Chief Finance Officer (CFO)

Agora Learning Partnership, Watford, WD24 5JW

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  April 2026

• Closing date

  11 February 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  20 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £70,626.00 - £73,955.00 Annually (FTE) Salary: M7 point 58 -61 (£70,626 - £73,955) point

Chief Finance Officer (CFO) job summary

Our Chief Finance Officer (CFO) will be part of a team where we ‘work together, learn together, succeed together’, with a key focus on supporting and enabling schools to improve the life chances of the children and families they serve. This role will appeal to an ambitious and enthusiastic professional, motivated by the opportunity to impact positively on children’s outcomes Partnership-wide.

The position will suit an individual who can lead and manage all financial aspects of the Trust’s work and play a lead role in setting the Trust’s strategic direction. The CFO will have the opportunity to drive change within the Trust’s finance function and its Academies, in order to bring greater efficiency and effectiveness in the way the Trust carries out its business.

The CFO will be required to:

- Ensure the finance service underpins the Trust’s work, resulting in improved outcomes for children

- Take responsibility for the financial performance of the Trust and ensure the Trust remains financially viable

- Ensure the appropriate use of public funds and financial compliance, Trust-wide

- Oversee the delivery, evaluation and development of the Trust’s finance function, including the finance service provided to the Trust’s Academies

- Play a full and active role as a member of the Agora Learning Partnership’s Leadership Team

- Be accountable to the Trust Board and support Trustees to make informed financial decisions

Please review the attached recruitment pack for full details. To arrange a discussion about this role or should you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Daulman (Chief Executive Officer) via HR@agoralearning.co.uk

The Agora Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and visitors to share this commitment. This post will require an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS).

Please note that all recruitment is handled directly by our team; we do not work with external agencies.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Agora Learning Partnership

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Agora Learning Partnership website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/agora-learning-partnership

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