Interim School Business Manager

Panoramic Associates; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Panoramic Associates is supporting a large primary school in Wirral with an Interim School Business Manager role. The position is on site, full-time (approx. 36 hours/week) and starts around 14 September 2026, subject to DBS clearance.

The role involves day-to-day financial administration, HR/admin requests, and general school operations. You will line-manage 3 admin assistants and report into the Headteacher, with term-time considerations.

Qualifications

• Experience in a School Business Manager or school business support role (primary preferred).
• Onsite full-time work with a broad practical workload.
• Formal finance qualification not required.

Responsibilities

• Processing and overseeing invoices and day-to-day financial administration.
• Managing routine HR/admin requests with core HR/finance support handled centrally.
• General school business operations (admin / compliance / H&S support).
• Line managing 3 admin assistants.
• Reporting into the Headteacher.

Skills

Onsite full-time

SBM experience (primary)

Job description

Interim School Business Manager - Wirral (Primary School)

Panoramic Associates is supporting a large primary school in the Wirral with their search for an Interim School Business Manager.

The Role:

This is a day-to-day, operational SBM position with a varied remit, but not a heavy strategic finance/HR brief:

• Processing and overseeing invoices and day-to-day financial administration
• Managing routine HR/admin requests (with core HR/finance support handled centrally)
• General school business operations (e.g. admin / compliance / H&S support)
• Line managing 3 admin assistants
• Reporting into the Headteacher
• Onsite: 5 days per week (single school site)
• Hours: approx. 36 hours/week
• Term-time only: not working through half-term
• Start: ideally by Monday 14 September 2026 (subject to DBS clearance)
• Until: Christmas 2026, with potential extension (possibly to Easter 2027)

Criteria:

• Prior experience in a School Business Manager / school business support role (primary preferred)
• Comfortable being onsite full-time and picking up a broad, practical workload
• You don't need a formal finance qualification for this requirement

Interviews to be held W/C 7th September.