Assistant Finance Manager (4-month contract, possibility of permanent post)

Hays PLC; Barnard Castle; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-respected education provider in Durham is seeking an experienced Assistant Finance Manager for a 4-month fixed-term contract with potential permanency. This role entails overseeing monthly financial operations, managing a team, and ensuring accurate financial reporting in a supportive working environment. The successful candidate will possess strong financial management skills and relevant qualifications, with flexibility in working conditions and a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Generous holidays

Pension scheme

Free parking

Qualifications

• Experience in managing financial operations and year-end processes.
• Demonstrable skills in team management and policy implementation.
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage monthly accruals and journals, and report variances.
• Supervise team and ensure financial processes are followed.
• Liaise with operational leads on revenue discrepancies.

Skills

Financial operations management

Budget management

Revenue management

Team supervision

Communication skills

Digital competency

Education

AAT qualification or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft 365 Office applications

Oracle ERP systems

Job description

Assistant Finance Manager (4-month contract, possibility of permanent post)

Durham, Year End, Transactional Finance, Management Accounts, Revenue Management, Fixed Term Contract,

Your new company
A well-respected education provider based in Durham is seeking a minimum of a 4-month fixed-term contract to be on their payroll, and it includes an excellent benefit package (generous holidays and pension), as well as the possibility of a permanent post.

Your new role
Day to day you will be looking after monthly accruals and journals, attending finance meetings, explaining variances and inputting into the financial plan, updating actuals, inputting into the journals and liaising with the operational leads to understand revenues and discrepancies. Additionally, processing all the weekly invoices, generating PO numbers, checking online income and expenditure, dealing with any queries and supporting in the preparation for the upcoming year-end.

Your role will be as a subject-matter expert for the operational rented and third-party managed facilities, ensuring the accounts are reviewed for accuracy and that operational financial processes are followed, and also supporting revenue-generating leisure offerings. Additionally, there will be line management responsibilities and ensure the day-to-day operations take place efficiently and effectively.

What you'll need to succeed
As an experienced finance professional, you will have demonstrable skills in managing all aspects of financial operations, managing budgets and revenues, and working to deadlines. With an upcoming year-end, experience in managing this process will be essential. Ideally , you will have a finance qualification such as AAT or be studying for professional qualifications, a good academic record, and e xperience and expertise in the development and delivery of finance and administrative services, and in providing advice and guidance to a range of customers and colleagues.As well as previous experience of supervising/managing a team and/or a line management qualification. It would be really useful if you could also demonstrate experience of implementing policy and procedures and involvement with future changes to a service area.

With excellent spoken and written communication skills, including the ability to develop effective working relationships, both internally and externally, digital competence across a range of digital devices and apps, including Microsoft 365 Office applications, financial systems and reporting tools (if you have experience of Oracle ERP systems that would be very useful indeed.
You will be committed to continuing professional development, have the ability to plan and organise events, activities and training involving the service, solve problems and decide on and plan appropriate solutions and be an active participant in networks to share and discuss good practice and exchange information.

What you'll get in return

With flexible/hybrid working, a friendly and inclusive team, modern office environment and free parking. The benefits package is also very generous, particularly pension and holidays.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.