As one of the fastest-growing Colleges in the UK, delivering courses from entry level right up to Masters degrees, Weston College is an inspiring place to work.
We are looking for a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to join our team.
It is anticipated that interviews for this position will take place on Wednesday 8th July 2026.
The CFO is a senior executive role responsible for ensuring the financial sustainability, regulatory compliance, and strategic financial leadership of the Weston College Group.
You will provide authoritative advice to the Executive Leadership Team, Board, and its committees, ensuring that we operate with the highest standards of financial governance, assurance, and value for money.
The CFO will lead all aspects of finance, funding, audit, treasury, and financial control, alongside strategic leadership of Management Information Systems (MIS) to ensure high-quality data, funding assurance, and performance insight underpin decision-making across the College.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Strategic Financial Leadership
- Financial Governance and Compliance
- Funding Strategy and MIS Leadership
- Financial Management and Reporting
- Audit, Data Assurance and Control
- Leadership and People Management
- Corporate Contribution
To be successful in this role, you will need to:
- Be a fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA, ACCA, CIPFA)
- Have significant senior financial leadership experience within Further Education
- Have proven experience of financial governance, audit, and regulatory compliance with a strong track record in financial planning, budgeting, and strategic decision support.
- Have strong understanding of:
- Financial governance, control and risk management.
- Data integrity, MIS systems, and performance reporting.
- Public sector accountability requirements.
Weston College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We value equality, diversity and inclusion, and welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities. As a Disability Confident employer, we will support applicants who require reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact or 01934 411441.
Please note: this vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received, so we encourage early applications.
