WithYou
Executive Director Finance and Technology
Salary: c£125,000
Location: Flexible location but with some travel to the London Office (minimum 1-2 days a month).
At WithYou, we want to see a world where anyone seeking help feels welcome, not judged, and can get support, when and where they need it.
We are looking for an Executive Director of Finance and Technology who is an inspiring and experienced leader and can keep WithYou on a sound financial footing, ensuring our long-term sustainability, supported by an effective technology, data and change support system. The person will need to understand service delivery in a complex and dispersed organisation and be an outstanding communicator. You will be experienced at working at Executive level, built and led high performing teams, be visionary, a qualified and highly accomplished financial professional, thrive on the challenge of continuous improvement and staying head of technological advancement and crucially live and breathe our values of: Compassion, being Determined and Professional.
WithYou is at the forefront of drug, alcohol and mental health support across the UK. Supported by our team of over 1,600 colleagues and volunteers, we deliver a range of innovative services designed to transform the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in our society, supporting them on their recovery journey. We support over 100,000 people every year, many of whom have a personal history blighted by trauma or poverty, many of whom are taking substances to anaesthetise the pain they feel. WithYou support them with well-planned services that have the flexibility and creative approach to transform their lives for the better.
Key elements of the role:
* As part of the Executive team, develop the organisation’s strategy and ensure it is translated into effective operational plans. Lead the finance and technology function through their next stages of growth and transformation. Work in partnership with the Executive to develop a sector leading Finance, Tech, Data and change function and develop appropriate financial, technology, data and change strategies. Provide clear direction and inspirational leadership to embed a culture of improving margin and growing income and across the charity. Build leadership capability across the organisation and your team and enable a culture of transformation. Create a continuous improvement culture and support and enable teams to develop innovations in central and frontline services and across the organisation.
We are committed to WithYou being a diverse and inclusive place to work and we want all of our Executive Team to champion our focus in this area. It’s an exciting time to join the Executive Team at WithYou, with the development a new strategy this year. We want to take the best from the world and apply it in our services in a sustainable way, so that we give our service users what they need and what they deserve. Our services and support give people a real chance to get better and stay well, by not just ceasing their substance use but by resolving the underlying issues that made that their solution of choice.
If you are an experienced leader with an exceptional ability to lead and develop financial and commercial strategy, please follow the instructions to access full details of the role and how to apply.
To find out more, please click on Apply. If, after you have read the person specification, you would like a confidential discussion please contact our recruitment advisers at GatenbySanderson:
Ollie Startup, Researcher – oliver.startup@gatenbysanderson.com
Liz Dean-Stevens, Principal Consultant - liz.dean-stevens@gatenbysanderson.com
Closing date: Friday 14th June
Preliminary Interviews with GatenbySanderson (virtual): 3rd and 4th July
First stage interviews with WithYou: W/C 15th July
Second stage interviews with WithYou: W/C 22nd July