Job Description

Their vision is to run schools where academic excellence is just one aspect of an outstanding education, sitting alongside a rich extended curriculum, building emotional intelligence in pupils, through their learning experience. The Finance Controller role is key to the delivery the MAT's vision, whilst proactive collaboration and school improvement support is at its core.

They're seeking to appoint an exceptional, emerging leader as a Finance Controller, who will role model fulfilling the vision of their school and leadership style. They need to be a strategic leader, who will best support and drive the finance and budgeting approach across the various schools' communities. The Finance Controller will inspire, motivate, and grow teams, centrally and across the schools, towards educational excellence. They will promote and safeguard the welfare of pupils and staff at all times and provide an appropriate combination of challenge, collaboration and support in order to raise standards.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

They need an individual who will contribute to the strategic direction of the Trust; provide clear information, and recommendations to the Director of Finance regarding financial performance and the financial implications of operational decisions; monitor and evaluate progress against stated financial objectives and targets in the Trust's plans, initiating and taking any additional action as agreed.