Chief Financial Officer Full Time

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Lionheart Educational Trust is a growing and sizeable Trust with eight secondary schools, a sixth form and five primary schools, as well as alternative provision centres. In total we educate around 12,000 pupils across the Leicestershire and Leicester City areas and we have over 1500 employees who work incredibly hard to make sure we serve our families and communities effectively.

We are pleased to offer an exciting and challenging opportunity for a committed and motivated finance expert to become our new Chief Financial Officer. The successful candidate will join our central Trust Executive Team to lead the strategic management of the Trust finances and overall probity and sustainability.

The Chief Financial Officer will be a key part of our team, working closely with the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and the Trustees, to ensure we have transparent and highly effective financial management which is held to account by Lionheart schools and the Trust Board. The CFO would also have overall responsibility for a sizeable Finance Team.

How to apply

For job description and application process, please click the link below.

https://lionhearttrust.org.uk/opportunities/chief-finance-officer/

The Trust strives to be a diverse and inclusive place where all staff have a seat at the table: a seat to be free, a seat to inspire, a seat to challenge and a seat to succeed.

We currently have staff networks for staff who are Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer + (LGBTQ+), staff who would describe their background as working class and staff with a disability.

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