Director of Finance & Corporate Services

Southside Housing Association

Glasgow, Hybrid

Role: Director of Finance & Corporate Services

Salary: £80,045 - £83,399 plus highly competitive benefits package

Location: Glasgow

A great opportunity to participate in the leadership of Southside Housing Association, a high-profile organisation within the social housing sector, providing housing and a range of services across the south side of Glasgow. Community controlled, we currently own and manage approximately 2,300 houses for social rent, provide factoring services to 800 owners and through our subsidiary Southside Lettings Ltd, we manage 200 properties for Mid-Market Rent. We also have an ongoing development programme to build new homes.

Our Vision:

• Impacting and improving people’s lives in a positive way.
• Homes – developing, improving and maintaining new and existing homes
• Communities – supporting and engaging with our communities
• Customer Service – raising standards and exceeding customer expectations
• Finance & Governance – demonstrating effective governance, financial resilience and viability
• People & Leadership – putting people first
• Collaboration & Innovation – collaborate using innovate solutions to improve efficiency and outcomes

The Finance & Corporate Services Director will be responsible for the strategic management of our financial, corporate and IT functions, ensuring compliance with good governance practice and other financial, statutory and regulatory requirements. There are various strands to this role which make it more than just a Finance role.  With oversight of our Corporate Services and IT Department you will have overall responsibility for our approach to corporate and governance matters working closely with the CEO and our Leadership team. 

Our next steps in IT are exciting in Southside where, as a Leadership Team, we are keen to improve our services both internally and also to our customers – you will have a managerial role in this development.  You will have overall responsibility for financial planning and performance, including internal and external audit, regulatory returns, our risk register and arrangements, financial plans, budgets and cash flows, policies and procedures. 

Key outcomes:

• Contribute effectively to leadership and strategic direction of the Association
• Deliver complete strategic management and control of Finance and Corporate Services Departments
• Sound governance of finance function and compliance with all relevant frameworks, regulation and best practice
• Provide line management, performance measurement, coaching & leadership to staff

We are seeking:

• A professionally qualified accountant
• A leader, used to operating at a senior level
• A strategic thinker, able to make a contribution
• A communicator, able to influence
• Experience of working with a board, scale & complexity
• Good understanding of corporate governance
• Experience of financial planning & budgeting, KPIs, financial modelling tools,
• An understanding of treasury strategy
• A strong understanding of the underlying financial control environment.

On offer is the potential to make a difference, being part of an organisation with a positive impact on peoples’ lives and community. Please visit our website at https://southside-ha.org  and view our corporate plan at https://southside-ha.org/data//SHA_Corporate_Plan_2024___2029_2024_10_10_11_25_29_302.pdf where this is also a chance for professional growth, being part of a supportive team and comes with a competitive benefits package.

If this opportunity, to play a leading role in this values based and ambitious organisation, is of interest then please get in touch with our retained adviser, David Bond at david@mcgregorbond.com for a Briefing Pack or call 07801 490678 (and leave a message) for a confidential conversation.

Application deadline is 12 noon on Friday 18th July & the role is Hybrid working.