Finance Director (Hook)

At Taylor Wimpey, we don’t just build houses; we build futures. Not just for the people who live in our homes, but for our own people too. When we bring our collective skills together, we make amazing things happen - for ourselves, for each other and for our customers. There are incredible opportunities on your doorstep, and we want you to discover them all.

With 22 regional offices across the UK and operations in Spain, we bring our vision to life locally. Here, you’ll be given the tools to develop your skills and the freedom to explore new avenues. Share your ideas, experience a no-blame culture, and shape your work around your life. Every single one of us plays a vital role in bringing to life incredible places and spaces, where anyone can thrive. We believe in making a positive difference to our planet, as well as to people.

The Finance Director is a key member of the regional management team (BUMT), acting in a business-wide role to proactively support the Managing Director (MD) to maximise delivered value. The Finance Director will have a deep level of operational knowledge, to enable critical review and challenge of key decisions and information across all functional disciplines within the business unit (BU). The role leads the finance function and financial capability for the region, providing business and performance insight and challenge. The Finance Director is a steward for the business with an eye to promoting governance in the BU, and provides a business and financial control ethos. However, importantly, the Finance Director is also a catalyst for accelerating value optimization in the business, on behalf of the shareholders.

The Finance Director reports to the Regional Managing Director, with a dotted reporting line to the Divisional Finance Director. The role acts alongside other Finance Directors in the division, developing innovative thinking and solutions for the division and the wider finance function. The Finance Director will work with the Divisional Finance Director (DFD), communicating regularly, and providing accurate and timely information for use by the Divisional Chairman and Group Finance.

• Catalysing optimal business performance: Review and challenge new business from key operational and performance perspectives, in conjunction with the BUMT. Provide financial oversight and final recommendation which considers all key business aspects, to the MD. Lead the business planning process. Review and challenge operational assumptions with the BUMT before critical decisions are taken, and for inclusion in plans and forecasts. Provide accurate and insightful financial information to support the creation and articulation of the business plans. Challenge and encourage the business unit to optimise value from the landbank, delivering the anticipated financial performance, but maintaining the Group’s customer centric ethos.
• A businesses strategist: Together with the MD, lead the development of the BU business strategy, in conjunction with the wider BUMT. Support the strategy with financial analysis.
• A financial steward: Work to protect the assets of the business, ensure compliance with financial regulation and ensure appropriate care and diligence is taken in the corporate governance of the region. Provide critical oversight of the core finance outputs and processes operated by the Finance Manager and team. Provide an overview to ensure robust financial processes and controls are consistently maintained. Work with the BUMT to actively identify business risks, driving possible mitigating solutions well in advance of potential risks crystallising. Horizon-scan for potential opportunities for the business to deliver, to help shape the future of the business.
• An expert finance operator: Create a team of suitably qualified and experienced finance staff and develop both technical and soft skills in the team. Drive the attraction and retention of key talent within the Finance function through a positive and engaging approach.
• BU Leadership Responsibilities: Partnering the MD on all new business decisions, including land acquisitions. Review all aspects of the scheme (e.g. LPE) with the BUMT, critically assessing if the venture is the best use of capital, in line with strategy and the Taylor Wimpey ethos. Sign off the financial models, having considered financing options and cash flows, timescales, tax implications and accounting implications. Write the final recommendation to the MD which considers all aspects of the deal, including technical, commercial, sales, as well as finance elements. Obtain a true understanding of costs and risks for each site, drawing on knowledge from regular site visits. With this background, provide active review and challenge of the costs incurred to date/ cost to complete projections for each site (Cost Value Reconciliations (CVR) prepared by the Commercial team). Attend P&L meetings, and, challenge whether cost excesses/savings are expected and should be recognised. Look for trends in production differences, necessary fixes and expected cost changes. Working with the Production and Sales Directors, ensure the sequence of site delivery considers the appropriate risk factors, but optimises site ROCE.

• Qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA
• Considerable post-qualified experience gained from both business finance/performance roles and accounting & financial control roles.
• Experience must include: Financial accounting and leading month end close, building or operating in a control framework, evidence of responding to and working with external auditors, providing analysis, forecasting and planning, supporting and challenging businesses to make optimal operational and performance decisions.
• Experience may include: M&A activity, business risk management, external audit, systems implementations.
• Financial support for business deals (e.g. new contracts, M&A etc.) Experience of successfully leading and developing a team.

At Taylor Wimpey, we are committed to enabling you to make a home with us. Our work is not just about building homes; it’s about doing work that matters, making a positive impact on the lives of our customers and the communities we serve.

We enjoy many benefits as standard, including excellent retail discounts, company funded life insurance and private healthcare, and access to a quality pension scheme with company contributions. We also offer our discounted house purchase scheme, car leasing scheme and share plans, as well as the opportunity to tailor your benefit package to suit your needs with options such as buying extra annual leave or adding dependants to your benefit cover. Our total reward offer works perfectly with our culture, we are a welcoming community where everyone can feel at home.

We create a home to your future by providing opportunities for growth and development. We offer industry leading professional training and development, which supports you to unlock your potential and fulfil your career and personal goals in a variety of opportunities and environments. We look to develop our people in the skills and areas they are most interested in, leveraging your qualities and appreciating your unique competencies, skills and expertise that, when we come together, make this a great place to work.

If you want to do work that matters and build a career that lasts, make a home at Taylor Wimpey.

As a proud Disability Confident Employer, Taylor Wimpey is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively collaborate with individuals who have disabilities and long-term health conditions which have an effect on their ability to do normal daily activities, ensuring that barriers are eliminated when it comes to employment opportunities. In line with our commitment, we guarantee an interview to applicants who declare to us during the application process that they have a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the role. Join us in building a truly diverse and empowered team.