Job Description
Chief Financial Officer
- Department: The Pennine Trust Executive Central Team
- Permanent & Part-time (4 days per week)
- Starting salary: £57,502 - £62,666 pro-rata (£71,878 - £78,322 fte)
The Pennine Trust
The Pennine Trust is a vibrant, cross phase multi academy trust which was jointly established by three primary schools and one secondary school in 2018.
Our mission statement ‘creating opportunity, inspiring excellence, shaping tomorrow’ encapsulates our approach and what we prioritise daily. We want to provide every child in our care with the best possible start in life and motivate them to fulfil their individual potential and make a full contribution to their communities and to society.
Chief Finance Officer
We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and strategic Chief Financial Officer with outstanding leadership and communication skills to join our central trust team.
As the Chief Financial Officer you will be responsible for all aspects of finance within the trust, providing leadership for the Central Support Team and the school based Operations Managers. The role will work closely with the Chief Executive Officer as the trust continues to seek growth opportunities, ensuring long term financial health and stability across all areas of the trust.
Job Role
Reporting To: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Purpose of the Job
To lead on finance within the trust providing advice and support to the CEO in their role as Accounting Officer and reporting to the Board of Trustees. To provide leadership and support to the Central Support Team and the school-based Operations Managers ensuring that an efficient and effective service is provided to the trust.
This is a senior leadership team post that will change over time, where the post holder needs to be responsive and proactive in the context of strategic priorities. It is not possible therefore to set out a full range of duties. The application pack gives an indicative list but it is not structured in an order of importance but reflects the basis for which the post-holder will be held accountable for performance.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an exceptional and inspirational leader with financial experience. The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with strong business acumen and a desire to help improve the life chances of the young people in our schools.
Please complete the application form from the trust website www.penninetrust.org and email to applications@penninetrust.orgonce completed.
Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 29.5 per week
Salary: From £57,502.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexitime
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Application question(s):
- Do you have an accounting qualification?
Education:
- Certificate of Higher Education (preferred)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Nelson BB9
Reference ID: PCT/CFO-01
Expected start date: 01/10/2023
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