Head of Treasury

About Us

Hightown Housing Association Limited is a charitable housing association operating principally in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Berkshire, providing a wide range of housing and support services for families and single people including people with disabilities. 

Hightown currently manages almost 9,000 homes and employs over 1,000 staff. The housing association has an annual turnover of £136 million and a development programme through which the Association will grow to 10,000 homes by March 2027.

About the role

Reporting directly to the Director of Finance, the role will manage and motivate the Treasury team ensuring that it runs as an efficient and effective service whilst fulfilling internal and external customer requirements.

Key to the role is managing the Association’s portfolio of over £850m of bank loans and capital borrowings, ensuring that accurate and up-to-date records are maintained, and excellent relationships are preserved with our banking and institutional investor partners.

The Head of Treasury is also responsible for creating and maintaining the long-term financial business plan for the Association and producing detailed sensitivity analysis and multi-variant stress-testing.

About you

You will be a subject matter expert and will drive continuous improvement in the efficiency, security and control of daily treasury and business planning activities.

Holding a professional accountancy qualification, (eg ACA, ACCA, CIMA) and ideally a treasury qualification (eg MCT, ACT) you will:

Be proactive with the ability to work to a general brief with minimal supervision

Have excellent financial analytical and treasury skills

Have experience of managing a loan portfolio in excess of £500m

Have experience of negotiating and managing loan agreements with banks

Have experience of arranging borrowings from institutional investors through the capital markets

Have the ability and experience to develop and maintain appropriate treasury systems procedures and internal financial controls

Have experience of building and maintaining complex business plan models

Be a great leader and able to manage and motivate staff to achieve high standards of performance

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits which include:

Salary of £95,000 based on a 35-hour week

Generous 33 days annual leave allowance, rising with service, (inc bank holidays)

Hybrid working (3 days office / 2 days home)

Monthly attendance bonus

Annual bonus based on performance

Workplace pension scheme

Mileage paid for business usage.

Employee Assistance Scheme to support your health and wellbeing

Life assurance of three times your annual salary

On-site parking and gym

Blue Light Discount Card

Commitment to health & wellbeing with the Five ways to Wellbeing

Closing date:  31 May 2024

Interview date:  w/c 10 June 2024

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We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.

We are a Disability Confident Employer