Chief Finance Officer
| Posting date: | 28 August 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 September 2025 |
| Location: | Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5HX |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | e802c004-8032-4ed5-a4a0-2e53d520e379 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a Chief Finance Officer (CFO) to play a key role in the strategic leadership of the College. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced finance professional to make a significant impact on the future of a distinctive and thriving school.The RoleAs CFO, you will:
• Provide strategic leadership and clear financial advice to the Principal, Governing Board and senior leadership team.
• Lead the financial planning, budgeting and reporting cycle, ensuring accuracy, transparency and compliance with all statutory requirements.
• Manage and develop the Finance Team, embedding robust financial systems, controls and policies.
• Oversee the College’s major income streams — including boarding fees, the General Annual Grant (GAG) and other government education funding — ensuring strong financial management, accurate billing and effective credit control.
• Ensure best value in procurement and oversee the College’s wider financial commitments.
• Identify and secure additional income streams, such as grant funding and external partnerships, to strengthen long-term financial sustainability.
• Act as Company Secretary, ensuring compliance with Companies House, Charity Commission and DfE requirements.
About YouWe are looking for a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with senior financial management experience, ideally in education, charity, not-for-profit or a similarly regulated environment. You will have:
• Proven ability to provide clear financial insight and advice at Board/Trustee level.
• Strong technical knowledge of statutory reporting, charity accounting and DfE requirements.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex financial information to non-specialists.
• A track record of building positive relationships with stakeholders and leading high-performing teams.
• Experience of managing significant income streams, such as government grants, service fees or charitable funding, with strong financial controls.
• Ambition, integrity and a proactive approach to ensuring financial sustainability.
What the school offers its staff
Why Join Us?This is a rare opportunity to contribute to the future of a unique state boarding school with a truly international ethos. You will join a committed and dynamic leadership team, with the chance to shape financial strategy and sustainability in support of world-class education.
Further details about the role
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. All post-holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) including barred list check.
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.
We are seeking to appoint a Chief Finance Officer (CFO) to play a key role in the strategic leadership of the College. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced finance professional to make a significant impact on the future of a distinctive and thriving school.The RoleAs CFO, you will:
• Provide strategic leadership and clear financial advice to the Principal, Governing Board and senior leadership team.
• Lead the financial planning, budgeting and reporting cycle, ensuring accuracy, transparency and compliance with all statutory requirements.
• Manage and develop the Finance Team, embedding robust financial systems, controls and policies.
• Oversee the College’s major income streams — including boarding fees, the General Annual Grant (GAG) and other government education funding — ensuring strong financial management, accurate billing and effective credit control.
• Ensure best value in procurement and oversee the College’s wider financial commitments.
• Identify and secure additional income streams, such as grant funding and external partnerships, to strengthen long-term financial sustainability.
• Act as Company Secretary, ensuring compliance with Companies House, Charity Commission and DfE requirements.
About YouWe are looking for a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with senior financial management experience, ideally in education, charity, not-for-profit or a similarly regulated environment. You will have:
• Proven ability to provide clear financial insight and advice at Board/Trustee level.
• Strong technical knowledge of statutory reporting, charity accounting and DfE requirements.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present complex financial information to non-specialists.
• A track record of building positive relationships with stakeholders and leading high-performing teams.
• Experience of managing significant income streams, such as government grants, service fees or charitable funding, with strong financial controls.
• Ambition, integrity and a proactive approach to ensuring financial sustainability.
What the school offers its staff
Why Join Us?This is a rare opportunity to contribute to the future of a unique state boarding school with a truly international ethos. You will join a committed and dynamic leadership team, with the chance to shape financial strategy and sustainability in support of world-class education.
Further details about the role
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. All post-holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) including barred list check.
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.