Director of Finance and Chief Finance Officer
Amersham School, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP7 9HH8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Agreed at Interview
Closing date
17 April 2026 at 12:59am
Date listed
5 March 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
- £54,143.00 - £68,655.00 Annually (Actual)
Director of Finance and Chief Finance Officer job summary
Principal Responsibilities
- To work with the Headteacher and Governors to develop the school’s financial plan and have overall responsibility for the management of the plan.
- To lead, operate, maintain, and develop the financial procedures and systems of the school.
- To ensure that the school is fully prepared to meet Ofsted and Audit financial criteria.
- To maintain a knowledge of sector developments and best practice as they relate to operational matters, communicating these to the Headteacher, Governing Body, managers, and staff as appropriate.
- To manage finance and catering staff.
- To act as Company Secretary for the Governing Body and to be responsible for all associated records and returns.
- To prepare a realistic and balanced budget.
- To prepare monthly management accounts.
- To ensure that the staffing structure meets the strategic objectives of the school.
For more detailed duties and responsibilities, please refer to the job specification attached.
Amersham School is a student centred school. We pride ourselves on our ability to provide each and every one of our students with a first class and personalised education.
Closing date for applications: Thursday 9 April Midday
Interviews: On application
The school reserves the right to appoint before the closing date should a suitable candidate become available.
Amersham School is committed to the welfare and safeguarding of all its students and therefore all appointments are made subject to satisfactory Enhanced DBS, qualification and pre-employment checks
As part of the shortlisting process, we will carry out an online search (including social media) as part of our due diligence on the shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the school might want to explore with the applicant at interview
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 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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Amersham School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1052 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Amersham School website
Amersham School is a student centred, rapidly improving mixed 11-18 Community School of 920 students with 132 students in our thriving 6th Form.
Our students are encouraged to become well-rounded and broad-minded individuals and we support this through a diverse range of extra-curricular activities. As a Business and Enterprise specialist we focus on the development of skills which inspire and motivate our students to become successful and confident adults.
Amersham School looks forward to an exciting and promising future. Our students achieve good examination results at both GCSE and A Level. We are consistently one of the top performing Upper Schools in the County, making sure that our students have the personal qualifications and qualities to access Post-16 education and training. We are incredibly proud of our students and welcome the opportunity to work with and learn from those who share our dedication to innovation, improvement and success.
Please visit our school website where you will find a wealth of information about our vision and our mission statement ‘Live, Learn and Succeed – Together’ where our values of mutual respect, honesty and integrity, responsibility and ownership, equality and co-operation alongside the establishment of a sense of community underpin our school environment.
Amersham School was rated a good school by Ofsted in 2016.
As employers, we are committed to your personal development. We offer a supportive and innovative environment to work within and opportunities for Professional Development which will allow you to further enhance your skilful practice.
Our staff members have free access to our fitness suite, onsite parking and will have the opportunity to take part in social activities. As a result of our success we are expanding our school and therefore are recruiting teachers to join our hard working, innovative and enthusiastic team.
You can find out more about Amersham School on https://www.amershamschool.org.uk/
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