My client is looking for a Finance Manager to work at a School around the Milton Keynes area. This is a Full-time Permanent Position (37 hours per week), and it will be working Term-time only + 3 weeks (42 weeks of the year).
Salary: Grade 5/6-, £33,945 – £39,186 (FTE)
Job Purpose:
The Finance Manager position offers the successful candidate an exciting opportunity to be part of the Trust’s future, where collaboration and partnerships are believed to be the key to its success. This post is within the Central team structure, specifically the finance team.
The successful candidate will undertake responsibilities as a member of the Trust Central team, providing a link between the CFO and the Academy finance staff and central team members.
The post holder will deliver strategic and operational financial support to all three schools within the Trust, whilst contributing towards the broader priorities and objectives of the Trust Finance team and Central services support function.
The post holder will undertake responsibilities as a member of Trust central team, providing a key link between the Chief Financial Officer and the finance team. Their role is to run the centralised finance function of the Trust on an operational level and assist the CFO and Executive Team on a strategic level by engaging with the rest of the Central team with a collaborative approach in line with the Trust’s vision and ethos.
Key Tasks
• Financial Management & Reporting: Support Academies with budget planning, monitoring, and reporting, ensuring financial decisions align with the Trust’s strategic goals.
• Compliance & Audit: Ensure all Academies meet necessary financial and audit standards
• Strategic Support: Collaborate with school leadership teams to develop financial strategies, provide monthly budget updates, and assist in preparing reports for the Trust’s Finance Committee.
• Budget Oversight: Aid in preparing, monitoring, and adjusting Academy budgets, advising on variations, and ensuring effective use of resources.
• Financial Skills Development: Provide training and support to school staff on financial procedures and systems to enhance the financial skills of school staff as appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Experience
• A formal accountancy qualification or part qualified CCAB, CIMA, ACCA, ISBL
• A commitment to undertake high level CPD.
• Experience in leading teams
• Experience of presenting at meetings.
• Experience of managing and maintaining accurate financial systems.
• Experience in financial processes.
• Excellent IT Skills. Excel, finance packages
Skills & Knowledge
• An understanding of budgets, reforecasting and reporting against significant variances
• Accounting knowledge of journals, balance sheet and P&L, including significant experience of Management accounts preparation
• Good standard of numeracy and literacy skills.
• Ability to absorb and understand a wide range of information and work to a high degree of accuracy.
• Ability to manage and deal with confidential data / issues appropriately.
• Ability to provide and seek relevant advice to problem solve effectively.
• Ability to proficiently use office computer software including finance, word-processing, spreadsheet, database and internet systems
Personal Attributes
• Personal Integrity.
• The ability to maintain confidentiality.
• The ability to remain impartial.
• A flexible approach to working hours.
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to show initiative and prioritise one’s own work when under pressure.
• Able to follow direction and work in collaboration with line manager senior leaders.
• Able to work flexibly to support others and respond to unplanned situations.
• Desire to enhance and develop skills and knowledge through CPD.
• Commitment to the highest standards of child protection and safeguarding.
• Recognition of the importance of personal responsibility for health and safety.
The establishment is committed to safeguarding, ensuring the safety and welfare of young people. Employment is subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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