About this role
Are you our next financial mastermind?
We are looking for an excellent finance leader to be our next CFO and help us achieve our mission of Building Excellent Schools Together. You will join our trust at a pivotal time; a time where school budgets are being evermore squeezed and a time where the need to make our funding go further, and work harder for us, has never been more important.
You will be a phenomenal finance leader. A leader that is able to quickly establish themselves as a team player; a leader who is a motivator with the ability to forge strong relationships and provide clear direction in order to secure success for everyone. You will dream big and achieve big; by ensuring that our finances are superbly managed you will help secure bright futures for all our children.
Our next CFO will be an experienced and highly qualified accountant with a demonstrable record of managing large and complex budgets. You will be able to evidence the ability to foresee future difficulties and barriers, as well as being able to bring a strategic mind to navigate successfully around these. Our next CFO will have the courage to innovate, but will also have the wisdom to ensure that we always operate within tight financial regulations. The successful candidate will want to make a difference; they will be committed to maximising our funding to ensure that every child, in every school, is able to achieve their best – after all, we are Building Excellent Schools Together.
If you think that you can bring financial brilliance to our trust and lead our Finance Services Team with both love and rigour, then we would love to hear from you. If you think that you can bring innovation, strategy, and a forensic eye for detail then we would love to hear from you. If you think that you are a team player, a motivator, and an inspirational coach, then we would love to hear from you.