type: Full-time Expiry date: 27 October, 2026 Are you a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys getting behind the numbers, influencing decisions and making a real impact? We're looking for an experienced Senior Finance Business Partner to join our Finance team, providing high-quality financial insight, challenge and support to senior stakeholders across our Operations directorate. This is a fantastic opportunity for a qualified accountant who thrives in a collaborative environment and wants to play a key role in shaping financial decision-making. You'll combine strong technical expertise with commercial thinking, helping colleagues understand performance, identify opportunities and use resources effectively. The role As our Senior Finance Business Partner , you'll take ownership of management reporting for the Operations directorate, covering management accounts, budgets, quarterly forecasting, KPIs and variance analysis. You'll be working with budget holders at all levels of the business, including our Chief Operating Officer. Your insight will help senior leaders understand financial performance and make informed strategic and operational decisions. Using your experience in business partnering, you'll build strong relationships across the organisation, acting as a trusted finance partner who can provide constructive challenge, commercial advice and practical solutions. You'll support effective decision-making, identify Value for Money opportunities and savings. You'll lead and develop a team of three colleagues, including an Apprentice, creating an environment where people can perform at their best and continue to grow. You'll work collaboratively with other Finance team members and look for ways to continuously improve our finance processes and systems. From time to time, you'll also deputise for the Head of Business Partnering. Approval of reconciliation work and contact with our external auditors throughout the year, will form part of this role. What we're looking for You'll be a qualified accountant with strong experience across management accounting, month and year-end reporting, budgeting, forecasting and finance business partnering. Alongside your technical expertise, you'll bring: A strong customer-focused approach to Finance Business Partnering Confident communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence decision-making Excellent analytical skills and the ability to turn complex financial information into clear, meaningful insight Proven leadership and people management skills Experience of working successfully within a changing environment A proactive, solutions-focused mindset The ability to identify, lead and deliver improvements to financial systems and processes Strong commercial acumen and a genuine commitment to delivering value for money Why this role? This is an opportunity to join a collaborative Finance team in a role where your expertise will have genuine influence. You'll work closely with senior stakeholders, have the opportunity to challenge and shape financial thinking, develop your team and help drive continuous improvement across the organisation. If you're looking for a senior Finance Business Partnering role where you can look beyond the numbers, build trusted relationships and help turn financial insight into better business decisions, we'd love to hear from you. Appointment to this role will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (if applicable), satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work document. To Apply If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Stonewater, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.
Senior Finance Business Partner Location: Remote Salary : £70,000 per annum Vacancy Type: Full-time Expiry date: 27 October, 2026 Are you a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys getting behind the numbers, influencing decisions and making a real impact? We're looking for an experienced Senior Finance Business Partner to join our Finance team, providing high-quality financial insight, challenge and support to senior stakeholders across our Operations directorate. This is a fantastic opportunity for a qualified accountant who thrives in a collaborative environment and wants to play a key role in shaping financial decision-making. You'll combine strong technical expertise with commercial thinking, helping colleagues understand performance, identify opportunities and use resources effectively. The role As our Senior Finance Business Partner , you'll take ownership of management reporting for the Operations directorate, covering management accounts, budgets, quarterly forecasting, KPIs and variance analysis. You'll be working with budget holders at all levels of the business, including our Chief Operating Officer. Your insight will help senior leaders understand financial performance and make informed strategic and operational decisions. Using your experience in business partnering, you'll build strong relationships across the organisation, acting as a trusted finance partner who can provide constructive challenge, commercial advice and practical solutions. You'll support effective decision-making, identify Value for Money opportunities and savings. You'll lead and develop a team of three colleagues, including an Apprentice, creating an environment where people can perform at their best and continue to grow. You'll work collaboratively with other Finance team members and look for ways to continuously improve our finance processes and systems. From time to time, you'll also deputise for the Head of Business Partnering. Approval of reconciliation work and contact with our external auditors throughout the year, will form part of this role. What we're looking for You'll be a qualified accountant with strong experience across management accounting, month and year-end reporting, budgeting, forecasting and finance business partnering. Alongside your technical expertise, you'll bring: A strong customer-focused approach to Finance Business Partnering Confident communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence decision-making Excellent analytical skills and the ability to turn complex financial information into clear, meaningful insight Proven leadership and people management skills Experience of working successfully within a changing environment A proactive, solutions-focused mindset The ability to identify, lead and deliver improvements to financial systems and processes Strong commercial acumen and a genuine commitment to delivering value for money Why this role? This is an opportunity to join a collaborative Finance team in a role where your expertise will have genuine influence. You'll work closely with senior stakeholders, have the opportunity to challenge and shape financial thinking, develop your team and help drive continuous improvement across the organisation. If you're looking for a senior Finance Business Partnering role where you can look beyond the numbers, build trusted relationships and help turn financial insight into better business decisions, we'd love to hear from you. Appointment to this role will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (if applicable), satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work document. To Apply If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Stonewater, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.
