Assistant Finance Manager
Outwood Academy Normanby, Middlesbrough, TS6 9AG7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
3 September 2026 at 9am
Date listed
27 August 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Accounting
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday 37 hours, whole year.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £40,777 - £44,075
What skills and experience we're looking for
Role:Assistant Finance Manager
Academy:Outwood Alternative Provision Eston
Start Date:ASAP
Salary (Actual Salary):£40,777 - £44,075
Working Pattern:37 Hours Per Week, Monday to Friday, Whole Year
Are you ready to take the next step in your financial career and oversee operations across multiple academies? Apply for the Assistant Finance Manager post, which offers an exciting opportunity to manage financial resources, lead day-to-day finance operations, and work alongside the Finance Manager and Senior Leadership Teams across two or more schools. In this role, you will play a key part in budget setting, forecasting, and procurement to ensure financial efficiency and maximum value for money is achieved across the Trust.
Welcome from the Principal:
Thank you for your interest in the vacancy at Outwood Alternative Provision Eston.
We are a unique centre providing a safe and nurturing environment for vulnerable students who exhibit challenging behaviours and are at risk of exclusion. Our dedicated staff is passionate about providing bespoke, additional support to ensure behavioural, social, emotional, or mental health challenges are never a barrier to success.
With smaller class sizes and an adapted curriculum, we prioritise personal development and student well-being without compromising academic progress. We hold unconditional positive regard for our students, considering strong professional relationships as our first intervention. Our goal is to ensure all students succeed and transition to their next stage with confidence and self-belief.
If you believe every student deserves a champion and share The Outwood vision of raising standards and transforming lives, we would be delighted to welcome you to our team.
If you have any questions or would like to visit the school, please contact Jade Franks at j.franks@eston.outwood.com.
Responsibilities
The Assistant Finance Manager (AFM) role ensures the efficiency of the finance function across two or more academies by effectively managing financial resources and securing maximum value for money. Key responsibilities include supervising day-to-day finance operations and staff, preparing financial reports for stakeholders, and maintaining data within the Academy Financial Information System.
Working in liaison with the Finance Manager and Senior Leadership Team, the AFM plays a central role in setting and delivering the annual budget, monitoring medium-term plans, and maintaining strict budgetary control. Additional duties cover managing bids for additional funding, overseeing cash flow and bank reconciliations, and directing procurement procedures to ensure 'best value' across all goods and services
Qualifications
We are looking for a candidate educated to A Level or equivalent with extended experience in the field, who is ideally part-qualified (CIMA, ACCA, ICAEW, or similar) or actively working towards qualification. You will bring solid knowledge and hands-on experience in financial regulations, accounting standards, VAT, and preparing financial accounts relevant to academy schools. Demonstrating a strong track record of continuous professional development, you thrive in high-performing environments, embrace a continuous improvement philosophy, and work positively with non-finance stakeholders and partners.
If you combine excellent written, verbal, and listening skills with high ICT proficiency, the ability to interpret complex data, and a proven resilience under pressure when producing accurate reports to tight deadlines, we encourage you to apply and join our team.
What the school offers its staff
Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT) places staff development at the heart of its strategy to deliver excellence, aiming to recruit, develop, and retain the best staff through the Outwood Institute of Education (OIE).
What will we do for you?
We offer a supportive package focusing on professional advancement, secure benefits, and work-life balance:
Secure Pay & Pension:Competitive salary, automatic pay progression, and enrolment in the Local Government Pension Scheme.
Training & Progression:Access to diverse CPD opportunities, including apprenticeships and vocational qualifications.
Flexibility & Leave:Flexible family policies, enhanced occupational benefits (with no qualifying period), and 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays for non-term time staff.(Holiday for part-time staff is calculated on a pro-rata basis)
Wellbeing & Perks:Dedicated mental well-being strategy, free on-site parking, employee discounts, and access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.
If you are looking for a rewarding, supportive role where you can truly make an impact, we encourage you to apply now.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
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About Outwood Academy Normanby
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 787 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- m.smith@outwood.com
About Outwood Normanby:
We are a diverse and vibrant 11-16 academy, based in the friendly, north-east town of Middlesbrough.
We are a welcoming and supportive academy, with a relentless determination to provide the very best education for every child. We place students at the centre of everything we do, with a focus on creating a culture of success and a positive climate for learning.
The Academy became part of the Outwood Family of Schools in 2019 and as a member of the Outwood Family we believe in putting Students First, raising standards and transforming lives.
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