Deputy CFO
Altrincham College, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA15 8QW13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
19 January 2026 at 9am
Date listed
17 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: CONTRACT TERM: Permanent, – term time, plus 3 weeks (41 weeks in total) HOURS: 36.25 hours per week (08:00 – 16:00)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- NJC Band 11 Points 40-43 (Actual Salary £46,438-£49,276)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Achieve and Learn Trust are seeking to appoint an experienced and highly motivated Trust Deputy CFO responsible for delivering an effective, compliant and consistently high-quality financial management and reporting service for the Trust. This will be achieved through the implementation of robust, measurable systems and processes which maximise the use of resources and deliver best value.
Reporting to the Chief Finance Officer, the successful candidate will be an integral part of the team, working in collaboration with staff members at each school, whilst managing a team of experienced Finance Officers based at Altrincham College.
The role demands strong organisational and people management skills and an ability to prioritise workloads. The successful candidate must have excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, as well as the ability to maintain a sense of calm in a busy school environment.
We are looking for someone with:
- Management and leadership experience, preferably within an education or local authority setting.
- Experience of educational financial management – preparation of monthly accounts, budget analysis with the ability to provide financial guidance to senior leaders within the schools.
- Experience of financial accounting – monthly reconciliations, payroll checks, managing financial policies, systems and procedures.
- Hold a finance qualification relevant to the role.
- The ability to inspire confidence and think creatively.
- A commitment to always place our students at the centre of all decision making.
What the school offers its staff
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing trust with fantastic values, who are truly committed to providing the best education to their students. It will be a chance for the right candidate to join a great place of work and take ownership of the role and make it their own, under the leadership of the CFO.
Benefits:
v An engaging, creative and welcoming environment.
v Holiday entitlement of 26 days, plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 31 days after five years of service.
v Membership of Greater Manchester Pension Scheme, with excellent employer contributions.
v Free on-site parking.
v On-site canteen facilities.
v Staff room with free refreshments.
v Employee Assistance Programme.
v Occupational Health and Counselling services available.
v Supported by a talented, highly motivated, committed and professional team of colleagues.
v Active and supportive Governing Bodies and Senior Leadership Teams.
v CPD opportunities for all staff.
v A great place to work.
Further information about the job
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 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.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Altrincham College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 982 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Altrincham College website
- Email address
- recruitment@achieveandlearntrust.com
- Phone number
- 0161 980 7173
Altrincham College (part of the South Manchester Learning Trust) is an over-subscribed 11-18 Academy set in the pleasant South Manchester suburbs of Hale/Timperley and on the Manchester/Trafford border. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment.
Altrincham College places a high value on professional development and CPD opportunities are available to all staff.
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