Finance Director

Main Areas of Responsibility

You will play a pivotal role in the strategic and financial leadership of Harris Federation, overseeing the financial operations of our 55 academies across London and Essex, ensuring our financial health, compliance with legal, legislative, and regulatory requirements, and alignment with educational funding policies. As the senior finance leader, you will work closely with the CEO, trustees, and senior management team to drive the financial strategy that supports the Harris Federation mission and educational goals.

Skills

We would like to hear from you if you:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA) with significant post-qualification experience
• Are an experienced FD, ideally in Education or similar related industries such as healthcare, housing or charities
• Have proven experience at board level and with managing complex stakeholder relationships.
• Have experience of successfully delivering change and transformation in a fast-paced, complex, multi-location organisation
• Have a strategic, forward-looking mindset providing decisive leadership whilst being resourceful and ‘hands on’
• Are a champion for the inter-related goals of financial, environmental and organisational sustainability

For a full person specification, please download the Job Pack.

Benefits

For most non-teaching staff based at our Head Office in East Croydon, we also offer lifestyle friendly working arrangements including flexible start and end times, and hybrid working with two days from home and three days on site.
You will also have access to a variety of benefits, programmes and initiatives including:

• Annual performance and loyalty bonus
• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution
• 26 days’ annual leave (inclusive of our Christmas Eve closure day) plus bank holidays, rising to 27 days after 2 years’ service, or equivalent for staff on term time contracts
• Private Medical Cover
• Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential advice
• Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
• Wide range of shopping, leisure, and travel discounts
• 20% off at Tapi Carpets, exclusive to Harris employees
• Interest-free ICT and season ticket loans