Chief Financial Officer

The Laetare Catholic Multi Academy Trust, Liverpool, L12 1LF

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible, subject to checks

• Closing date

  15 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  29 September 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: £89,942.00 - £99,086.00 Annually (Actual) Hybrid with travel across schools

Chief Financial Officer job summary

Laetare is a newly established family of Religious Order schools, currently serving around 6,000 pupils and employing more than 600 staff. Our schools have strong individual identities, histories and traditions, united by a shared commitment to Catholic education and to the young people and communities we serve. Our work as a Trust is shaped by subsidiarity, solidarity, collaboration, transparency and equity, with respect for the distinctive charism and character of each school.

As the Trust develops, we now need to consolidate and strengthen our financial systems, processes and structures, improve organisational resilience and ensure that we have the capacity to support future growth.

The CFO will be the Trust's senior professional lead for finance and a member of the Executive Team, providing advice, challenge and assurance to the CEO/Accounting Officer, Board and its committees. The role has responsibility for financial strategy, planning, reporting, forecasting, control, audit readiness, procurement and value for money. The CFO will also provide executive leadership to specified central operational functions through the line management of the relevant Heads of Service.

We are looking for someone with a strong record of senior financial leadership who has successfully improved financial performance, strengthened systems and controls and built effective and resilient finance functions. Some of our schools are managing deficit positions, and the successful candidate will need the experience and credibility to work with Principals and Trust leaders to develop sustainable plans and provide clear professional challenge where required.

This is an opportunity to make a significant contribution to a young and developing Trust. We want a CFO with professional rigour, sound judgement and the ability to see both the detail and the wider organisational picture. They will understand the responsibilities that come with stewardship of public funds and be able to build strong relationships while maintaining professional independence and accountability.

Candidates do not need to be Catholic but must be able to support the distinctive Catholic mission, values and ethos of Laetare and respect the individual charisms of our Religious Order schools.

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 The Laetare Catholic Multi Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-laetare-catholic-multi-academy-trust

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