Salary:
Up to £85,000* (*Salary between £80,000 and £85,000, depending upon the applicant’s skills and experience.)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
Negotiable, as soon as possible.
Apply by:
18 November 2024
Job overview
Relocation: A generous relocation allowance may be available where the employee’s new home is reasonably close to the workplace and the former home is not.
We are excited to announce an opportunity for an exceptional finance professional with the right blend of skills, talents, experience, and values to become the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of The Cranmer Education Trust.
The Cranmer Education Trust is a strong and growing multi-academy trust based in Oldham and Rochdale, with partnerships that extend into Tameside, Manchester, Stockport and beyond in the East Greater Manchester/Pennine/Lancashire region.
The CFO will lead our financial strategy and management, with the responsibility to report directly to the Board of Trustees in line with the Academies Handbook. They will lead a small central team of qualified and experienced accountants/finance managers. Our estate is very mixed; including brand new schools, a PFI, 2 C19 foundations and everything in between. The financial oversight of estates strategy and capital spending is a key part of this role and is important in terms of risk-management.
Education finance always presents both revenue and capital challenges. Our trust has a healthy resource of (currently) £2M+ and our budgets are balanced. However, there are financial pressures across the public sector. Our Chief Financial Officer will need to anticipate, strategize, plan and communicate in a way that is agile and resourceful. Communication at executive team level, with the strategic committee of Headteachers, and with the Trustees on the Audit, Risk and Finance Committees is essential. Ultimately, all the work of the CFO will be rooted in supporting our schools and ensuring the best outcomes for each and every pupil.
We are looking for someone who shares our purpose and values; we exist to create exceptional schools that will give all our young people a future and in doing so, will build strong communities which have hope. Secondly, we need someone who has accountancy qualifications and experience at the right level (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA) and can lead the technical aspects of the role to ensure accountability for public money. Crucially, we need someone who will lead, communicate and take people with them, from the central team, through the schools, when engaging with the DfE, when reporting to the Trust Board. We need someone who understands the MAT sector and ideally has experience of financial leadership in schools/trusts.
The deadline for applications is 10am on Monday 18th November 2024.
Shortlisting and contacting candidates will be during the following week.
Interviews will be during week beginning 25th November 2024.
Start date: We would like the successful candidate to start as soon as possible, but we realise that notice periods can be variable, and we are prepared to discuss the best start date for the right candidate.
We offer:
* A competitive salary.
* Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
* 28 – 35 days leave per year.
* An element of flexible working, including WFH, subject to business need.
* A professional working environment based on the site of The Blue Coat School in Oldham, which is very accessible in the centre of Oldham.
* Free parking on site.
Potential candidates are welcome to contact our advisers ASDTi on 07736 775776 to discuss the opportunity and to arrange a visit to the Trust if required.
The appointment is, of course, subject to satisfactory references and a successful enhanced DBS Disclosure.
Further details and a full application pack are available from our advisers ASDTi by visiting and downloading from
www.cranmercfo.info
, by e-mailing
gm@asdti.com
, or by calling 07736 775776.
Please note, however, that (in common with most UK Schools and Colleges) we cannot accept CVs, nor will we accept approaches from agencies.
ASDTi are available, on our behalf, during evenings and weekends as well as in the working day, and would be pleased to discuss your application, career or relocation expectations.
About Cranmer Education Trust
* Cranmer Education Trust
* Egerton Street, Oldham
* Manchester
* OL1 3SQ
* United Kingdom
The Cranmer Education Trust is a strong and growing schools trust based in Oldham and Rochdale, with partnerships that extend into Tameside, Manchester, Stockport and beyond in the East Greater Manchester/ Pennine/ Lancashire region.
We are committed to our local and regional area and the diverse communities that our schools serve, as well as to the training and professional development of all the people who work in our schools to provide the quality of education, inspiration and nurture that our young people need and deserve.
By 2029, we plan to increase our family to 11,000 pupils. We are proudly and fiercely independent and the size, cohesiveness and strength of our organisation will ensure that we remain so.
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