Regional Finance Director

We have a new opportunity for a Finance Director to join our team within Vistry South Central Midlands, at our Solihull office. As our Finance Director, you will have ownership of all financial planning, analysis, control and reporting for the region, working alongside other department heads and directors to ensure the objectives contained within the region’s budgets/forecasts are met in a cost-effective manner.

We value in-person collaboration and team culture, but we’re also committed to supporting flexible working where possible. We encourage you to raise any specific requirements during the interview process so we can explore how this could be accommodated.

• Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
• Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
• Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees
• Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service
• 2 Volunteering days per annum
• Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice
• Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary
• Share save and share incentive schemes
• Employee rewards portal with many more benefits…

• Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
• Professional accountancy qualification
• Significant experience in a senior Finance position
• Should ideally have worked at a senior level ideally within a UK construction/house building organisation
• Demonstrable strong financial management and commercial experience and track record of supporting business growth
• Well-developed analytical, oral and presentation/communication skills
• Ability to formulate financial plans (long term and tactical) and ensure full engagement
• Gravitas and profile to lead at a senior level and able to demonstrate the ability to influence change and build strong financial management within the business
• Excellent communicator
• Loyal and supportive with surrounding team and a ‘can do’ attitude
• Shows diplomacy and emotional intelligence
• Dynamic and able to take a hands-on approach in operational areas outside of their specialism
• A ‘look up and out’ approach

• Act as a commercial partner to the Regional Managing Director, supporting them in all aspects of the management and leadership of the region, also acting as a deputy as required.
• Act as the financial conscience of the region supporting the Managing Director in appraising proposals and opportunities and ensuring full awareness of all key financial matters.
• Contribute to the investment appraisal for all land purchases, identifying notable risks and specifically reviewing the proposed house mix, sales prices, build costs and layouts to ensure that the viability has a credible basis.
• Oversee the preparation of monthly management accounts and associated financial analysis in line with agreed timescales and content.
• Direct and review the budgeting and forecasting process for the region including detailed reviews with members of the regional board of directors.
• Monitor regional performance against budgets and forecasts.
• Responsible for all aspects of cash management and forecasting within the Region liaising with other departments, in particular commercial, to ensure the robustness of long-term forecasts, that decisions are made with appropriate cash impact considerations and that there is strong commercial control of our cash in the Region.
• Develop, control, and implement strategies which enable effective financial control and management over the region and involvement in the improvement of financial process across the Group.
• On an annual cycle, project manage a strategic review of the region’s three-year strategic plan looking at both the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the plan.
• Responsibility for land viabilities after the land has been acquired to monitor and report on any changes to the key assumptions made at acquisition.
• Control general overheads, including the process of order and invoice…