Working in a team with the Assistant Director – Finance Operations, the Head of Finance Systems and Change will play a critical role in shaping and delivering our strategic priorities, ensuring our systems, processes and change initiatives fully support long‑term organisational objectives. You will be joining our highly skilled and collaborative finance community, who are committed to driving innovation, strong governance, and continuous improvement across our finance landscape.

The Assistant Director is dedicated to delivering a high‑quality customer experience, ensuring effective alignment between operational delivery and change activity, and encouraging innovative solutions that improve how our systems and processes operate. They believe in collaborative working, value diverse perspectives and foster strong decision‑making and problem‑solving across the team.

This is an opportunity to shape the future of the team and the wider Finance Directorate within a fast‑growing, national organisation with a clear social purpose. Working closely with key stakeholders and a professional Finance Directorate, you will ensure efficient, consistent and effective delivery of finance systems, support major improvement initiatives, and influence the design and implementation of change programmes across the Homes England Group. You will also have the opportunity to help create innovative, data‑driven ways of working that enhance our finance ecosystem.

The role will support the design and delivery of key strategic projects, including system upgrades, integrations, automation initiatives and process optimisation. There are ambitious, transformative projects to get involved in, and this is an excellent opportunity to balance day‑to‑day delivery responsibilities while introducing creative, forward‑looking improvements to the Finance Operations and Systems team offering.

A bit about you…

You'll be comfortable supporting the organisation with complex finance systems and change issues, aiming to drive efficiency, strengthen controls and ensure our systems are fit for purpose. You will be proficient in finance systems management, process improvement methodologies, data analytics (including Power BI) and delivering change within a complex environment.

Delivering on a mission as bold as ours isn’t always easy. You will be resilient and confident in managing internal and external stakeholders, with discussions shaped by a strong understanding of the operational impact of what we do within the Finance Directorate. You will enjoy working in an innovative, engaging way and be able to influence, negotiate and persuade to shape outcomes.

As an experienced professional, you’ll understand how to lead and develop colleagues, fostering a collaborative, inclusive and high‑performing team culture. You can demonstrate that you work effectively with others, drive continuous improvement, and deliver meaningful change across systems, processes and people.

Who are we?

Homes England: The Housing and Regeneration Agency

We believe that affordable, quality homes in well-designed places are key to improving people’s lives. As the government’s housing and regeneration agency, we create thriving new places and transform urban areas, combining the full breadth of our powers, expertise, land, capital and influence to bring investment to communities and get more homes built.

How? We form long-term partnerships that bridge the gap between the public and private sector to meet local needs and aspirations. We use our influence to champion the creation of sustainable homes, communities and places that are brilliantly designed for the people that live there now, and in the future. And we use our funding and support to build a more resilient, diverse and innovative housing sector, helping new entrants in the market, encouraging modern methods of construction and design, and promoting the utmost attention to building safety.

Together with our partners, we’re accelerating the pace of house building, remediation and regeneration across the country, as we seek to deliver ever more affordable homes in places people are proud to call home for generations to come.

What we offer...

As well as a competitive salary and 33 days annual leave, we are committed to 50/50 hybrid working. We’ll support you, wherever possible, so that you don’t miss out on what matters to you.

Membership of the Homes and Communities Agency Pension Scheme, which is a contributory defined benefit scheme with the amount you receive on retirement based on your salary and years worked at the Agency.

Internal applicants: please note that if you are successful, the salary you are offered will be in accordance with our pay policy. You can find details on the HR Hub SharePoint site.

If you ever need a bit of extra help, we have a great employee assistance programme, a wide range of healthcare plans, financial wellbeing support and access to many great discounts with leading high street names.

Our range of network groups are also there to support you to be yourself at work and play a key role in helping shape our future.

If you are a member of a professional body, we’ll pay for your membership and once you get your digital kit, you’ll be good to go.

Homes England are a geographically diverse community. We work to a 50/50 office/ home based model. Moving back into our office environments has enabled us to utilise our space and time together in the most collaborative way.

We would encourage all applicants to apply as soon as possible as we may close vacancies early should we receive a high number of applications.

We also encourage you to apply using the full application option as opposed to quick apply, this is especially important if you would like to indicate to us that you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme.

We’re a diverse team of more than 1,000 professionals spanning 17 professions, helping Homes England to be effective, efficient and deliver for communities.

Our people remain at the heart of everything we do, and we’re committed to building an Agency that not only reflects the diverse communities we serve, but also champions inclusion in how we shape homes and places across the country. For more information about our EDI strategy please see our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Report 2024 to 2025 — Second Edition - GOV.UK

You will be required to have the Right to Work in the UK and Homes England do not offer visa sponsorship. If your application is shortlisted to interview we will require you to provide proof of your Right to Work in the UK at this stage.

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.