Salary: Competitive
Location: Hybrid – Craven Arms / Remote Working
At Connexus, we are dedicated to providing safe, high‑quality homes and services that our customers can rely on. We’re at a pivotal moment in our modernisation journey, guided by a new 2025–2030 Corporate Plan – Homes you can build a life in. As a rural housing association with over 10,000 affordable homes across Shropshire and Herefordshire, we are strengthening our services, investing in our communities, and positioning ourselves as a leading voice for rural affordable housing.
With significant recent investment, this is a crucial moment to join an ambitious organisation with strong governance and a clear long‑term vision.
We are seeking an exceptional Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to join our Executive Leadership Team and contribute widely. You’ll provide strategic leadership across Finance, Treasury, Governance & Risk, Audit & Assurance, Asset Management & Development. Playing a central role in ensuring financial sustainability and optimising investment capacity, you’ll enable us to deliver more and better homes, improve services, and drive efficiency.
This is an opportunity to lead our long‑term funding strategy, steward lender relationships and shape the financial and commercial appraisal of major programmes.
You will be a qualified accountant and member of ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CIPFA, with extensive strategic financial leadership experience in organisations of significant scale and complexity, with experience of leading modernisation and efficiency programmes. You’ll bring strong insight into effective governance, treasury, risk management and capital investment. Familiarity with social housing finance and an understanding of how housing associations are funded and regulated are highly desirable.
If you would welcome a confidential conversation, please contact our advising consultants at GatenbySanderson: Chantelle Harris on 07384 460191 (chantelle.harris@gatenbysanderson.com), Simon Wing on 07809 195628 (simon.wing@gatenbysanderson.com), or Sandra Jones on 07826 404091 sandra.jones@gatenbysanderson.com.
Connexus is committed to equality, diversity & inclusion and fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please get in touch to discuss how we can best support you.
Closing Date: Tuesday 7th April 9am
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