Finance Associate

Thriving Investments is a socially conscious fund manager focused on the living sector. We invest across a range of housing tenures that deliver market returns to investors alongside meaningful social impact. We currently manage over 5,300 homes representing £1.1bn of assets under management, with ambitious plans to grow to £5bn+ through the launch of new funds and the expansion of existing portfolios.  

Thriving Investments is supported by a Board of experienced non ‑ executive directors and by corporate functions including IT, Finance, HR and Facilities through our parent organisation, Places for People. 

More about your role

As a Finance Associate, you'll join a growing and ambitious investment business focused on delivering both strong financial performance and positive social impact through affordable housing. You'll play a key role in supporting the continued growth of ReSI LP and ReSI Homes, working closely with senior leaders including the Fund Finance Director, Financial Controller and Fund Manager.

In this varied role, you'll support corporate finance activities including financial modelling, debt financing, liquidity planning and capital raising initiatives. You'll help deliver robust budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting processes, providing analysis and insights that support investment and strategic decision-making.

You'll also contribute to investor reporting and stakeholder management, supporting quarterly reporting, capital calls, distributions and responding to investor information requests. A significant part of your role will focus on supporting the financial management of ReSI Homes, including business planning, long-term forecasting, board reporting, regulatory returns and lender reporting. Alongside this, you'll support audit, tax and compliance activities, ensuring strong governance, debt covenant compliance and audit readiness across the portfolio.

• ACA (or equivalent professional accounting qualification) with up to 2 years post-qualification experience.
• Strong technical accounting and financial reporting experience gained within a leading accountancy practice or relevant industry environment in real estate.
• Advanced Excel skills, including experience developing, maintaining or reviewing financial models.
• Experience preparing financial analysis, forecasting, budgeting or management reporting for senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrable experience working with complex financial data and producing clear, accurate reports that support business decision-making.

More about you

You'll be a qualified finance professional who enjoys working in a fast-paced and commercially focused environment. With strong technical accounting knowledge and excellent analytical skills, you're comfortable interpreting complex financial information and turning it into meaningful insights that support business performance and strategic decisions.

You'll have a genuine interest in corporate finance, investment management and real estate, alongside the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines. You're confident working with a wide range of stakeholders, from investors and lenders to board members and senior management teams. Most importantly, you'll bring a proactive approach, strong attention to detail and a desire to make a meaningful contribution to a growing organisation with a social purpose.

What you'll get

We know rewarding work deserves rewarding benefits. That's why, alongside a competitive salary, you'll have access to a package designed to support you at work and beyond.

You'll receive:

• Pension with matched contributions up to 7%
• Bonus scheme
• 35 days holiday (including bank holidays) with the option to buy or sell days
• Healthcare cashback plan for everyday medical costs, with private GP and health support services available
• Comprehensive wellbeing support including counselling, flu jabs, our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and access to our Wellbeing Hub, supporting your mental, physical and financial wellbeing
• Access to Our Place Rewards, offering discounts and savings on groceries, travel, shopping, home products and other lifestyle purchases
• Ongoing training, professional qualifications, internal development programmes and career progression opportunities
• Recognition programmes including Star Awards and Colleague Awards, celebrating achievements and recognising great work
• Strong focus on inclusion, wellbeing and colleague engagement
• Free membership to Places Gyms
• Life Assurance to provide financial security for your loved ones, alongside access to will writing services to help you plan for the future with confidence

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then apply following our simple 5 minute application process, upload a CV and a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the requirements of the role. If you have any questions please email the recruitment team [email protected]

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided you meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application. 

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team on [email protected] .

Please note that we may bring the closing date forward, if we receive a large number of quality applications. If you are interested in this role we would advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment.

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W e understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.

If you are a recruitment agency please note we operate a PSL and do not take cold calls

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We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities