Chief Financial Officer

3 weeks ago

Ellesmere Port, United Kingdom Concordia Multi Academy Trust Full time

_**No recruitment agencies.**_

Join Concordia Multi Academy Trust as Chief Financial Officer leading financial activity and driving financial strategy across the Trust. The role will work closely with the Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officers during a period of growth ensuring long-term financial health and stability across all areas of the Trust.

The role will include financial oversight of five schools, soon to be seven, a trading company, English Hub and the central team. The role will include line management of the central finance team, financial reporting, budgeting and regulatory reporting.

The Trust is at an exciting time in its journey enhancing its support to its schools as it grows and the new CFO will help us to build on this allowing the support to the Trust staff and pupils to continue to grow.

Working with us as CFO includes:

- A fantastic and friendly team environment
- non-contributory NEST pension of 8%
- Flexible working hours (see below for further details)
- Flexible location (see below for further details)
- Performance related pay
- Health care benefits
- 30 days holiday plus public holidays.

The role is full time (37 hours per week over five days) over 52 weeks a year.

**What are we looking for?**

We are looking for someone who has experience as a Chief Financial Officer or senior Finance Manager who can demonstrate their financial acumen and ability to develop and execute financial strategy.

It is not vital that you have experience in Education finance, however, you should be eager to learn and adapt to the challenges that exist within the sector. You should be someone that can quickly grow relationships particularly at a senior level with our Executive Team and Trustees.

Joining a small central team you should be comfortable completing administrative activities right through to being a leader in the Trust, and quite often on the same day. This ensures that the role is variable and you should be comfortable with this variety and the fantastic opportunities this brings to make a difference across the Trust.

You should have experience managing staff and developing them to provide cover and succession planning. This includes being able to hold the entire Trust to account on financial decisions and sometimes saying no.

**Who are Concordia Multi Academy Trust?**

We are a registered Charitable Company consisting of three Cheshire West and Chester Primary schools, one Cheshire East Primary School and an Infant School in Wirral. We are entering a phase of investment to support our growth which aims for us to grow to around ten schools within the next three years.

It goes without saying that we are dedicated to delivering the highest levels of education to our ~1200+ pupils and support our ~200+ staff in their wellbeing and development.

Our CEO is a true educationalist and ex-Head Teacher with extensive knowledge on the education sector and was one of the co-founders of Concordia Multi Academy Trust. Our COO, who joined us in September 2021, is from the private sector and has extensive business and commercial knowledge.

More information about our recruitment and the Trust can be found at concordiamat.co.uk/careers

**The Role - Principle Responsibilities**

Principle Responsibilities

Develop and build processes to streamline the financial activities in the Trust using a continuous improvement approach which includes creating, communicating and implementing a vision for the finance function
- To identify, harmonise, test, implement, monitor and audit financial processes and procedures across the Trust
- Maintain all financial policies in line with the trust Policy Management Framework
- Drive the financial growth and support strategic growth of the Trust
- Undertake detailed due diligence on prospective and new schools joining the Trust
- Oversee and where necessary undertake budget setting and monitoring for Trust activities
- Produce and maintain multiyear and multi scenario forecasting for all current and potential Trust activities
- Ensure the trust meets requirements set out by Companies House, the Charity Commission, the Department for Education and the Education and Skills Funding Agency and other appropriate bodies
- To monitor the financial performance of the academies regularly and systematically and report the outcomes to the Executive Team and Trustees
- Provide financial reports to the Executive Team and Trustees
- To work with the Trust accountant to co-ordinate and co-operate with the work of the external auditor and prepare and submit audited statutory consolidated accounts to the EFSA and Companies House in accordance with required deadlines
- Lead on the internal audits required to be undertaken providing guidance to Trustees and managing any actions.
- Work with the Executive Team to enhance existing and introduce new income streams to support Trust activities
- Be responsible for all financial activities including but not limited to VAT, depreciation

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