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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.

Job description

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.

Person specification

To be successful in this role you will be a highly credible Finance Director who can engage confidently with investors, lenders, counterparties 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

Benefits

Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:

Holiday - Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.

Working Flexibly - At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.

Health and Wellbeing - We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.

Professional Development - At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.

We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.

Things you need to know

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Selection process details

How to apply?

To apply please follow the links to our careers page.

Security

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

Selection process details

For more information on the role, please see the attached Job Description.

Successful applicants will be advised of the outcome of their application and interviews held as soon as practical after the closing date. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in this role and Homes England.

Please note – Homes England has a responsibility to ensure compliance with HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard to address the potential problems of identity fraud, illegal working and deception generally. To ensure compliance we will carry out a pre-employment Personal Identity and Vetting Report through Experian to meet the standard and you will therefore be asked to provide certain information in order that the verification check can be carried out if you are successful in your application.

Homes England are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer that values and respects the people who work for us. Our aim is to be an employer of choice, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.

Homes England is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. For further information please refer to our Privacy Notice which can be viewed here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/homes-england/about/personal-information-charter

Nationality requirements

Open to UK, Commonwealth and European Economic Area (EEA) and certain non EEA nationals. Further information on whether you are able to apply is available here.

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. There is a guaranteed disability confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Further information

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals
nationals of the Republic of Ireland
nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Salary range

£160,000 per year