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Essential Employment; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading employment agency in the United Kingdom seeks an HNF Team Manager responsible for managing funding processes and overseeing finance assistants. The ideal candidate will have experience with financial systems and a strong understanding of educational funding. This full-time position is temporarily based in Nottingham, offering an opportunity to make a significant impact within the organization.

Qualifications

• Must have experience with financial commitment management.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail required.

Responsibilities

• Update master spreadsheets for funding decisions.
• Investigate funding queries and manage updates.
• Oversee Finance Assistants handling invoice processes.

Skills

Working knowledge/experience of Synergy

Experience with ERP Gold

Proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Understanding of Dedicated Schools Grant High Needs Block

Knowledge of NNC schools payment processes

Job description

The HNF Team Manager is responsible for ensuring all funding related to the High Needs Block is accounted for and passported to the correct recipients, accurately and timely, via a variety of payment mechanisms, and reported on in terms of expenditure and financial commitments and forecasts.

This is working full time hours on a temporary contract basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Update all master spreadsheets with all funding decisions to accurately calculate the financial year commitment and allow for invoice verification and funding statements to be produced.
• Investigate any funding queries and update master spreadsheets as necessary.
• Manage 2 x Finance Assistants (they check and process all invoices against the master spreadsheets and collate onto an ERP interface for payment).

Qualifications & Skills

• Working knowledge/experience of Synergy, ERP Gold and Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
• Working knowledge/experience of Dedicated Schools Grant High Needs Block.
• Understanding of NNC schools paid via monthly top‑up transfers and non‑NNC schools paid via invoice (ERP Gold interface).

If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to [e-mail] quoting the reference number.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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