Head of Commercial – Social Housing (Southern Region)

Location: Southern England (regional role – travel required)
Salary: £100,000  benefits
Sector: Social Housing / Property Services
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

Build Recruitment is working with a leading property services organisation to recruit a Head of Commercial to lead commercial and financial performance across a portfolio of social housing repair and maintenance contracts in the South.

This is a senior leadership role with full responsibility for driving financial governance, managing commercial risk, and supporting operational teams to deliver high-performing, customer-focused services.

The Role

Reporting into the senior leadership team, you will:

• Lead all commercial and financial aspects of multiple social housing contracts.

• Drive robust financial controls, cost management and commercial governance.

• Produce and oversee management accounts, budgets, forecasts and performance data.

• Work closely with operational and central teams to ensure financial compliance.

• Support mobilisation of new contracts and assess financial viability of new business.

• Develop systems, processes and reporting frameworks to improve performance.

• Ensure customer experience and service quality remain central to all activities.

About You

You will be a commercially astute senior leader with:

Essential:

• Proven experience in a senior commercial role.

• Strong financial literacy and hands-on accounting experience.

• Ability to influence and challenge at all levels of an organisation.

• Track record of driving change and improving commercial performance.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Full UK driving licence.

Desirable:

• Experience within social housing, property services or maintenance contracts.

• Knowledge of housing management systems and operational dashboards.

• Strategic mindset with strong people leadership skills.

Why Apply?

This is a rare opportunity to step into a highly influential regional role within a stable, growing organisation delivering essential public services. You will have real autonomy, board-level exposure, and the chance to shape commercial strategy across a major contract portfolio.