Finance Business Partner

Location:
Central Liverpool (on site with flexibility where required)

Sowena Grou
p are proud to be exclusively partnered with a high-growth, privately owned property group based in Liverpool to appoint a Finance Business Partner into their growing finance function.

The business operates across multiple areas of the property sector, including development, construction, investment and lettings & block management, and has ambitious plans for continued growth. This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant looking to step into a commercially focused role with genuine ownership and exposure across both finance and operations.

Working closely with the Financial Controller and wider operational teams, you'll take responsibility for the financial management of the Block Management portfolio, with a particular focus on service charge accounting, monthly reporting, budgeting and forecasting. You'll also play a key role in improving the quality of financial information across the portfolio and working through historic balance sheet reconciliations.

• Take ownership of the annual service charge accounts across a portfolio of properties and sites.
• Lead the budget versus actual reconciliation process, ensuring service charge expenditure is accurate, transparent and appropriately allocated.
• Work closely with property managers and operational teams to gather, validate and analyse service charge information.
• Ensure service charge accounting is compliant with relevant lease agreements, regulatory guidelines and statutory requirements.
• Manage the year-end service charge audit and verification process, liaising with external auditors and internal stakeholders.
• Prepare clear and accurate service charge statements and respond to queries relating to allocations and expenditure.
• Take ownership of resolving historic and legacy balance sheet reconciliations across the portfolio.
• Produce monthly financial reporting and analysis, highlighting key variances, trends and areas requiring attention.
• Support the budgeting and forecasting cycle, including rolling forecasts and scenario analysis.
• Develop and maintain cost centre reporting packs tailored to individual sites and business areas.
• Partner with property, facilities and operational teams to provide financial insight and support commercial decision-making.
• Provide financial guidance around service charge implications for new contracts, refurbishments and lease changes.
• Analyse expenditure across sites and identify opportunities to improve the use and management of leaseholder funds.
• Contribute to wider finance projects, providing financial modelling, analysis and impact assessments.
• Support the development of KPIs and performance reporting across service charge and operational spend.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, data quality and financial controls.
• Present financial findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders in a clear and commercially focused manner.

• ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent qualified accountant.
• Previous experience within FP&A, management accounting or finance business partnering.
• Strong commercial and analytical mindset with the ability to translate financial data into meaningful insight.
• Advanced Excel skills, with experience using Power BI or similar reporting tools advantageous.
• Strong attention to detail and a genuine focus on data accuracy and integrity.
• Confident communicator with the ability to build strong relationships across finance and operational teams.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, growing environment with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

A proactive approach to identifying improvements and taking ownership of projects through to completion.

• Salary of £50,000-£60,000.
• Opportunity to join a high-growth property group.
• Broad commercial exposure across property, operations and finance.
• Genuine autonomy and ownership within therole.
• Opportunity to influence and improve the financial management of a growing Block Management portfolio.
• Collaborative and entrepreneurial working environment.
• Clear opportunities for long-term progression as the business continues to grow.