Raven Housing Trust
Finance Analyst
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Full time, 36 hours
Hybrid working - expected office days Tuesday and Thursday, with flexibility to attend Face to Face meetings and training when required.
About Raven
Raven is here to make a difference, working as a team to build homes and change lives. We’re also ambitious: a sector-leader in carbon reduction, with commercial ventures and a focus on the future. But it’s not just what we do, it’s how we do it that sets us apart from other organisations and helps us create a great experience for our customers and one another.
Our culture statements form the principles for how we work and what we expect of one another whilst working together as One Raven.
- We Put Customers First in everything we do.
- We will Always Be Curious about how we can do better.
- We work together to Make It Happen.
Role Overview
Want to be part of our community? We’re currently recruiting for a Finance Analyst to join our Finance Business Partnering Team.
What you’ll achieve in the role
The overall purpose of this role is to work collaboratively as part of the Finance Business Partnering team to deliver a quality service for budget holders and the Leadership Team by providing relevant and insightful financial analysis.
Key responsibilities include:
- Producing management accounts in line with monthly timelines, providing analysis and commentary on allocated budgets
- Analysing financial data, working with Finance Business Partners to review current spend, forecasts and budget variances to ensure month end accounts are accurate and reliable.
- Assisting Finance Business Partners and relevant budget holders in the compilation of budgets and forecasts to cover all of Raven’s activities.
- Analysing transactions requiring recoding, investigating causes and resolving any issues
- Supporting non-finance colleagues on the application of basic accounting concepts and interpretation of financial data
- Timely reconciliation of allocated balance sheet accounts.
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What you’ll bring to Raven
For this role, we are looking for someone with the following:
- Minimum AAT / CCAB part-qualified
- Strong knowledge and experience with financial costing and analysis, with the ability to produce insightful information from the data
- Sound knowledge and understanding of the process and production of management accounts
- Ability to build and maintain good working relationships, with proven questioning and listening skills.
DBS clearance will be required for this role.
What Raven will offer in return
To create a great experience for our customers, we need to create a great experience for one another. What Raven offers goes beyond the ordinary, giving you the opportunity to join a community of people who share the same values and are passionate about making a difference.
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Our reward package includes:
- Competitive salaries
- Fantastic work/life balance with flexible working and generous leave entitlement
- Strong focus on learning and development, with opportunities to grow your skills and career
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay
- Funded health cash plan
- Extensive wellbeing support
- Voucher-based recognition scheme
- Retail discounts
Diversity and Inclusion
Raven are focused on creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage applications form all candidates, including minority ethnics, the LBGTQ+ community, people with disabilities and long-term health conditions, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
All data collected is anonymous and has zero bearing on your application. If there is anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.
As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we run a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants. If you meet the essential criteria listed in the job description for this position and would like to be considered under this scheme, please state this in your application.
Application Deadline
Closing Date: 28 July 2026
Please note: We encourage you to submit your application before this date as we may close this vacancy early if we receive a good number of suitable applications.
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