Regional Head of Finance (Scotland) – Developments

We are Places Developments, part of the Places for People Group; we are placemakers ; our work impacts on the lives of people across the U.K. – providing homes to live in, communities to retire to, spaces to stay active , supported homes for independent living, and student accommodation . Our places work when they work for everyone.

How do we do all this? By surrounding ourselves with commercial people, proactive people and customer focused people. Our people live and breathe our SPIRIT values; we are the place for spirited people.

So, we want you to join us and the 12,000 other colleagues on our journey; colleagues who have helped us create places, maintain 195,000 homes, manage £4 billion of assets and teach 75,000 children to swim each week.

More about your role

You will work alongside the Regional Managing Director to provide commercially focussed and professional financial advice and management for the regions construction and development activity. You will promote and develop a sound financial strategy for growth of the region through close monitoring of financial performance and by working collaboratively with non-financial staff to achieve strategic and operational financial measures.

You will also undertake financial modelling to appraise the capital and revenue aspects of new development opportunities to guide investment decisions and ensure these meet agreed KPIs and contribute to the long term viability of the business.

For more information please download our job profile available on our website.

Please note: This role requires travel to Preston, estimated to be one day every two weeks.

More about you

For this role you will be a commercially astute Accountant either qualified or qualified by experience with a strong background in the construction sector. You should possess experience of creating and manipulating complex mixed use residential development models. You will be highly IT literate, experience using ProVal, LandVal and Sequel is desirable, although full training will be provided

You should be able to show, at application , where you have used financial information to influence senior leaders to help drive commercial outcomes, as well as strong decision making and prioritisation skills. You will be equally skilled in the production of financial reporting information , finalisation of annual audited financial statements and accounts in addition to appraising opportunities for business development and income generation .

You will also have the ability to build and manage your own team based on the skills that you have recognised are needed. This role is an exciting challenge, where you can really build and develop your own finance function. Proactive candidates who are motivated by development will really succeed in this role.

The benefits

Our ambition gives you all the challenge you could wish for and that’s why we can offer you tangible and exciting career progression in a diverse and pioneering business.

Here people can flourish, thrive, better themselves and work in fantastic communities with inspirational colleagues and customers.

We know that there’s always more we can do to make you smile, that’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to help colleagues save money or make their lives a little bit easier; from a pension, generous holiday pay, training, sick pay, and free or discounted gym membership – to a wealth of extra perks including interest-free loans for colleagues, discounts and offers on thousands of retailers, restaurants and leisure outlets and much more.