The Finance Team at The Guinness Partnership plays a critical role in the success of the organisation, ensuring that Guinness has a strong financial base from which we can be a high performing organisation. We are recruiting for a Head of Finance for Guinness Property. In this role you will provide strong leadership for the Guinness Property Finance Team, driving a strong financial management culture. You will build effective relationships with stakeholders and provide a full range of finance support to the Guinness Property Senior Leadership Team and their budget holders. We are a customer-focussed organisation, so we know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. You will not only have a strong track record in a senior finance role within the construction sector, but you will also be someone who sets high professional standards and can support and motivate your team to deliver results.

• Good attention to detail with the ability to move between operational and strategic and to prioritise and manage a varied workload and projects to meet agreed deadlines.
• Experience of financial management within the construction sector with direct labour or an in-house maintenance operation and understanding of key metrics and benchmarks for financial and operational performance.
• Proven track record of achievement in a senior finance role, reporting and contributing to a Senior Leadership Team and managing a team in a large and complex organisation.
• Proven experience of developing and delivering effective budgetary and financial management and control frameworks.
• Experience of organisation of month end management accounting processes with tight timescales.
• Experience of enacting business change through delivering a business partnering service. Knowledge and experience in driving improvements in data and information quality.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills, highly proficient in excel and experience of using finance systems., CCAB or CIMA Qualified and Member