Chief Finance Officer

ATC Trust - Achievement Through Collaboration; Bamber Bridge; On-site; GBP 83,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Achievement through Collaboration Multi Academy Trust is seeking a Chief Financial Officer to provide strategic leadership and oversight of the Trust’s financial strategy and long-term planning.

The role leads annual budgeting and forward planning, ensures compliance with the Academy Trust Handbook, SORP, and regulatory returns to DfE, ESFA and Companies House. It also drives resource allocation across schools and monitors GAG spend using IC FP models.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial leadership within education or charity sector.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and statutory reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgets and long-term forward planning aligned with the Trust's strategic priorities.
• Ensure statutory returns to DfE, ESFA, and Companies House and compliance with the Academy Trust Handbook and SORP.

Job description

Contract Type

Permanent, Fulltime (37 hours per week, All year round)

Salary Range

Leadership Pay Scale, (L19 - L23) £83,478 - £92,065 FTE per annum

Our charitable trust has one single legal and moral purpose: to advance education in the public interest. We believe that when schools work together with shared values and collective purpose, the outcomes for children are transformational.

Role Overview

To provide Strategic leadership and oversight of the Trust’s financial strategy and long-term planning.

Main Responsibilities

The CFO leads in setting annual budgets and long-term forward planning aligned with the Trust's strategic priorities. The role holds school leaders accountable for financial decision making related to the General Annual Grant (GAG), establishing key drivers specific to each school setting and using Integrated Curriculum Financial Planning (ICFP) models to ensure efficient resource allocation. The CFO is responsible for statutory returns to the DfE, ESFA, and Companies House, ensuring the trust remains fully compliant with the Academy Trust Handbook, Charity Commission's Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP), and other regulatory requirements

About Achievement through Collaboration Multi Academy Trust

At Achievement through Collaboration - we do what it says on the tin! We collaborate to achieve.

We collaborate because we believe that every child has the right to a powerful education, an education that they value and are proud of, an education that can genuinely shape a positive future for themselves and for society.

We collaborate because we know that education has the power to transform lives for the better.

We collaborate because we know that meaningful collaboration between professionals and between schools can accelerate the positive impact a great education can have.

If you share our values and are committed to ensuring that our children have the opportunity to acquire the knowledge, skills and character to shape future success, we look forward to hearing from you!

Jane Chambers

Chief Executive Officer

Our commitment

We are committed to:

1. Safeguarding and putting children at the heart of everything we do. Successful candidates are subject to rigorous pre-employment safeguarding checks, including on line checks.


2. Supporting flexible working for all roles and welcome applications from those who wish to work flexibly.


3. Eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity. We are committed to a workplace which is free from discrimination and harassment and we strive to create an inclusive environment where all employees feel they achieve, belong and collaborate.


4. Supporting colleagues - we offer a wide range of staff benefits available to all colleagues working within our family of schools.

Due to the nature of this role, it is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and requires enhanced DBS certificate/barred list check. It is an offence to apply for a role in regulated activity if you are on a barred list.

If you have any difficulties accessing our recruitment portal or completing the application form please contact 01924 907319.

Supporting Documents

• Job Decription/Person Specification


• ATC Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy 26


• Statement on Employment of Ex-Offender