Finance Manager

LeighAcademiesTrust; Rochester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Leigh Academies Trust is seeking an experienced Finance Manager to join our team across Leigh Academy Blackheath and Leigh Academy Halley. You will provide a comprehensive financial service to Principals from the outset, acting as budgetary advisor on all finance-related issues and ensuring robust financial management across the academies.

The role offers a permanent, full-time position with a blended schedule (2 days at each site and 1 day at home).

Qualifications

• Experience in budgeting and forecasting in a school/academy environment.
• Experience working with spreadsheets and computerized accounting software.
• Experience of working as or with a finance leader in a school/academy setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial management across Leigh Academy Blackheath and Leigh Academy Halley.
• Advise Principals on budgeting and financial policy and decisions.
• Ensure compliance with Leigh Academies Trust financial policies and processes.

Skills

Budgeting and forecasting

School/academy experience

Financial management

Tools

Accounting software

Job description

Are you an experienced Finance Manager with prior experience of working within a school/academy environment, considering a new professional adventure? Leigh Academies Trust has the opportunity for a qualified and credible finance professional to join our team in this pivotal role. Our successful candidate will join us as soon as possible, offering a comprehensive financial service to the Principals from the off-set. Acting as the budgetary advisor to the Principals on all finance-related issues, you will be responsible for the financial management within the academies, ensuring that it complies with the requirements of the Trust’s financial policies and processes.

This opportunity is ideal for a candidate who is seeking progression and further responsibility in their career, and looking to join a highly successful multi-academy trust.

This role has the responsibility between the following academies;

• Leigh Academy Blackheath
• Leigh Academy Halley

This is a permanent, full time opportunity offering a salary of £50,106 per annum. Our successful candidate will have a blended working schedule, spending 2 days per week at Leigh Academy Blackheath, 2 days per week at Leigh Academy Halley, and 1 day working from home.

Our ideal candidate will:

• Have school/academy experience (strongly desirable)
• Have experience working with spreadsheets and computerised accounting software
• Have experience in budgeting and forecasting

Our successful candidate will work with;

• Honesty, integrity, drive and determination
• Ability to secure the confidence of the senior and middle management and governors
• Initiative and flexibility
• Commitment to the aims of the academy and the Trust and to securing best value.

Our Commitment to Safeguarding, Equality & Diversity

Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This role involves regulated activity relevant to children, and it is a criminal offence for anyone barred from engaging in regulated activity with children to apply for this position.
We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process across all academies and business units, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates, and you can read more about our approach on our Careers site. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references and, where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
As a Trust, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role, regardless of any protected characteristics, which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices, and not discriminating on any grounds.