Is this the frying pan or the fire?

So, four days in to a new managers post and my head is just a bewildering mess. There are the most amazing things about the organisation - they seem to be changing the world through solid grass roots community development work. The emphasis is on Health, but sensibly this is a far more holistic approach which encompassess all impacts on human wellbeing. Because of this they are now running over 80 groups, and have very few systems and processes to manage a larger charity. Hence me and P have been brought in. Me - to operationally manage, bringing a focus on hearts, minds and being the best that we can be. P - to develop the business, bringing a focus on growth and sustainability. We seem to be chalk and cheese. I wonder how that will work out.
My last place of work I pushed for budget management to be given control and autonomy of their budgets. Here, the managers have their own bank accounts and have built up their own reserves, and the core costs are not recharged to them. My last place of work we worried about how, as a charity, we could afford to pay what people deserved for the work we expected of them. Here we pay far above the going rate, and worry about how to make ends meet in the recession.
What will next week bring!