Director of Finance and Treasury in Birmingham

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join our Senior Leadership Team within a high‑performing organisation and play a pivotal role in shaping our strategic aims for the next four years as we launch our 2026 to 2030 Business Strategy. Citizen is a not‑for‑profit social housing provider. We own and manage around 30,000 homes across the West Midlands and have been serving communities since 1964, building a rich history along the way. Our mission is to provide homes that are a foundation for life and to build strong, thriving communities. We were proud to achieve a C1 rating in our 2025 Regulatory Inspection, the highest award from the Regulator of Social Housing’s consumer standards. This reflects the dedication of our colleagues and the voices of our customers, whose feedback continues to shape how we work. Our Customer Annual Report highlights how the customer voice is central to everything we do.

As our new Finance Director, you will lead the entire Finance function across Citizen. Your responsibilities will include:

• Financial Control and Reporting
• Treasury
• Taxation
• Rent and service charge setting
• Value for Money reporting

This role goes beyond finance – you’ll be a highly effective people leader who inspires, supports and develops your Directorate to be a high‑performing and engaged team, ensuring the best possible service for our customers. We’re proud of what we’ve achieved but we’re not stopping here. We’re committed to continuous improvement, ensuring every customer feels heard, respected, and valued. Feedback is central to creating meaningful and lasting change, and our next Finance Director will play a key role in driving this progress.

Citizen is investing in ambitious regeneration projects, building much‑needed homes across the West Midlands, and investing in our existing homes. Balancing these priorities is essential to ensuring everyone has an affordable and comfortable place to call home, and you will be instrumental in achieving this. This is a fantastic opportunity for a finance professional to join Citizen and become part of our Senior Leadership Team. Together with our Executive Leadership Team, which is 16 people strong, you will take collective responsibility for ensuring Citizen meets its strategic and operational priorities while championing equality, diversity and inclusion.

If our values and behaviours resonate with you, and you are committed to creating a positive, supportive, and collaborative working environment while excelling technically, we would love to hear from you.

Please submit an up‑to‑date Curriculum Vitae (CV) and covering letter quoting reference number: ema503. We also request that you complete an Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form which can be downloaded here. Any information collated from the Equality and Diversity Recruitment Monitoring Forms will not be used as part of the selection process and will be treated as strictly confidential. Please return your application by the closing date, to our retained consultants at ema consultancy Ltd: email responsehandling1@emaconsultancy.org.uk.

It is important that your CV highlights supporting evidence of how your previous experience and skills relate to the criteria outlined in the Job Description. Within your CV, please supply the following:

• Full name and postal address
• Work and home telephone number, mobile number and email address
• Relevant employment history
• Education qualifications
• Current salary
• Current memberships of relevant professional associations/institutes and dates

Your covering letter (maximum of 3 pages) should convey why you are attracted to the role describing how your relevant experience and skills will help Citizen map out and deliver their future purpose, direction and priorities.

Closing date: 5 January 2026