Trust Finance Manager

Achieve and Learn Trust; Altrincham; Sur place; GBP 60 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Achieve and Learn Trust seeks an experienced Trust Finance Manager to deliver a compliant and high-quality financial management and reporting service. You will lead a team of Finance Officers at the Trust Hub Offices in Altrincham, reporting to the Chief Finance Officer, and work across schools to maximise resource use and value.

The role requires strong leadership, organisational skills and the ability to prioritise in a busy education setting, with a focus on delivering best value for students

Qualifications

• Experience leading finance teams and managing to monthly accounts and budgets.
• Ability to provide financial guidance to senior leaders within schools.
• Strong knowledge of financial policies, reconciliations, payroll checks and systems.

Responsabilités

• Deliver a compliant and high-quality financial management and reporting service.
• Lead and manage the Finance Officers team based at the Trust Hub Offices at Altrincham College.
• Collaborate with staff at each school to support financial decision making.
• Implement robust, measurable systems and processes to maximise value of resources.

Connaissances

Leadership

Financial management

Financial accounting

Finance qualification

Interpersonal skills

Creativity

Student focus

Formation

Finance qualification

Description du poste

Achieve and Learn Trust are seeking to appoint an experienced and highly motivated Trust Finance Manager responsible for delivering an effective, compliant and consistently high-quality financial management and reporting service for the Trust. This will be achieved through the implementation of robust, measurable systems and processes which maximise the use of resources and deliver best value.

Reporting to the Chief Finance Officer, the successful candidate will be an integral part of the team, working in collaboration with staff members at each school, whilst managing a team of experienced Finance Officers based at the Trust Hub Offices at Altrincham College.

The role demands strong organisational and people management skills and an ability to prioritise workloads. The successful candidate must have excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, as well as the ability to maintain a sense of calm in a busy school environment.

We are looking for someone with:

• Management and leadership experience, preferably within an education or local authority setting.
• Experience of financial management - preparation of monthly accounts, budget analysis with the ability to provide financial guidance to senior leaders within the schools.
• Experience of financial accounting - monthly reconciliations, payroll checks, managing financial policies, systems and procedures.
• Hold a finance qualification relevant to the role.
• The ability to inspire confidence and think creatively.
• A commitment to always place our students at the centre of all decision making.

This is a newly created role and an exciting opportunity to join an aspirational trust with fantastic values, who are truly committed to providing the best education to their students. It will be a chance for the right candidate to join a great place of work and take ownership of the role and make it their own, under the leadership of the CFO.