Chief Finance Officer
Attain Academy Partnership, Chelmsford, CM1 4UU26 days remaining to apply
Job start date
2 January 2026
Closing date
8 September 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
12 August 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 Hours Per Week Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Scale 13 Points 49 – 53 (£64,872 - £71,357)
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Trust is seeking a dynamic Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to play a pivotal role in shaping the Trust's financial future. The ideal candidate will be a strategic leader, able to balance oversight of operational excellence with high-level strategic insight, ensuring long-term financial health and growth. You will ideally have experience of working collaboratively in education and will be prepared to support our individual academies with budget management and planning. This is a great opportunity to join a values-driven Trust at an exciting stage in our development. You will be a key member of the Trust's Leadership Team, working closely with the CEO and other Leaders to develop and implement strategy and to resource and deliver the organisation's strategic objectives sustainably.
The CFO is expected to bring a modern, commercial approach to the leadership of the finance function, running it as a highly competent and efficient service with an emphasis on a proactive and education-focused service. As well as ensuring the financial health of our organisation, you will bring experience of lateral thinking when it comes to realising the financial opportunities that we have within our Trust.
The CFO is directly responsible to the Chief Executive, who is the accounting officer for the Trust, and is ultimately responsible for the proper financial conduct of the institution. The CFO will provide advice on strategic financial issues and be responsible for financial management and for the leadership and management of the financial team.
To apply or to find out more about our Trust please have a look at our website by clicking on the link:https://www.attain.essex.sch.uk which has links to all our academies.
If you would like an informal chat, or to know more about the role or Trust, please contact Juliet Hope one email jhope@rayne.essex.sch.uk and a call will be arranged with Susannah Edom-Baker, CEO.
Application Deadline - Friday 8th September, 2025 at 12 noon
What the school offers its staff
Attain Academy Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We respect and value cultural and religious diversity and will not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, religion, race, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, culture, or disability. You must be a UK resident, have the right to work in the UK, and be willing to complete a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check.
Our Vision: Working together towards success for all
Attain Academy Partnership aims to provide an outstanding education for all children in all schools, relevant to the world in which they live. We would like all members of Attain to become:
- Ambitious, capable learners who are resilient and independent • Enterprising, creative contributors who have a real love of learning • Ethical, informed citizens who value differences and inclusively • Healthy, confident individuals who contribute to a mutually supportive environment
We want to create a community of outstanding schools with the highest aspiration and dedication to achieving the best outcomes for all our learners:
- An unshakable belief in the intrinsic value of every individual within our community • Exciting and creative climates for learning within a safe and supportive environment • Sustainable collaboration and sharing of best practice • Personal and professional development for all members of staff • Accountability based on honesty and responsibility in all our relationships
We believe: • That every pupil deserves a good education that enables them to be the best they can possibly be • That every individual in our community of schools (our pupils, staff, families, carers and friends) is important and has something to contribute • In building an exciting and creative climate for learning within a safe and supportive environment • In working together and sharing best practice • In ensuring the personal and professional development for all members of staff so that they have a rewarding and a fulfilling career within our community of schools • In accountability based on honesty and responsibility in all our relationships
A copy of our child protection policy and practices, a copy of our policy on employing ex-offenders, the recruitment and selection policy statement which includes data protection information and privacy notice for applicants can be found on www.attain.essex.sch.uk.
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.
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About Attain Academy Partnership
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- jhope@rayne.essex.sch.uk
Primary Multi Academy Trust of 7 schools in Essex
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