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SalaryLocation: Choice to work from our office in Central London (SE1) or be primarily home-based
Salary: circa £100,000 p.a. FTE plus the opportunity to earn a bonus
Hours: Flexibility to work full-time (35 hours/week) or part-time (28 hours/week)
CDS is a unique organisation with an unusual mission - to provide, support and promote community-led housing and co-operation - so that more people can shape the things that matter most to them. We are a social landlord in our own right, with more than 820 rented and shared ownership homes. Alongside that, we are the largest co-op services agency in the South East, providing landlord finance and governance expertise as a service provider to over 30 housing co-ops and their 1,800 homes. We are also a promoter of co-operation and Community Led Housing, setting aside a proportion of our surplus each year to invest in projects and ideas that can help to scale up the sector to expand the use of co-operation as an effective and empowering business model.
We are seeking a skilled and authentic leader to become our new Finance Director. This experienced problem-solver will have an ACA, ACCA or equivalent financial qualification and will effectively oversee our Finance department, which includes our Finance Transactions Team and Finance Reporting Team and provides service to CDS and our clients. You will inspire the teams you lead and will be a visible and active member of our Senior Management Team. You will be responsible for ensuring we have a clear financial strategy that delivers effective financial services, controls and reporting for CDS and our clients, maximising our capacity to deliver our vision in line with our organisational values.
Our values are:
Unity We work as one team, with one reputation
Trust We thrive to be reliable, fair and to act with integrity Intention We know why we do things, we have plans and we monitor them
Impact We care about the impact we have on others
Collaboration We achieve more when we work with others
Communication We seek understanding as a basis for win/win solutions
Kindness We are brave and honest, facing difficult issues with empathy
These values drive everything we do, and we expect the same from you. With a strong sense of accountability and integrity, you will make decisions with intention and tirelessly pursue facts, resolve complex issues and go toward difficult things, seeking always to leave things better than you found them. Apart from the opportunity to make your mark at CDS by serving as Finance Director and getting to prove your ability to make quantitative improvements in our finance teams, we offer a competitive salary, bonus scheme and generous benefits. We take our employee engagement seriously and will invest in your development and training.
We are actively working toward becoming an anti-racist and inclusive organisation, open to challenge and learning in all our work. We are committed to looking for all kinds of talent to build a diverse workforce that represents the people we serve and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.
Closing date: Monday,4th March 2024 at 9am
First interviews: Tuesday, 12th & Wednesday, 13th March 2024 (virtual)
Second interviews: Monday, 18th March 2024 (in person at our Central London offices
