Finance Director - National Housing Bank

The National Housing Bank (NHB), a wholly owned subsidiary of Homes England, sits at the heart of the Government's ambition to accelerate housing delivery, regeneration and local growth, combining public purpose with market facing investment capability at scale.

We are now looking for a Finance Director to join the Homes England Finance Team and the NHB Executive Leadership Team, acting as a core member and providing authoritative executive leadership across finance, commercial strategy and financial governance. We are looking for someone that can bring their proven capability in strategic, business and financial planning. They will be leading a dedicated NHB business partnering finance team, they will act as the principal financial adviser to the NHB Chief Executive and Board, with responsibility for safeguarding public funds, enabling commercial delivery and ensuring the long-term financial sustainability of the Bank.

About the role

As Finance Director you will directly support the NHB Chief Executive's responsibilities as Accounting Officer. You will play a critical role in ensuring that NHB maintains robust systems of financial control, assurance, risk management and value for money assessment.

You will also, where agreed, deputise for the NHB Chief Executive in internal and external forums, committees and stakeholder settings, exercising judgement and authority consistent with Executive Director status.

In order to be successful in the role you will need to be a highly credible, market facing Finance Director and will need to develop a strong command of Government public finance frameworks, including Managing Public Money, parliamentary accountability and Government budgeting and accounting rules. The role sits within the Homes England CFO Directorate but will operate as part of the NHB Exec leadership, therefore we are looking for someone who is comfortable with matrix/group structure working practices.

Key accountabilities and responsibilities:

• Executive financial leadership.
• Commercial, balance sheet and capital leadership.
• Planning, performance and reporting.
• Accounting officer support, governance and assurance.
• Leadership, team and deputization responsibilities.

About you

To be successful in this role you will be a highly credible Finance Director who can engage confidently with investors, lenders, counter parties and delivery partners and be confident providing challenge to the Executive Leadership Team, CEO and Board.

Key skills and knowledge:

• Fully qualified CCAB accountant (or equivalent qualification/experience) with significant experience operating at Executive Committee or Board level.
• Strong track record as a commercial, market facing Finance Director or equivalent, with experience of complex transactions, investment structures and balance sheet management in the Real Estate Sector.
• Demonstrable leadership high functioning teams, with the ability to get the best from limited but high impact resources.
• Ability to operate confidently in a public sector environment, with the intellectual capability and curiosity to master Government public finance rules, accountability frameworks and parliamentary processes.
• Deep understanding of corporate finance, development or investment finance, asset-liability management and financial risk management.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, exercise independent judgement and provide constructive challenge at pace.
• Clear, credible communicator able to translate complex financial issues into practical advice and decisions at Board, Ministerial and senior stakeholder level.
• Proven ability to deliver process and technology transformation

Who are we?

Homes England:
The Housing and Regeneration Agency

We believe that affordable, quality homes in well-designed places are key to improving people's lives. As the government's housing and regeneration agency, we create thriving new places and transform urban areas, combining the full breadth of our powers, expertise, land, capital and influence to bring investment to communities and get more homes built.

How? We form long-term partnerships that bridge the gap between the public and private sector to meet local needs and aspirations. We use our influence to champion the creation of sustainable homes, communities and places that are brilliantly designed for the people that live there now, and in the future. And we use our funding and support to build a more resilient, diverse and innovative housing sector, helping new entrants in the market, encouraging modern methods of construction and design, and promoting the utmost attention to building safety.

Together with our partners, we're accelerating the pace of house building, remediation and regeneration across the country, as we seek to deliver ever more affordable homes in places people are proud to call home for generations to come.

What we offer

• competitive salary and 33 days annual leave
• 50/50 hybrid working
• Membership of the Homes and Communities Agency Pension Scheme, which is a…