School Finance Manager

Government jobs, apprenticeship; Poole; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

22 days annual leave

Dorset Local Government Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Free on-site parking

Staff discounts

Job summary

Twynham Learning invites applications for a permanent Finance Officer at Poole High School. The role focuses on financial planning, budgeting and ensuring compliance with financial regulations to support the school's excellence strategy.

You will oversee financial operations, prepare reports, and promote responsible financial management while safeguarding the welfare of children in line with safeguarding policies.

Qualifications

• Strong accounting ability and experience in school finance.
• A relevant qualification or equivalent experience in financial management within an educational setting.
• Excellent skills in a range of IT packages and strong knowledge of financial software and systems.
• Knowledge of relevant financial regulations and compliance requirements.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the financial resource planning is in place to support Poole High School's excellence strategy.
• Oversee the financial operations of Poole High School.
• Manage the budget ensuring financial efficiencies, preparing financial reports, and ensure compliance with all relevant financial regulations.
• Play a key part in supporting the school's educational mission by ensuring efficient and responsible financial management.
• Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people in accordance with safeguarding policies.

Job description

Job details

Job role

• Administration, HR, data and finance

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 37 hours per week8.00am to 4.00pm Monday to FridayWith a 35-minute unpaid lunchbreak 4 days a week and a 40-minute lunch break 1 day a week

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Support staff salary points 24 - 29 £36,581 to £41,177

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for an outstanding individual whowill relish the opportunity to:

• ensure the financial resource planning is in place to supportPoole High School's excellence strategy.
• oversee the financial operations of Poole High School.
• manage the budget ensuring financial efficiencies, preparingfinancial reports, and ensure compliance with all relevant financialregulations.
• play a key part in supporting the school's educational mission byensuring efficient and responsible financial management.
• Promote and safeguard the welfare of children andyoung people in accordance with our Safeguarding and Child Protection policies.

Who we are looking for

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Have strong accounting ability and preferably experiencewithin school finance
• A relevant qualification orequivalent experience in financial management within an educational setting.
• Excellent skills in a rangeof IT packages and strong knowledge of financial software and systems.
• Knowledge of relevantfinancial regulations and compliance requirements.
• Excellent analytical andproblem-solving skills.

Youwill also be keen to live our Twynham Learning employee values which are:

• Aimhigh
• Keepimproving
• Don'tleave anyone behind
• Seethe bigger picture

What the school offers its staff

• A welcoming, supportive,professional and respected team of colleagues
• 22 days' holiday leave per year(plus bank holidays)
• Automatic membership of the DorsetLocal Government Pension Scheme
• Free, confidential access to ourEmployee Assistance Programme, which offers a range of counselling servicesplus financial, legal and practical support from qualified professionals on arange of personal issues and access to online health and wellbeing resources
• A trust-wide intranet, where weshare our news, information and resources
• Local discounts negotiated onbehalf of our staff e.g. gym memberships, hair and beauty salons, chiropracticcare, cycle shops, restaurants, motoring services, and retail/DIY stores
• Access to national discounts on a widevariety of huge brands
• Free on-site parking
• The opportunity to work within TwynhamLearning; a progressive multi-academy trust
• The opportunity to work in one ofthe most beautiful areas of the South Coast

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

We value diversity and inclusiveness. We want our workforce to be representative of all sections of our community, so we give equal opportunities. We don't discriminate on age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy/maternity, race/colour/nationality, religion/belief, sex or sexual orientation. We'll only consider people who can evidence their right to work in the UK. We're committed to robust Safer Recruitment processes to safeguard children. We undertake enhanced criminal records checks before appointment. Candidates must disclose all unprotected spent and unspent cautions and convictions. It is an offence to apply if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.