Stonewater
Worcester, Worcestershire
Housing Officer (Worcester, Tenbury Wells, Pershore, Welland & Malvern) Location: Remote, West Midlands Salary: £36,000 per annum It matters. So we're bringing it closer to home. Our customers have told us they want us to better understand their needs at a local level, and to be more visible in the communities we serve. We've listened. That's why we're creating new roles, strengthening our local presence, and looking for people who want to be part of what comes next. This is a varied, hands-on role where no two days are the same. You'll be a visible and trusted presence in your communities - supporting customers, managing tenancies proactively, and working closely with partners to help people sustain their homes and live well. What you'll be doing You'll take ownership of a defined patch, acting as the key point of contact for residents and ensuring services are responsive, compliant, and customer-focused. Your responsibilities will include: Managing the full tenancy lifecycle, from sign-up through to end of tenancy Handling tenancy changes, mutual exchanges, and investigations into tenancy breaches or fraud Supporting lettings and voids activity to minimise rent loss and turnaround times Carrying out estate inspections and addressing neighbourhood and environmental issues Managing low-level anti-social behaviour, neighbour disputes, and supporting more complex cases Identifying and responding to vulnerability, safeguarding, hoarding, and non-access cases Completing person-centred fire risk assessments and monitoring health and safety issues Investigating complaints and learning from outcomes to improve services Working in partnership with local authorities and external agencies to support customers effectively Throughout everything you do, you'll champion Stonewater's Customer Promise - delivering services that are respectful, personalised, and trauma-informed. What we're looking for You'll bring experience of housing management or a similar customer-facing role, along with the confidence to manage complex and sensitive situations professionally. You'll also have: Experience of tenancy, estate management, lettings or neighbourhood services within social housing Knowledge of housing legislation, including safeguarding, ASB and welfare reform Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to work calmly under pressure A customer-focused mindset, with a commitment to equality, inclusion and trauma-informed practice Confidence using digital systems and data to manage cases and improve performance The ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and make sound day-to-day decisions You'll also be comfortable working flexibly, including participating in an out-of-hours rota where required. Why join us? At Stonewater, our customer promise is " We are proud to make things personal; if it matters to our customers, it matters to us." This role is at the heart of how we build trust with our customers. If you're someone who takes pride in getting things right, supporting others, and making a difference through everyday interactions, we'd love to hear from you. Appointment to this role will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (if applicable), satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work document. This role may require specific qualifications, skills, knowledge, and behaviours to meet the Competence and Conduct Standard for Social Housing. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification. Discover Stonewater: Stonewater is one of the UK's largest social housing providers, driven by our purpose that everyone has a place to call home. With around 40,000 homes, we proudly serve more than 93,000 customers, providing safe, affordable homes and the services and support that help people and communities thrive. Our mission is to make a difference to our customers and communities through quality homes and great services that reflect our social ethos. Guided by our vision to be the most trusted, inspiring and sustainable provider of affordable homes, we offer homes for rent, shared ownership and purchase, alongside specialist housing and support services, including retirement living, supported housing, domestic abuse refuges, LGBTQ+ safe spaces and young people's foyers. Everything we do is centred on our customers. We build trusted relationships, create lasting social value and invest in homes, services and communities that enable people to live independently, realise their potential and thrive. Through innovation, collaboration and a long-term commitment to sustainability, we are helping shape stronger communities for the future. We are a Disability Confident Employer and working towards accreditation for becoming a Disability Confident Leader, which allows us to record and report on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace to better support our colleagues. We have also achieved accreditation for being an Advanced Employer for Investing in Ethnicity Maturity Matrix. Stonewater reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date. To Apply If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Stonewater, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.
