Assistant Finance Manager
Swale Academies Trust, Sittingbourne, ME10 1JSThis job expired on 18 July 2022 – see similar jobs
Closing date
18 July 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
27 June 2022
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours a week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,913 to £30,843 SAT 8
Assistant Finance Manager job summary
Salary: £26,913 to £30,843 SAT 8
Permanent.
Full time, 37 hours a week, Monday to Friday working all year round.
Swale Academies Trust has an opportunity to appoint an additional Assistant Finance Manager to join our expanding central finance team based in Sittingbourne, Kent. We are looking for a hardworking, friendly and organised individual, ideally with school finance experience and strong people management skills.
Key duties include supporting our finance managers with monthly accounts production and line management of our finance assistants, in addition to designing and maintaining key accounting schedules and variance investigation and analysis.
This is a challenging but rewarding role, encompassing a range of duties working with multiple stakeholders both internal and external. The successful candidate will be a strong team player with excellent interpersonal skills, and someone who is able to prioritise both their own workload and that of others.
A good working knowledge of IRIS Financials (PSF) and Access Budgeting will be a distinct advantage.
Training opportunities to obtain recognised qualifications via an apprenticeship route are available for the right candidate.
If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, then come and join our fast-paced and evolving Multi Academy Trust.
Swale Academies Trust is a successful Multi-Academy Trust in school improvement, specialising in taking schools in Ofsted category and turning them into good or outstanding schools. Our ambition is driven by enabling schools and children to succeed. We have a wide range of excellent and highly accomplished senior leaders who lead with a sense of purpose, charisma and a set of shared values. The Trust is fortunate to be overseen by a Board of Directors who share leaders’ values and provide the highest quality challenge and support.
Join us to benefit from:
Local Government Pension Scheme – with a generous employer contribution;
Employee Assistance Programme – Wellbeing and advice;
Ride to Work Scheme;
Kent Rewards Scheme – local and national retailer discounts;
Employee Referral Recruitment Incentive.
Generous Holiday entitlement of 25 days plus bank holidays and a concessionary day to be taken at Christmas.
Christmas closure (3 days holiday entitlement is used for this).
Additional holiday entitlement for 5 years + service.
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.
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About Swale Academies Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- gavin.bailey@swale.at
- Phone number
- 01795 426091
Since its creation in September 2010 Swale Academies Trust has become a strong and successful school improvement service, specialising in taking schools in Ofsted category and turning them into good schools. A glance at the most recent Ofsted reports for Westlands Primary School, Meopham School, The North School, Regis Manor School and The Sittingbourne School, will all point to the effectiveness of the Trust in bringing about change and providing and enabling excellent leadership. First and foremost Swale Academies Trust is about the provision and development of high quality leadership and management.
We don’t seek to develop clone schools that deliver education in a regimented manner. Rather, we value the development in our schools of a spirit of enquiry and action research that provides the best possible education that is right for pupils in a local setting. We do however collectively value and strive for all pupils to produce beautiful work which showcases their development over time of which they, their teachers and support staff and parents can be really proud. We are proud of our schools and we strive for a sense of shared pride in the achievements of all of our students.
Our ambition is driven by enabling schools and children to succeed. We have a wide range of excellent and highly accomplished senior leaders who lead with a sense of purpose, charisma and a set of shared values. The Trust is fortunate to be overseen by a Board of Directors who share leaders’ values and who provide the highest quality challenge and support.
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