Director of Finance

Greater Manchester
Circa £94,300 per annum
Hours of Work: 35 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Closing date: 24th October 2025
First Stage Interviews: 14th November 2025

We are seeking an experienced Director of Finance to lead the Group’s financial strategy, operations, and governance. This pivotal role will ensure financial sustainability, regulatory compliance, and the delivery of high-quality financial services aligned with our strategic objectives.

Reporting to the Executive Director of Finance and Business Excellence, you will lead a high-performing finance team, embed best practices, and drive continuous improvement across financial management, planning, reporting, and control.

You will play a critical role in ensuring the smooth and efficient execution of our business plan, adhering to financial regulations and value-for-money principles. Your leadership will guarantee that we meet all regulatory obligations while delivering outstanding service to our customers and communities.

Central to this role is a deep commitment to our vision and values: doing the decent thing, staying customer-focused, acting with openness and transparency, taking accountability, fostering inclusivity and kindness, and delivering services that enable everyone to flourish.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire the Finance team to deliver timely, accurate financial management information aligned with strategic goals.
• Develop and maintain a robust financial control framework, ensuring compliance with regulatory, legal, and funder requirements.
• Oversee treasury management, funding arrangements, and the implementation of Treasury Management Strategy.
• Drive the annual budgeting, business planning, and ongoing financial reporting processes.
• Lead effective procurement practices and development of financial policies, including fraud prevention and money laundering.
• Manage business partnering to support operational managers with insightful financial guidance for decision-making.
• Oversee rent, service charge, credit control, and payables operations ensuring regulatory compliance and best practice.
• Ensure timely production of statutory financial statements, coordinate audits, and lead finance systems improvements.
• Manage tax compliance, cash flow, loan portfolios, and long-term financial planning, including stress testing and scenario analysis.
• Maintain financial risk management, policies, and the Delegatory Framework, promoting best practices across the Group.
• Ensure accurate and timely submissions of all regulatory and statutory returns.

What we are looking for

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or CIPFA) with senior leadership experience managing complex finance functions.
• Influential communicator with strong negotiation and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Inspiring leader who drives team motivation aligned with organisational values.
• Expert in budget setting, financial management, and strategic planning.
• Skilled collaborator working across teams to deliver change and development.
• Tech-savvy, leveraging data analytics and finance systems to enhance performance and customer experience.
• Experienced in shaping financial strategies, policies, and controls to ensure compliance and improvement.
• Deep knowledge of financial governance, controls, and processes.
• Proficient in advanced IT, Excel, and integrated finance systems.
• Effective at converting strategy into operational outcomes through cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong analytical skills to produce clear, insightful reports.
• Committed to fostering a customer-centric culture focused on service excellence.
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills adaptable to diverse audiences.

We offer a range of great benefits including

• Flexibility on where you work with home working kit provided
• 33 days holiday per year plus bank holidays, and a holiday a buy scheme.
• Company pension scheme with up to 10% matched contributions
• Company funded access to a health cash plan, where you can claim back costs of everyday health treatments such as optical, dental and much more.
• Enhanced sick pay with up to 3 months full pay and 3 months half pay
• Health and Wellbeing Support including an employee assistance programme, free counselling, mental health first aiders and numerous wellbeing initiatives
• Life assurance subject to being a member of our company pension scheme.
• Learning and development to support you to develop the skills you need to fulfil your role and progress in your career
• Commitment to Equality and Inclusion with employee network groups covering anti-racism, LGBTQ+, disability and long-term health conditions, carers, and menopause.

MSV are committed to Equality and Inclusion all applications are scored against the essential criteria of the role; however, we encourage candidates to submit an ammonised CV if they can do so.

MSV are also committed to supporting you to balance work and life, including with any caring or parental responsibilities you might have, and have a range of flexible working options and wellbeing support available to all colleagues to facilitate this.

If you wish to discuss the roles informally, please contact Steve Aggett, Executive Director Finance and Business Excellence.

First stage in person interviews are scheduled to take place on Friday 14th November 2025, please refer to the candidate pack for further details and timeframes for the role.

We’re passionate about inclusion and we’d love to hear from people from diverse backgrounds for this role.

If you are not sure whether you meet our requirements for this role, but want to apply. Go ahead. We will decide whether or not you are what we are looking for.

We apply the principles of the 'Rooney Rule' in the recruitment of senior management positions automatically shortlisting candidates to the next stage in the recruitment process who meet the selection criteria. We are also a Disability Confident employer and will shortlist disabled applicants who meet the selection criteria.