Chief Financial Officer

2 weeks ago


Chorley, United Kingdom Agility Full time

**Cheif Financial Officer**

**Fixted term contract to February 2023**

**Starting Salary £65,000**

**Chorley**

Agility is delighted to be working with a forward-thinking education company small but steadily growing Trust in the North West, currently spanning South Ribble, West Lancashire and North Sefton.

**Financial management and control**

The CFO will be accountable for maintaining robust financial management of the Trust and its academies.

The CFO will: - Ensure long-term financial sustainability, manage the budget process (from planning through to approval, working with other Trust leaders)
- Work with the CEO and COO to prepare individual academies’ budgets and monitor in line with school development plans and the Trust’s strategic objectives
- Provide accurate and timely information to the CEO, COO and Trustees to enable effective budgetary control including monthly management accounts and budget monitoring reports
- Provide a report for each Trustees meeting detailing the financial position of the Trust, budget monitoring information, cash flow reporting and provide information regarding the internal and external audits plus any accompanying reports
- Develop, implement, monitor and review the Trust’s financial policies and procedures in accordance with the Academies Financial Handbook, enabling robust financial management whilst ensuring that all finance staff across the Trust adhere to these policiesand procedures
- Take appropriate action to address financial risks, problems and irregularities
- Develop and maintain an effective internal audit procedure for the Trust and its academies, including producing audit reports and making recommendations for improvement in line with the internal audit programme
- Manage the external audit procedures for the Trust and its academies, and follow up on any recommendations, leading on implementing audit improvement points.
- Manage the Trust’s tax and National Insurance arrangements, including ensuring claims for VAT and business rates are submitted and refunds are received and appropriately accounted for.
- Ensure an appropriate policy for partial exemption is in place and that this is adhered to by finance staff - Manage the Trust’s cash position at all times, including overseeing bank deposits
- Support the income generation strategy for the Trust and its academies
- Ensure that any funding changes are reported to the CEO and COO immediately and that all alerts from the DfE and ESFA are actioned immediately ensuring that any additional funding is applied for
- Lead the procurement strategy and ensure policies and procedures for buying and ordering supplies and services are compliant, efficient and generating economies of scale.
- Work with the COO to oversee the management of contracts and service level agreements to achieve maximum value for money as the Trust grows.

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