Finance Director - Trewhela's School Chile

Finance Director - Trewhela's School Chile

Date: 31 Oct 2025

Location:

Miami, US

Job

FINANCE DIRECTOR - TREWHELA'S CHILE

Nord Anglia Education (NAE) is looking for an experienced Head of Finance to oversee two of its Schools, Trewhela´s Campus Providencia y Trewhela´s Campus Chicureo.

This is a role that will suit finance professionals who are comfortable working with multiple key stakeholders (Principal and SLT).

The role will suit individuals who would like a broad financial role enabling them to experience a wide range of topics whilst still having oversight of all forecasting, cash flow and statutory reporting requirements alongside driving commercial success and performance.

The role will encompass 25% of time dedicated to Group reporting and processes and would suit individuals used to working in a Private Equity or fast-paced commercial organisations.

• Responsible for all month end and statutory accounts for both legal entities.
• Regularly review the effectiveness of internal controls covering financial and compliance controls and leading on our Group component and local statutory audits.
• Responsible for Capex reporting, Weekly KPI and Cash collection reports.
• Prepare for and manage the annual financial audits, liaising with internal and external auditors.
• Prepare and present management accounts, financial statements, and reports to the senior leadership team and governors.

• Responsible for all budgeting, forecasting and cash flows across the two colleges.
• Responsible for the short- and longer-term planning of the school including financial scenarios, real estate planning and working with Regional colleagues on school strategy.
• Implement and monitor financial controls to safeguard the school's assets.
• Responsible for ensuring local tax compliance.

• Manage the procurement of goods and services, ensuring best value for money.
• Oversee contracts and agreements with suppliers and service providers.

• Providing accurate and timely information to internal stakeholders such as School Principals and budget holders ensuring costs are maintained and effectively utilised across campuses.
• Facilitating responses for our central Tax, Legal and Treasury teams on data collection points for the two schools.
• Liaise with parents, staff, and external stakeholders on financial matters.
• Attend and present at Regional financial meetings, providing clear and concise financial updates.

• Work with our Operations teams on our key activities such as Catering, Cleaning, Building Management to ensure appropriate procurement procedures in place across campuses and meeting with major supplies to ensure delivering against contractual expectations.
• Establishing an AP team who proactively manage vendor invoices and payments, Including the installation of software to enhance efficiencies (OCR software etc).
• Developing an AR Team across campuses that prioritise cash collection and drive high standards of customer core. The role will include installing a payment portal to enhance the parent journey and collections.
• Prioritise performance management and team development, identifying training needs, retain and ensure great employee engagement.

• Identify and implement appropriate process improvements to optimise all finance processes.
• Maintain awareness of all legal and regulatory changes and ensure that processes, policies and systems are updated accordingly.
• Oversee payroll processing, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and timely payment of salaries.
• Ensure compliance with financial procedures, company law, local law, and applicable accounting standards.
• Maintain and improve the school's financial accounting systems.

• A minimum of 7 years of accounting and financial leadership required, preferably in an educational setting.
• Statutory compliance experience required as there are legal entities where statutory accounts are required for both Internal and External reporting.
• IFRS Reporting experience required.
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