Chief Financial Officer and Procurement Manager

Ref: SCH-CGGS-0065

Establishment: Calday Grange Grammar School Location: Calday Grange Grammar School Salary: 63,751 - 67,186 Department: Finance Job Type: Full Time

Closing Date: 18/06/2025 16:00 Interview Date: TBA Start Date: As soon as possible

Additional Information

Contract Type: Permanent Contract Term: AYR - All year round Hours per Week: 36.00 Weeks per Year: 52.143 Pay Grade: PO11

The Role

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER & PROCUREMENT MANAGER

Terms of employment: Permanent, Full time 52 weeks per year

At Calday Grange Grammar School, we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, an element of working from home, flexible start and finish times, or compressed hours for this role. Please wait until the job offer stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Grade: P011 Pt 54-57

Salary: £63,751 - £67,186

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for an experienced, enthusiastic and dynamic finance professional to play a key role in the effective and efficient provision and maintenance of the financial and procurement administration at our prestigious school.

Working closely with the Headteacher, Governors and Senior Leadership Team, the successful candidate will provide leadership and management of finance and procurement within the school as detailed below.

Key Responsibilities

Ensure the effective, efficient and compliant management of all Calday Grange Grammar School’s financial activities in support of its educational and organisational objectives.
Be responsible for sourcing and purchasing the best quality equipment, goods and services at the most competitive prices to enable the school to operate successfully.
As the Chief Financial Officer, you will be the point of contact for any communication with external stakeholders such as the Education & Skills Funding Agency (ESFA), the Local Authority and Department for Education. You will have overall responsibility for ensuring that all statutory reporting and compliance requests received from these agencies are completed within the specified timescales.
Contribute to the overall ethos, work and aims of the school.

Our ideal candidate will:-

Be a fully qualified accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA), with a strong track record of effective financial management. Knowledge of academy finances would be advantageous.
Be highly motivated and skilled, ambitious, with proven technical ability and relevant experience.
Have evidence of leadership and management of a high performing team.