Actual Salary

Full Time, Permanent

January 2025

2 December 2024

Achieve and Learn Trust are seeking to appoint an experienced and highly motivated 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.

This is a newly created role and 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.
This is a permanent term-time contract plus 3 weeks (41 weeks in total).

Altrincham College, part of Achieve and Learn Trust, is an over-subscribed modern high school set in attractive, spacious grounds in the semi-rural Hale/Timperley area of Altrincham. The school currently caters for approximately 980 pupils aged 11-18, so is the ideal size to offer opportunity and expertise in every area of the curriculum, whilst still being able to maintain a caring and secure environment for our pupils. The school is well served by public transport, ensuring easy access to all parts of Altrincham and South Manchester.
Our last Ofsted inspection (May 2022) confirmed that we are a “good” school, The overall message from the Inspection reads:
“Trustees, governors and other leaders set clear and high ambitions for all pupils and for students in the sixth form. These expectations help pupils and students to achieve well overall. This includes those pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those who are disadvantaged.”
You can view our Inspection Report here:
https://www.altrinchamcollege.com/attachments/download.asp?file=1855&type=pdf
The staff at Altrincham College are a very forward thinking team and we are always looking to the next stage of our development. We are proud to be a part of Achieve and Learn Trust.
Headteacher / CEO of Achieve and Learn Trust
Ms Kim Earle
Values and vision
We believe in tension-free but firm discipline, and high standards of behaviour are expected. The school encourages respect, freedom and tolerance within a law-abiding and democratic society.
A school council is made up of elected pupils from all year groups, ensuring that students are given an active voice in the development of Altrincham College.
Altrincham College provides excellent CPD opportunities for all its staff in order for them to grow and develop their learning in an aspirational environment.