Post Title: Head of Finance

As Head of Finance, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the financial health and sustainability of our trust. Reporting directly to the CEO, you will oversee all financial operations, lead strategic financial planning, and provide invaluable insights to guide decision-making.

Key responsibilities include:

• Developing and managing budgets across the trust.
• Ensuring compliance with financial regulations and reporting requirements.
• Leading on procurement, financial forecasting, and resource allocation.
• Supporting the trust's overall strategy with data-driven financial solutions.

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven experience in finance leadership, preferably within education,  other public sector organisations or charities.
• Strong knowledge of financial regulations and best practices.
• Excellent analytical and decision-making skills.
• A collaborative leader with exceptional communication abilities.
• ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent qualifications.

What the Tennyson Learning Community Offers:

• A supportive and inclusive environment with a focus on professional development.
• The chance to shape financial strategy and contribute to meaningful educational outcomes.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.

Start Date:  26th May 2025               

Hours:  37 hours per week,  5 days per week, 52 weeks per annum

Job Type: Fixed Term linked to growth plans

Working Days: Monday – Thursday, 9.00 am to 5.00 pm, and Friday, 9.00 am to 4.30 pm, with a 30 minute unpaid break

Salary Grade: NJC Grade M4 (SCP 40 - SCP 42)  –  (FTE £49,764 - £51,802 PA) plus pension benefits and family private healthcare

Apply: Please apply via My New Term Tennyson Learning Community, Luton, | Teaching Jobs & Education Jobs | MyNewTerm 

CVs will not be accepted for any posts.  We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Contact: Christy Broux, HR Administrator at hr@tennysonroad.school Telephone Number: 01582 723230.

Further Information: Tennyson Learning Community -Home

Visits to the trust are warmly welcomed and encouraged.

About Tennyson Learning Community

The Tennyson Learning Community is an established primary Academy Trust with the aim of supporting and leading the growth and improvement of primary academies across the county.

We are driven by a moral purpose and a vision that ensures every child has the right to outstanding teaching and, every academy, exceptional leadership. It is our vision to work with our children, their parents/carers and our staff to create and to sustain excellent academies.

You will share our core values and have a passionate desire to help children learn. Be committed to help all our children succeed through school whilst having a caring and nurturing nature.

What we can offer you

The Tennyson Learning Community can offer the successful candidate the support from staff, parents and trustees/governors who are enthusiastic, caring and committed to working as a team to achieve the best journey for our pupils.

You will have the opportunity to develop new skills and stay motivated through guidance and support of the Senior Leadership Team and Trust Executives, who have great plans for Trust and who really value committed members of staff. You will be enhancing your career by enrolling on the Tennyson Learning Community's numerous training opportunities and CPD schemes that effectively progress the knowledge and skill set of our staff team. This is a fantastic opportunity if you are motivated to work within a Trust where, at the heart of our mission, is our determination to improve life chances for all our pupils.

Safeguarding Statement:

TLC is committed to safeguarding children and young people. Our interviews will always include relevant questions relating to child protection and/or safeguarding. A satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) with a Children’s Barred List Check is required as a condition of employment. In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), an online search will be conducted on shortlisted candidates to identify anything that may need further exploration with candidates and references will be sought. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Equal Opportunities Statement:

At the Tennyson Learning Community we believe that all individuals are of equal value and we are committed to equal opportunities for all. All people who work and study in the school have the right to be respected and valued within a safe and secure environment and not to be discriminated against on the grounds of age, class, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation and religion or belief. To help us meet our high standards and aspirations of a fully diverse and inclusive workplace, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply for this vacancy.