Chief Finance Officer
Achievement Through Collaboration Trust, Preston, PR5 6BL18 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2027
Closing date
19 October 2026 at 9am
Date listed
1 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week Monday - Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £83,478 - £92,065
What skills and experience we're looking for
Contract Type: Permanent, Fulltime (37 hours per week, All year round)
Salary Range: Leadership Pay Scale, (L19 - L23) £83,478 - £92,065FTE 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
Please see the Job Description for more details
What the school offers its staff
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:
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.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Achievement Through Collaboration Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- rkausar@atctrust.org.uk
Achievement through Collaboration: Working together with children at the heart of everything we do. Achievement through Collaboration (AtC) is a Trust of six strong schools and a provider of initial teacher training (ITT) located across the Blackpool, Blackburn, Wigan and Lancashire area. Our Schools are Great Schools United by a foundation of collaboration, we are able to ensure the very best for our children, staff and communities. We would welcome the opportunity to share who we are with other like minded schools and organisations, so please get in touch if you have any questions or want to know more about Achievement through Collaboration.
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