Wellspring Academy Trust is seeking a strategic and deeply values-driven Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to provide respectful and inspiring leadership and ensure our academies continue to offer high-quality education and joyful life experiences.
Applications close at 9 a.m. Tuesday 18th March.
Wellspring Academy Trust strives to be a diverse and inclusive place where we can ALL be ourselves. Our new CFO will make a crucial contribution to the development of our financial strategy and planning to support the success of our academies, and the success of the children who come to us for education, support, and development. A significant number of those children have special and additional needs, and we must make every effort to ensure their success.
In this role, you will oversee the financial health of one of the country’s largest and most successful multi-academy trusts. In 2023/24, our total income was £132m, with £95m of that coming from educational grants and funding. In addition to ensuring our academy finances are well planned and managed, the CFO will also contribute to the oversight of major development projects whilst working in partnership with external stakeholders and funders to ensure Wellspring’s children receive the maximum funding they are entitled to and stakeholders recognise the social return on their investments in us.
As CFO, you will contribute to all aspects of the Trust as a member of a deeply committed and well-connected Executive Team. Working with the CEO and DCEO, and reporting to the DCEO, you will be responsible for the leadership, development, and success of a finance team that supports school and Trust leaders to strategically plan, prioritise, and deliver on their budgets. The successful candidate will be a solutions-focused leader who is as comfortable developing financial strategies and plans – working with colleagues in the Executive Team and reporting to the Board of Trustees – as they are supporting a new budget holder to understand the principles of effective financial management. An entrepreneurial eye is desirable. We want you to help us identify and develop the commercial opportunities in our areas of excellence to help others and to further deepen our support for our schools.
This is a highly visible role with the requirement that the CFO will be actively involved in the day-to-day detail of the Trust and our academies. This is a pivotal role in providing exceptional learning experiences for 7,392 children and an inclusive and developmental place of work for 2,041 colleagues.
Peridot Partners and Wellspring Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and our client expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references before any final offer can be made.
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