Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Peak Edge, Sheffield, S35 0HG23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
16 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
2 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £66,284 to £70,784 (starting point negotiable, dependent on experience)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you a skilled leader in finance? Are you looking for an exciting new challenge? Do you want to work in a collaborative and supportive environment, making a meaningful contribution to the education of our children?
We are looking for a Chief Financial Officer to join the leadership team at Peak Edge Academy Trust.
As Chief Financial Officer, you will be responsible for managing and developing our estates strategy, as well as playing a key role in the trust’s financial affairs. Working closely with the CEO and our Chief Operating Officer, you will ensure resources are used effectively and efficiently while playing a key role in shaping the future of the trust.
We are looking for a diplomatic and self-reliant individual with a proven track record of financial and estates management. You will have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to develop robust financial plans while identifying and mitigating risks. Possessing exceptional organisational and people management skills, you will lead, develop and maintain the sound operation of financial practice, both within the central team and across our schools, ensuring that the requirements of the Academies Handbook are effectively fulfilled. You will be an effective communicator, with the ability to build relationships with stakeholders at all levels, both within and outside the trust.
If you are passionate about public service and want to make a meaningful contribution to the success of Peak Edge, then please get in touch.
To find out more about the role, please contact Yvette Hawksworth, COO, at enquiries@peakedge.org.uk.
What the school offers its staff
We provide a warm, friendly and encouraging workplace, with a commitment to professional development and opportunities for career progression. All our employees are offered a wellbeing support package and the tools and support to do their job well. In return, we ask that all our staff place children’s outcomes at the heart of what they do.
Further information about the job
The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and a Children’s Barred List check. Please note that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you have been placed on the Children’s Barred List.
Completed applications, and any queries about the recruitment process, should be addressed to Scott Glover, Glover Recruitment Consultancy, at scott@gloverrecruitment.co.uk, or by calling him on 0776677 3682. Applications should be submitted using the attached Peak Edge application form (please contact Scott if you require this document in a different format). In line with Safer Recruitment guidance, CVs will not be accepted.
Commitment to safeguarding
Peak Edge is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children; we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. All shortlisted candidates will be asked to disclose any cautions or convictions prior to interview. The amendments to the ROA Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain convictions and cautions are 'protected' and are therefore not subject to disclosure to employers. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Peak Edge
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Website
- Peak Edge website
- Email address
- scott@gloverrecruitment.co.uk
- Phone number
- 0776677 3682
Peak Edge is based in West Sheffield and was established in 2019 as a partnership between like-minded partner schools with excellence at the heart of all that we do.
The schools in the Family share the same intention of ensuring every pupil we serve reaches their full potential and have track records of not only working together but providing school to school support across the city and beyond.
We believe every young person has the right to an excellent education, to feel safe and enjoy stimulating learning that inspires them. We aim to fully prepare them for the next stage of their life. We are committed to supporting the schools led system and are committed as a group to deeper collaboration. Peak Edge brings schools together and provide a foundations for further growth by sharing our strengths while maintaining our individual characteristics.
Everyone involved with Peak Edge subscribes to the same core values and moral purpose so that we can best support each other and help our adults to develop alongside our young people. These values are what make Peak Edge such an exciting organisation to be a part of.
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