Chief Finance Officer, Pontefract

The Company Brewster Partners are delighted to be supporting Pontefract Academies Trust with the recruitment of their Chief Finance Officer. The Trust has 6 primary and 2 secondary schools with a mission of running top quality, high achieving schools that give the children and young people the chance in life they deserve. The Trusts vision is to ensure that every child and young person makes outstanding progress through their school journey. The job As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, the Chief Financial Officer will have responsibility for all aspects of Trust finance. Delivering operational rigour and strategic direction, the CFO will play an integral role in supporting the growth and development of Pontefract Academies Trust and ensure it continues to be financially sustainable. The Chief Finance Officer (CFO) will lead strategically, and operationally to provide excellent financial leadership, guidance and stewardship as the Trust develops into the future. Not only will this role own the day to day numbers and provide insight to commercial decision making, the CFO will continue to build upon and embed a culture focused on working as a pro-active member of the executive across the Trust, driving internal excellence. The person You will need significant senior financial management and strategic leadership either in the public or private sector with accountability for a complex resource base. Alongside exceptional technical ability you will be a strategic thinker with experience of building and empowering strong agile teams that engenders a positive collaborative and collegiate culture, sustaining high performing teams that engage with colleagues across the Trust. You will need diplomacy, openness and approachability and a personable style of strategic leadership and resource management as well as the ability to converse with internal and external stakeholders with integrity. Benefits Good Benefits including free car parking and some agile working Brewster Partners Office Support & Technical Recruitment is a division of the Brewster Partners Recruitment Group focusing on the recruitment of talent in administration, business support, HR, sales, marketing and purchasing in South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and the Midlands. If you are interested in discussing this job in more detail or any other aspect of office support and technical recruitment we would really like to hear from you. Please visit our website at (url removed) for more information