Working with our customers to deliver communities to be proud of

Group Finance Director

To £110k plus flexible retirement plan pension, private health insurance

Based Portsmouth

First Wessex manages 17,000 homes across Hampshire, Surrey and the Thames Valley. These include rented homes, older people's housing, extra-care, key worker homes, shared ownership and other specialist accommodation. Financially strong, we are continuing to grow across all our businesses, and are strongly committed to delivering top quality customer services.

The Group Finance Director will lead on all aspects of finance, including treasury management and business planning. This post will test your financial management skills, but will enable you to play a key role in a social business making a real contribution to people's lives.

We want to hear from you if you:

Are a qualified accountant with successful senior track record
Have worked in a regulated environment - knowledge of housing would be valuable
Have worked with Boards and diverse stakeholders
Have experience of business planning and treasury management
Have entrepreneurial skills combined with an innovative approach.

For an informal discussion, please contact Sue Goodrich of Campbell Tickell on 07980 822 515, , or Greg Campbell on 020 8830 6777, .

How to apply

Please download and review the recruitment pack and associated documents below.

Send an up to date CV and supporting statement, detailing how you meet the criteria for this role using the person specification, along with your completed compliance and equal opportunities form.

Please note that we will not be able to accept incomplete applications and your supporting statement must relate to the criteria in the person specification.

We advise that your supporting statement is no longer than 3 pages and your CV no more than 3. Your CV must contain dates worked and a brief description of your key responsibilities for each role including consultancy/project work. If you require a CV template please request one from .

Once complete, please send your application in MS Word preferably by email to or by post to Campbell Tickell (Recruitment) Ltd, 11 The Crescent, London NW2 6HA.

download the recruitment pack (.pdf file)
download the Statutory Accounts 2008 (.pdf file)
download the Annual Report 2008 (.pdf file)
download the compliance form (.doc file)
download the equal opportunities form (.doc file)

Key dates

Closing date: Monday 6 July 2009 - 12 noon.
First interview: Wednesday 15 July 2009.
Second interview: Thursday 23 July 2009.