Chief Finance & IT Infrastructure Officer

Westward Housing
Newton Abbot, United Kingdom
1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 155K

Job location

Newton Abbot, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Computer Security
Software Engineering
Information Technology

Job description

Lead the financial strength and digital resilience of Westward. In this high-impact executive role, you'll shape the strategy for finance, treasury, procurement, audit, pensions, insurance, performance and IT infrastructure-making sure we have the resources, insight and systems to deliver on our ambitions.

You'll be at the heart of key decisions, working with the Chief Executive and Executive Team to secure funding, manage risk, drive value for money and keep Westward strong, compliant and future-focused. You'll also lead our IT Infrastructure team to strengthen cyber security, modernise systems and support great services for our customers and colleagues.

Requirements

Do you have experience in Software development?

Benefits & conditions

Pulled from the full job description

  • Referral programme
  • Sick pay
  • Additional leave
  • Company pension
  • Health & wellbeing programme
  • Enhanced maternity leave
  • Enhanced paternity leave, Remuneration is Circa £155,000 plus many great benefits.

Closing date - 22nd June 2026

First Interviews - 6th/7th July and Second Interviews 16th July 2026 in person at Templar House, TQ12 4PH

Pay: £155,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Additional leave
  • Company pension
  • Enhanced maternity leave
  • Enhanced paternity leave
  • Health & wellbeing programme
  • On-site parking
  • Referral programme
  • Sick pay

About the company

Westward Housing Group is one of the leading housing associations in the Southwest. With 7,500 homes spanning Devon and Cornwall, we deliver services to around 20,000 customers, and we want to do more to help our customers and the communities we serve. The Regulator of Social Housing recently inspected us and rated us G1, V1 and C1. This recognises our strength, something we want to leverage to help us grow and help our customers more. If you have the passion and energy to join the leadership of an ambitious organisation at a pivotal moment of change, then we want to hear from you.

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