Senior Management Accountant

Uxbridge High School; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Uxbridge High School is seeking a highly skilled Senior Management Accountant to join the Finance Team. This senior role focuses on management accounts, budget monitoring, forecasting, reconciliations, cashflow reporting and robust financial controls across the school.

You will provide clear financial commentary to the Director of Finance & Operations, senior leaders and budget holders. A fully qualified accountant (ACCA/CIPFA/CIMA/ICAEW/ICAS or equivalent) with excellent Excel skills is

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant with chartered or chartered-equivalent status.
• Experience in management accounting and school or public sector preferred.
• Strong Excel and financial systems skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead on management accounts and monthly reporting.
• Monitor budgets, forecast and perform reconciliations.
• Provide financial commentary to the Director of Finance & Operations and budget holders.
• Maintain strong financial controls and cashflow reporting.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Management accounting

Financial reporting

Budget monitoring

Forecasting

Cashflow reporting

Payroll review

Financial controls

Education

Fully qualified accountant (ACCA / CIPFA / CIMA / ICAEW / ICAS)

Tools

Excel

Job description

Our School

Uxbridge High School is a vibrant and ambitious school delivering a gold standard education that enriches students academically, socially, and emotionally. Proud to Make Success Happen, we work with students, families, and staff to ensure every student reaches their potential. We take pride in our diverse and ambitious students, our dedicated staff, and strong community partnerships. Our PROUD values, Positive, Respectful, Open-minded, Unique and Determined, guide all aspects of school life. Uxbridge High School Academy Trust is committed to creating an environment where staff feel supported, challenged, and valued. This is reflected in our gold standard approach to teaching, curriculum, and professional development. Our People Strategy outlines how we invest in and value staff as an essential part of the school community.

The Department

The Finance Team at Uxbridge High School plays a key role in supporting the school’s strategic priorities by ensuring effective financial management and accountability. The team is responsible for overseeing the school’s budget, monitoring income and expenditure, and ensuring that resources are allocated efficiently to support high-quality teaching and learning.

The Position

Uxbridge High School is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Management Accountant to join our Finance Team. This is a senior technical finance role and presents an excellent opportunity for a fully qualified accountant to play a key part in delivering accurate, timely and insightful financial management across the school. The successful candidate will join a hardworking and committed team that has made significant progress in strengthening financial operations, improving processes and embedding a culture of best value. We are now looking for a technically strong finance professional who can build on these foundations, bring rigour and accuracy to financial reporting, and support continuous improvement across our finance systems, controls and processes. As Senior Management Accountant, you will lead on management accounts, budget monitoring, forecasting, reconciliations, cashflow reporting, payroll review and financial controls. You will provide clear financial commentary and advice to the Director of Finance & Operations, senior leaders, trustees and budget holders, ensuring that financial information supports effective decision-making. We are seeking a fully qualified accountant with a recognised professional accountancy body at chartered or chartered-equivalent level, such as ACCA, CIPFA, CIMA, ICAEW, ICAS or equivalent. You will need strong management accounting skills, excellent attention to detail, advanced Excel skills, sound judgement and the ability to work calmly and professionally in a busy school environment. You must be confident managing competing priorities, working to deadlines, challenging inconsistencies appropriately, and explaining financial information clearly to non-finance colleagues.