Director of Finance & Resources - Birkenhead
Director of Finance & Resources
Salary: £94,158Location: Wirral
Alpha is an award-winning specialist provider of housing for older people working across the north of England. We provide community based, sheltered housing, extra care housing and support services across 11 local authorities. Owning and managing 960 apartments let on social or affordable rents, we have an ambitious strategy for growth over the next five years.
As a leader in the field of older persons' housing, Alpha is known for our top-quartile customer satisfaction ratings, financial stability, and our dedicated, high-performing team. We provide more than just homes - we create vibrant communities that support independence and quality of life for our residents.
We are now looking for an exceptional Director of Finance & Resources to join our Executive Team. This is a very exciting time for Alpha, as we grow through acquisitions and new developments, and we will soon become an actively regulated landlord.You will play a key role in supporting this process by ensuring compliance with our financial regulatory requirements as well as optimising our financial capacity, leading our funding strategy, providing financial and commercial appraisals of major projects, and ensuring our security, stability and growth within our business plan.
As our new Director of Finance and Resources, you will have responsibility for managing a small team that covers: Finance; Audit, Risk & Assurance; Procurement; as well as IT and GDPR. You will also act as Company Secretary and support the Chief Executive in corporate governance.
You will be a fully qualified accountant (CCAB or CIMA) with strategic financial management experience within the housing sector. In addition, you will be committed to our values, playing a full role in leading and developing our culture that we are so proud of.
This is a unique and career-enhancing opportunity to join a leading provider of older persons’ housing, which makes a positive difference to our customers’ homes, lives and communities.
All our office based staff are working flexibly. We anticipate office attendance one or two days per week.
Applications are welcomed from candidates of all backgrounds. Alpha Living celebrates the rich diversity of its residents and colleagues and is committed to an inclusive and empowering environment for all.
If you require a confidential discussion about the opportunity, please contact our advisers at GatenbySanderson: Nick Roberts on 07393 013697 or Louise Bickley on 07586 715788.
Closing date: 5pm on Wednesday 5^th March 2025.