School Finance Manager

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable secondary school in Birmingham is seeking an experienced School Finance Manager to manage financial operations and systems. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with school leadership to ensure effective budget planning and financial governance. Strong accounting and budget management experience is essential, along with excellent ICT skills. This role offers opportunities for professional development and a supportive work environment, in a community-focused school committed to safeguarding and well-being.

Benefits

Access to local government pension scheme

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Free on-site car parking

Cycle to work scheme

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Significant experience in accounting, budget management, and financial reporting is crucial.
• Excellent ICT skills required, with a preference for experience in SMIS.
• An accountancy qualification or equivalent professional qualification is desirable.
• Experience in leading on commercial activities and project-based financial management is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage the school’s financial systems and procedures, ensuring accurate financial reporting.
• Collaborate with the Head Teacher to support budget planning and control.
• Ensure sound financial governance and long-term financial stability for the school.

Skills

Accounting

Budget management

Financial reporting

ICT skills

Commercial activities leadership

Education

Accountancy qualification

DSBM or equivalent

Tools

School Management Information Systems (SMIS)

Job description

Overview

We are seeking to appoint an experienced and highly motivated School Finance Manager to join our support staff team. This is an exciting opportunity for a well-qualified professional with strong financial expertise, excellent organisational skills, and a strategic, solution-focused approach. The successful candidate will be responsible for the effective administration and management of the school’s financial systems and procedures, working closely with the Head Teacher and Strategic Business Manager to support the planning, monitoring, and control of the school budget. This role is central to ensuring the smooth day-to-day operation of the school’s finances, delivering best value, and maintaining long-term financial stability.

Responsibilities

• Manage the school’s financial systems and procedures to ensure accurate, timely financial information and reporting.
• Collaborate with the Head Teacher and Strategic Business Manager to support budget planning, monitoring, and control.
• Ensure sound financial governance, value for money, and long-term financial stability for the school.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Significant experience in accounting, budget management, and financial reporting.
• Excellent ICT skills and experience with School Management Information Systems (SMIS) preferred.
• An accountancy qualification, DSBM, or equivalent professional qualification is desirable.
• Experience in leading on commercial activities and project-based financial management is advantageous.

What we offer

In return, we can offer you:

• A caring and happy community that always puts our young people first; a supportive environment with professional development and personal wellbeing; a highly supportive Senior Leadership Team; access to a wide range of CPD courses; use of a school laptop.
• Access to the local government pension scheme; 24 hours access to the Employee Assistance Programme; a strong and supportive Governing Body; a well-equipped staffroom.
• Free on-site car parking; Cycle to work scheme; Birmingham City Council reward scheme.

Found in the heart of the Hodge Hill community, we are a small secondary girl’s school with strong community values. We know and care for every pupil as an individual, strive to meet the needs of each member of our school community, and celebrate diversity and equality in our school family and the wider world.

Our ethos encourages mutual respect and support to enable every pupil to make the greatest personal, social, and academic progress during their time with us, preparing them for successful careers and fulfilling lives. A relentless drive for the best academic progress for each individual pupil sits comfortably alongside the wider curriculum where values education embraces citizenship, pupil voice, charity, and community work.

Pupils, families, staff, and governors work together in consultation to help every pupil make expected progress, to help many pupils make better than expected progress and to help some pupils to make exceptional progress.

Here at Hodge Hill Girls' School, we genuinely value and strive to enhance working partnerships with our families, feeder schools and our local community. This partnership is essential in raising standards and achievement; every member of our family has a role to play in raising the aspirations of all our pupils to ensure we really are "Educating Tomorrow's Women Today".

Application form is available from our school website. We do not accept CVs. Applications will only be considered if submitted with a fully completed application form.

Safeguarding and recruitment

Safer Recruitment

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.

Safeguarding is our top priority. We encourage all applicants to review our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy, which outlines our commitment to the safety and wellbeing of students.

References

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Short-listed candidates

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

Rehabilitation of Offenders

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2000. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are “protected”, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Enquiries

For informal enquiries or to arrange a pre-application visit please contact Natasha Panton, HR Assistant via email at [e-mail].