Housing Officer (Worcester, Tenbury Wells, Pershore, Welland & Malvern) Location: Remote, West Midlands Salary: £36,000 per annum It matters. So we're bringing it closer to home. Our customers have told us they want us to better understand their needs at a local level, and to be more visible in the communities we serve. We've listened. That's why we're creating new roles, strengthening our local presence, and looking for people who want to be part of what comes next. This is a varied, hands-on role where no two days are the same. You'll be a visible and trusted presence in your communities - supporting customers, managing tenancies proactively, and working closely with partners to help people sustain their homes and live well. What you'll be doing You'll take ownership of a defined patch, acting as the key point of contact for residents and ensuring services are responsive, compliant, and customer-focused. Your responsibilities will include: Managing the full tenancy lifecycle, from sign-up through to end of tenancy Handling tenancy changes, mutual exchanges, and investigations into tenancy breaches or fraud Supporting lettings and voids activity to minimise rent loss and turnaround times Carrying out estate inspections and addressing neighbourhood and environmental issues Managing low-level anti-social behaviour, neighbour disputes, and supporting more complex cases Identifying and responding to vulnerability, safeguarding, hoarding, and non-access cases Completing person-centred fire risk assessments and monitoring health and safety issues Investigating complaints and learning from outcomes to improve services Working in partnership with local authorities and external agencies to support customers effectively Throughout everything you do, you'll champion Stonewater's Customer Promise - delivering services that are respectful, personalised, and trauma-informed. What we're looking for You'll bring experience of housing management or a similar customer-facing role, along with the confidence to manage complex and sensitive situations professionally. You'll also have: Experience of tenancy, estate management, lettings or neighbourhood services within social housing Knowledge of housing legislation, including safeguarding, ASB and welfare reform Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to work calmly under pressure A customer-focused mindset, with a commitment to equality, inclusion and trauma-informed practice Confidence using digital systems and data to manage cases and improve performance The ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and make sound day-to-day decisions You'll also be comfortable working flexibly, including participating in an out-of-hours rota where required. Why join us? At Stonewater, our customer promise is " We are proud to make things personal; if it matters to our customers, it matters to us." This role is at the heart of how we build trust with our customers. If you're someone who takes pride in getting things right, supporting others, and making a difference through everyday interactions, we'd love to hear from you. Appointment to this role will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (if applicable), satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work document. This role may require specific qualifications, skills, knowledge, and behaviours to meet the Competence and Conduct Standard for Social Housing. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification. Discover Stonewater: Stonewater is one of the UK's largest social housing providers, driven by our purpose that everyone has a place to call home. With around 40,000 homes, we proudly serve more than 93,000 customers, providing safe, affordable homes and the services and support that help people and communities thrive. Our mission is to make a difference to our customers and communities through quality homes and great services that reflect our social ethos. Guided by our vision to be the most trusted, inspiring and sustainable provider of affordable homes, we offer homes for rent, shared ownership and purchase, alongside specialist housing and support services, including retirement living, supported housing, domestic abuse refuges, LGBTQ+ safe spaces and young people's foyers. Everything we do is centred on our customers. We build trusted relationships, create lasting social value and invest in homes, services and communities that enable people to live independently, realise their potential and thrive. Through innovation, collaboration and a long-term commitment to sustainability, we are helping shape stronger communities for the future. We are a Disability Confident Employer and working towards accreditation for becoming a Disability Confident Leader, which allows us to record and report on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace to better support our colleagues. We have also achieved accreditation for being an Advanced Employer for Investing in Ethnicity Maturity Matrix. Stonewater reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date. To Apply If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Stonewater, please click apply to be redirected to our website to complete your application.
