Finance Manager - Dr Challoner’s Grammar School
Location: Amersham
Overview
Due to the forthcoming retirement of our current Finance Manager, we are seeking a proactive and highly skilled individual to manage our financial operations within this Academy Trust and Teaching School Hub. This role is offered at 30 - 37.5 hours/week, 52 weeks/year.
Salary type: Other
Salary Details: £41,388 - £51,702 pa (for 37.5 hrs/week; for less hours, salary will be pro rata)
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time/Part-time
Closing date: 26/01/2026
Interviews to be held: Tuesday 3 February 2026
About us
Dr Challoner's has 1387 students, of which 470 are in the Sixth Form. We are regarded as one of the leading grammar schools in the country, with a strong focus on character education, and in 2024 Ofsted confirmed their 2019 judgement of Outstanding, reporting that: “Pupils and staff live and breathe the school’s values of aspiration, kindness and resilience. The result is a vibrant, happy and inclusive school where academic rigour and personal development are equally important.”
Website: https://www.challoners.com/
About the role
In this role you will be responsible for the day to day delivery of our financial function, ensuring compliance with internal and external regulations whilst ensuring that our staff are empowered to focus on educating our students. You will lead our experienced finance team, driving best practice in internal control and serving as the primary lead for the annual external audit.
About you
We are looking for either an experienced Finance Manager, or a finance professional looking to take the next step in your career. You will have experience of working successfully in a similarly demanding, complex and fast paced finance office environment, with experience across a significant number of the areas of responsibility listed in the role profile. Experience in an education setting is desirable but not essential.
Other information
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.
Please see our webpage https://www.challoners.com/Vacancies/Support-Staff-Vacancies/ for our application form and recruitment monitoring form.
Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01494 787500
Email: [email protected]
Dr Challoner's Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check. In accordance with Keeping Children Safe In Education guidance, we will carry out online searches to research information on shortlisted candidates, to determine suitability to work with children and keep them safe. This is not part of the shortlisting process; if there are any findings of concern, you will be given the opportunity to address them at interview.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
