As CFO you will be responsible for strategic financial planning and execution across the entire Blenheim Palace Estate and Pye Homes. The successful candidate will be a commercial and pragmatic leader with a proven track record of strategic planning, building effective and motivated finance teams, investment appraisal and improving the financial investment environment. This position sits above the business rather than within the businesses. It is focused on ensuring that the Estate executes on its agreed strategies/plan, challenges strategies to see if they are producing their intended results and drives relentless long-term growth from all capital invested.
They will lead the Finance and IT functions, drive the profitable growth of the Estate and evaluate all new investment and business opportunities. It is a hands-on role, but positioned at the pinnacle of the business, interpreting data from around the organisation, helping to transform finance from a measurer and controller to a pro-active business partner.
What are we looking for:
Our ideal candidate will have previous experience of, or be able to demonstrate an engaged passion for, purpose-led businesses and will be excited by the opportunity to creatively engage in demonstrating that landed estates are not historic anachronisms but are uniquely powerful forces for good which can generate outsize returns by being the lifeblood of the local economy, enhancing the lives of local people and sharing and protecting this extraordinary place. The successful candidate will demonstrate a flair for creating/challenging business models which derive from or deliver this.
What's in it for you:
* Staff Discounts
* 20% on Blenheim retail
* 50% on Blenheim Café food outlets
* 30% at The Orangery
* Salary Sacrifice Schemes for Bicycles and Electric Vehicles
* Access to our Benefits Platform with a range of additional benefits including:
* Instant discounts
* Discount on Days Out
* Day Passes for Family and Friends
* Monthly Adventure Play Visit
* Shopping Cards
* Weekly Shop Discounts
* Gym Scheme and Much More!
* Competitive Pension
* Complimentary Event Tickets
* Annual Pass for yourself and a family member
* Staff Events
* Holiday Purchase Scheme
* Paid Volunteer Day
* Free Fruit Wednesday
* Free breakfast on Friday
* Monthly Sharing a Sense of Belonging Events
* Free Eye Test and a contribution for Glasses
* Long Service Award
* Onsite Parking
* Free Blenheim Christmas Tree
Benefits vary from contract type; these will be confirmed to you in our welcome letter.
Here we invest in our People. Our Promise is to help our employees, Grow, Give and Belong.
* Grow - At Blenheim your talent is nurtured and your wellbeing is championed.
* Give - Being a part of something much bigger, giving back to the wider community to work collaboratively and to meet our shared goals.
* Belong - Be a part of something special, know you matter and belong.
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