Chief Financial Officer - Social Housing

TN United Kingdom; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Chief Financial Officer to join their Executive Team. This pivotal role involves leading financial operations, ensuring customer-driven decisions, and maintaining robust financial controls. The ideal candidate will bring executive experience in finance, a strategic mindset, and a passion for achieving high performance. With a competitive salary package and excellent benefits, this hybrid role offers the chance to make a significant impact in a high-performing organization dedicated to its customers. If you're ready to lead and inspire, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Competitive salary package

Excellent benefits

Hybrid working model

Opportunity for career growth

Qualifications

• Executive experience with exposure to Executive Team.
• Ability to lead and inspire a diverse workforce.

Responsibilities

• Leading the organisation's financial operations and planning.
• Managing finance function to ensure robust financial controls.

Skills

Financial stewardship

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Performance driven

Risk Management

Financial planning

Financial accounting

Education

Qualified accountant (CCAB or equivalent)

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10.05.2025

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24.06.2025

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Job Description:

• Platform Housing Group (PHG) is looking for a Chief Financial Officer
• PHG is one of the largest housing associations in the Midlands with 50,000 homes

About Our Client

Platform Housing Group is the largest housing association in the Midlands owning and managing over 50,000 homes across the Midlands from Herefordshire in the West to the Lincolnshire coast in the East, and from the Derbyshire Dales in the North to the Cotswolds and Oxfordshire in the South.Their portfolio includes homes for social and affordable rent as well as shared ownership homes. They also offer supported housing schemes and retirement living accommodation right across their regions.Platform have a G1/V1 rating from the Regulator of Social Housing, a Standard and Poor's A+ (stable) rating and A+ (negative) Fitch Rating.They are really proud of all that!Platform Housing Group (PHG) are looking for a Chief Financial Officer to join their Executive Team. This role will be the key strategic lead for the organisation on all matters relating to Finance, Procurement, Risk and Compliance.

Job Description

Key responsibilities

• Financial stewardship - leading the organisation's financial operations, including financial planning, financial business partnering, financial accounting, procurement, Treasury Management and investor relations.
• Customer driven decisions - the new CFO will have a deep affinity with the Platform Purpose to ensure that all colleagues deliver a customer-first housing experience for a better future.
• Robust assurance - Managing the finance function to deliver robust financial controls, improving performance, and mitigating risks. Maintaining a Risk Management and legal compliance framework across the organisation.

The Successful Applicant

What you will need

• Leadership - Executive experience or held a senior management position with regular exposure to the Executive Team. Leading a finance and treasury team with the ability to lead and inspire a diverse workforce.
• Strategic thinker - the ability to lead financial planning in a complex organisation, working with teams across the organisation.
• Performance driven - demonstrate a cross-organisational solution focused approach to achieving high-performance and achieving better outcomes for Platform's customers.
• Qualified accountant - CCAB or equivalent qualified accountant with a proven track record of achievement

The ideal candidate will have worked in social housing or other relevant industries.Platform is a high performing developing organisation, people are their focus both customers and colleagues. Their customers are front and centre of everything they do, the decisions they make and the services they offer.

What's on Offer

Competitive salary package and excellent benefits, hybrid role in the office 1 day a week.Closing date for the role 27th May 2025.