Trust Head of Finance

We are looking for a Trust Head of Finance to join our expanding Trust team at Altus Education Partnership. We need a dedicated and forward-thinking finance professional to provide strong financial leadership within our successful Multi-Academy Trust. The work of the Trust Head of Finance will be rooted in ensuring benefit to the learners and communities the Trust serves.

The post holder will be responsible for financial planning and management across the Trust, in conjunction with the CFO, Principals/Heads and Trustees, and will be responsible for ensuring the Trust fulfils its financial, company, legal, tax and DfE compliance requirements.

The role will include the production of high-quality reports for the CEO and CFO to enable them to make informed financial decisions in conjunction with the Trust Board.

The Trust Head of Finance will be responsible for the operational line management of the finance function and managing all the financial accounting and transactional finance for the Trust, ensuring all systems are up to date and reporting is timely and in line with required annual financial returns.

The Altus Education Partnership was formed in 2017 by the governing body of Rochdale Sixth Form College, an Ofsted outstanding college, currently with around 1,900 students. The College opened in 2010, and since then, it has raised achievement in the area dramatically and become nationally recognised; the college is Ofsted outstanding and regularly one of the highest performing colleges in the country according to the DfE’s performance tables and national achievement rate tables. In 2021, it was named TES Sixth Form College of the Year.

You will be joining Altus Education Partnership at a very exciting time in its development, and there are always opportunities for career progression for hardworking and resilient colleagues.

The post will be paid on the Sixth Form Colleges Association Pay Spine, band L2 – L7, currently £50,533 to £56,706.

For more information, visit: www.altusep.com or contact Fatima Rashid, HR Officer, at recruitment@altusep.com.  

Closing date: Midday on Wednesday 7 September 2022.

Expected interview date: Friday 16 September 2022.

Altus Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. This position is subject to an Enhanced DBS check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

In accordance with the recommendations set out in KCSIE, the Trust carries out online searches on shortlisted candidates.