Strategic Financial Leader

3 weeks ago


Wickford, Essex, United Kingdom HEARTS Academy Trust Full time
Financial Leadership Opportunity

HEARTS Academy Trust is seeking a dynamic and commercially astute Chief Finance Officer to provide strong leadership and strategic direction for the trust.

The successful candidate will be responsible for leading and managing multi-disciplinary teams, strategic financial management across multiple sites, business analysis, and risk management.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Strategic financial leadership
  • Financial management and control
  • Preparing and monitoring budgets and delivering annual accounts
  • Participation in relevant Executive Team, Trust Board and Local Advisory Body meetings

Essential Experiences:

  • Leading and managing multi-disciplinary teams
  • Strategic financial management across multiple sites
  • Business analysis, managing and supporting business improvement
  • Understanding of risk management, particularly in relation to finance
  • Strategic leadership, including setting whole-organisation goals and managing teams to achieve objectives
  • Auditing payroll to ensure regulations are met
  • Strong technical skills and IT literacy
  • Proven track record of successful leadership and management experience, at a senior level
  • Experience of leading an organisation through a period of budgetary reduction, growth and expansion

Preferred Experiences:

  • An accountancy qualification from a recognised, professional body
  • Educated to a degree level or substantial, equivalent level of work experience
  • Management of contractors and third-party organisations
  • Exposure to human resource matters
  • Knowledge of school-based accounting and management information systems
  • Knowledge of the Academy Trust Handbook and related regulations
  • Experience working in an educational setting
  • Experience in obtaining additional sources of funding and income


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