Chief Financial Officer
The Cowplain School, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO8 8RY23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
8 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
16 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week. The core hours for this post are Monday to Thursday 8.00am to 3.30pm, Friday 8.00am to 3.00pm. The successful candidate should be prepared to work flexibly at key times of the year.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade G (£46,140pa to £51,445pa) pay award pending
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Cowplain School wishes to appoint a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to replace our existing colleague who is retiring after a long and successful career with the academy.
As your role is leading finance in a single academy trust, you will have responsible for the overall performance of finance within the academy, ensuring long-term financial sustainability.Working with the Principal in his role as Accounting Officer, you will deliver operational rigour and strategic direction, providing accurate and effective information to the Principal, SLT and Board of Trustees.
You should be someone who has a strong financial background and who can think strategically, creatively and innovatively, whilst being commercially astute. As you will be working with young people, you also need a passion for working in an educational environment and must be able to form positive relationships with key stakeholders, including trustees, staff, parents and children.
This is an exciting time to be joining the school as we continue to expand and build on the success of the last few years during which we have significantly invested in the school site. Our intake each year has increased as more and more families choose Cowplain for their child and with this increase in students comes an increase in income and subsequent investment.
We have some exciting projects in the pipeline which will require your expertise and commercial acumen to deliver successfully and you will play a key role in ensuring they are delivered successfully and on budget.
The job description and person specification contained in the
application pack detail the skills, aptitudes and experience required to
succeed in the role.
What the school offers its staff
We realise that the role may be a promotion for you and are happy to invest in training and continued professional development so that you are able to fulfil the role confidently and effectively.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Cowplain School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to a.simmons@cowplainschool.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
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About The Cowplain School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 995 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- The Cowplain School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- a.simmons@cowplainschool.co.uk
- Phone number
- 023 9261 2020
School location
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