Chief Financial Officer

Sancta Familia Catholic Academy Trust, Mitcham, CR4 1YG

18 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  9 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  21 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: All year round
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £85,000 to £100,000 (depending on experience)

What skills and experience we're looking for

As a member of the Trust’s Senior Leadership Team, the CFO will have strategic responsibility for all aspects of Trust finance, asset management, risk management, capital planning and procurement.

Delivering strategic direction through the effective use of assets and resources, this role is integral in leading a successful trust that is financially sustainable.

The role will identify opportunities for commercial income development working collaboratively with the academies in the Trust and with due regard to the ethos of the Trust.

What the school offers its staff

Please see further details in our recruitment pack and on our Trust website.

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 info@sanctafamilia.co.uk

CVs are not accepted.

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.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

SFCAT CFO pack FINAL.pdf - 1.5 MB (opens in new tab)

CES model application form - senior leaders.docx - 69.8 KB (opens in new tab)

About Sancta Familia Catholic Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Sancta Familia Catholic Academy Trust website
• Email address: info@sanctafamilia.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sancta-familia-catholic-academy-trust

A community where faith, learning, and growth come together to inspire students toward excellence.
Sancta Familia Catholic Academy Trust is a new cross-phase family of schools that opened as a multi-academy trust in February 2025, with five schools joining at that time and the other expected to join shortly afterwards, making up the first tranche of six schools. By the end of 2025, the Trust is expected to grow to at least 10 schools, with a growth plan of 20 + schools over the next 3 years. The Trust will serve the deaneries of Croydon, Merton, Lambeth & Sutton.
Our founding Schools:
• Regina Coeli Primary (Croydon)*
• St. John Fisher Primary (Merton)
• St. Elphege’s Infant School (Sutton)*
• St Philomena’s High School (Sutton)
• St. Elphege’s Junior School (Sutton)*
• Ursuline High School (Merton)
* Formerly The Federation of St Elphege’s Catholic Schools and Regina Coeli Primary

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