Chief Financial Officer

St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Trust, Sheffield, S9 3WU

63 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  6 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  4 August 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: £80,000.00 - £90,000.00 Annually (Actual)

Chief Financial Officer job summary

The CFO is the Trust's strategic lead for financial management, sustainability and resource planning and will provide professional leadership and advice to the CEO, Board of Directors and school leaders. The successful candidate will fulfil the statutory CFO function required by the Academy Trust Handbook and ensure the Trust maintains robust financial control, effective governance and long-term financial sustainability.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Trust's financial strategy and long-term financial planning.
• Oversee annual budgets, forecasting and financial performance monitoring.
• Ensure compliance with Academy Trust Handbook requirements and all relevant financial regulations.
• Lead statutory accounts preparation, audit processes and regulatory returns.
• Maintain effective risk management and internal control frameworks.
• Drive value-for-money initiatives and operational efficiencies.
• Support Trust growth opportunities including due diligence and academy onboarding.
• Lead and develop the finance team and promote financial accountability across the Trust.

About You

Applicants should have:

Essential

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or equivalent).
• Significant senior leadership experience.
• Experience contributing at Board or Executive Team level.
• Strong financial planning, reporting and governance expertise.
• Excellent communication, analytical and leadership skills.

Desirable

• Experience within education, academy trusts or public sector organisations.
• Knowledge of Academy Trust Handbook requirements.
• Experience of organisational growth, mergers or acquisitions.

What We Offer

• A senior executive leadership role with significant influence across the Trust.
• The opportunity to shape the financial future of a growing organisation.
• A values-led culture focused on improving outcomes for children and young people.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.

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 St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-clare-catholic-multi-academy-trust

St Clare Catholic Multi Academy Trust was formed in response to the vision of the Bishop of Hallam for all schools in the Diocese to be part of high achieving Catholic MATs with a strong moral purpose to deliver the best possible experiences for all pupils with a particular commitment to those who are most vulnerable.
Our first 12 schools joined the Trust in September 2022 and our 13th school, Holy Trinity Barnsley, joined us in April 2024. We work closely with our wider family of 10 primary schools who we look forward to fully welcoming into the Trust in due course, at which point we will be a Trust of 23 schools across Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham.
We are built on a foundation of strong relationships between our schools, rooted in our shared Catholic Christian mission and passion for serving our communities across the Diocese. We have a strong commitment to enhancing the ethos and character of each individual school so that schools continue to be rooted firmly in the communities that they serve. We also have a commitment to the common good, harnessing our collective capacity for the benefit of all the children and young people who attend our schools.

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