Head of Finance

4 weeks ago

Skipton, United Kingdom Skipton Building Society Full time
Hours:

Full time permanent role - 35 hours per week - Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Hybrid and flexible working from Head Office in Skipton

Closing Date:

Wed, 29 May 2024

We are recruiting a Head of Finance to work in partnership with our CEO of our Homes business and CEO of our Money business as well as Group Function Leaders. You’ll also be working closely with Group Chief Financial Officer to help deliver strategic objectives.

Who Are We?

Not just another building society. Not just another job.

We're the fourth biggest building society in the UK and what makes us a bit different is that we're a mutual organisation. We don't have shareholders; we're owned by our members.

Our colleagues say Skipton's a great place to work, and you could be one of them, bringing with you new ideas on how we can keep customers at the heart of what we do.

Whatever your background, and whatever your goals, we'll help you take the next step towards a better future.

In this role you will help formulate and deliver strategic objectives with a particular focus on the financial aspects of those strategic objectives, working in partnership with the Group enabling functions’ Leaders to help formulate and deliver the strategic objectives of those functions with respect to the commercial and financial components. You will lead a team of eight including Business Partners and Business Analysts.

What’s In It For You?

Skipton values work/life balance and we are proud to support hybrid and flexible working, where possible. We have a newly refurbished head office which offers a vibrant and collaborative working space.

We have a range of other benefits available to you including;
Annual discretionary bonus scheme
Competitive salary + car allowance
25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days
Holiday trading scheme allowing the ability to buy and sell additional annual leave days
Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum)
A commitment to training and development
Private medical insurance for all our colleagues
3 paid volunteering days per annum
Diverse and inclusive colleague networks available for you to join including our Carers and Pride Alliance groups
We care about your health and wellbeing - we provide a range of benefits that support this including cycle to work initiative and discounted gym membership

What Will You Be Doing?
Working closely with the leadership teams of the Homes and Money businesses and Group function leaders to deliver board agreed objectives.
Support the development of strategy to underpin the Society’s purpose, formulate appropriate key performance indicators (KPIs) to track delivery against the strategic objectives and help course correct where appropriate.
Provide strategic cost management, support and challenge to the Home Financing and Money businesses and the enabling Group Functions.help formulate the corporate plan and relevant stress test scenarios for the Home Financing and Money businesses and Group enabling functions
Evaluate and advise on Change business cases as part of the corporate planning cycle.
Liaise with the Group Reporting and Planning leader to report the relevant performance KPIs to the Group ExCo and the Board.
Maintain the mortgage pricing model to support the Home Financing business lending plan delivery.
Identify and nuture talent in the Homes and Money finance team and work with the Finance Leadership to support the development of the finance function across the Society
Responsible for maintaining robust levels of skills and knowledge in your team to ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory and legislative requirements, leading to the delivery of good customer outcomes and fair value for all customers.

What Do We Need From You?

Qualifications:
Appropriate professional accountancy qualification (e.g. ICAEW, ACCA or CIMA)

Skills:
Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to influence, engage and work in partnership with senior stakeholders
Ability to analyse and interpret various forms of financial and commercial data and present the findings in a relevant format that is easily understood to drive effective decision making.
Excellent leadership, coaching and mentoring skills, gaining the trust and respect of own team and Senior Management.
Ability to deliver change in a complex volatile environment.
Identify business problems and proactively develop and deliver practical solutions.
A systems thinker who can draw clear conclusions from complex information
A problem solver with persistence to resolve issues to a satisfactory conclusion in a timely manner.

Knowledge:
A very good understanding of the drivers of value in a balance sheet business and be able to articulate it clearly.

Experience:
Experience in demonstrating strong people leadership and behaviours focused on motivating, coaching and development of teams.
Proven experience in developing teams’ that can deliver clear outcomes when there is a high degree of ambiguity.
Proven ability to influence, engage and work in partnership with senior stakeholders
Production and presentation of reports on complex matters to senior management in a clear and concise way.
Well connected to external market to help ensure the Homes business, Money business and enabling Group functions are operating in line with good industry practice.

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