Chief Finance & Operations Officer (CFOO)
Sdbe Multi Academy Trust, London, SE1 1TD23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
20 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
23 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Competitive, Depending On Experience
What skills and experience we're looking for
The SDBE Multi Academy Trust is a growing family of Church of England schools, rooted in strong values and a shared commitment to excellence. We currently serve 14 schools across London and the South-East, supporting over 3,000 children and more than 500 staff, with more schools due to join us in the years ahead.
As we launch our new five year strategic plan, we are looking for a dynamic and experienced Chief Finance and Operations Officer to help bring our ambitions to life.
This is a key leadership role in a stable, high performing Trust with a clear sense of direction and purpose. You will be responsible for leading new and existing functions including finance, estates, ICT, compliance and risk, procurement, and payroll, ensuring that each is forward thinking, responsive and strategically aligned to our mission.
In our Trust, we see our central teams as an extension of our school leadership teams, true partners in the work of school and business improvement. Our role is to empower our heads and their teams to be the very best they can be. We are committed to building capacity through thoughtful, well-designed and proactive support that removes barriers, enabling leaders to focus their energy where it matters most: on teaching, learning and nurturing every child in our care. For these reasons, we will be expecting you to get to know our schools well, so that you can help them to determine the very best in financial performance.
What the school offers its staff
You will be inheriting a finance function that has already been through a period of significant change and is now well positioned to provide high quality support. You will help shape the next stage, creating collaborative hubs, embedding excellence, and growing a culture of professional trust.
You will bring strong academy trust experience, alongside a proven ability to lead impactful business operations and build high performing teams. Most importantly, you will share our ambition to be dynamic and forward thinking in all areas of our work, shaping a Trust that is continually learning, developing and delivering for its schools and communities.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to thomas.scrace@southwark.anglican.org
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Sdbe Multi Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- thomas.scrace@southwark.anglican.org
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