Executive Director of Finance - Certitude
Certitude is London’s leading adult social care provider for people with learning disabilities, autistic people and people with mental health support needs. As a not-for-profit organisation, we are proud to have supported people across London since 1990. We believe everyone is unique. We support people to develop new skills, meet new people and live the life they want – so they can bring their own unique brilliance to the world. We all experience the world in different ways. We all have our own hopes and dreams, goals and ambitions. We believe there is strength in this diversity – and nowhere is that more evident than in London.
The retirement of our long-standing Executive Director of Finance (EDOF) presents a rare opportunity to join Certitude’s well-established Team. Our Executive Team plays a crucial role in ensuring that Certitude continues to thrive, and to deliver our strategy, Being Local. Operating in a highly regulated environment, our Executive Team works in conjunction with our Board to develop and deliver our Vision and Strategy. Our new EDOF will, through the leadership of a team be ultimately responsible for the financial management of a large complex organisation with a turnover c£50 million and 1,400 colleagues.
You will have experience in a senior leadership position and will be accustomed to operating at scale. You will have the proven ability to develop a finance function, creating excellent strategies and delivering them through strong leadership. You will support colleagues across the Group, providing critical challenge to help drive the organisation’s strategy and plans. You will work closely with the Board, providing the assurances required in a highly regulated sector.
Most importantly, you will share our values and commitment for providing high-quality, person-centred support. You will be driven to use the skills and experience you have developed both professionally and personally to play a key role in the leadership of Certitude. You will join a talented, focused and determined Executive Team and help us to continue to ensure that the people we support are at the heart of all the decisions we make.
Equity, diversity and inclusion are core to the values and ethos of the organisation’s work across all activities. Certitude is committed to being an inclusive employer with a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible diversity of backgrounds, cultures and experiences.
For more information on this exciting opportunity, please click here or for an informal, confidential discussion with our recruitment partners at VBS, please call Rob Hilyer on 07952 316 654, or by email at certitude@vbsearch.co.uk.
