Director of Finance
The Skinners' School, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9PGThis job expired on 12 March 2021 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2021
Closing date
12 March 2021 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
23 February 2021
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £53,662-£67,735
Director of Finance job summary
• To ensure strong accounting and financial reporting, including compliance with statutory requirements and upholding the highest standards of financial probity.
• To oversee and monitor effective financial controls and processes.
• To support the Headmaster and Bursar in ensuring the financial sustainability of the school.
Key duties: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
• Maintain an overview of the short-term and long-term financial position and any financial issues within the school.
• Manage and prepare monthly management accounts and reports including income & expenditure account, variance analysis and commentaries, cash flows and balance sheet.
• Prepare the annual budget and 3 Year Financial Plan and present for approval.
• Ensure balance sheet items are managed and monitored, including reviewing and checking monthly reconciliations for all key balances and control accounts.
• Monitor the school’s income streams, including additional grants or funding, and prepare reports and monitoring returns as necessary.
• Prepare and submit accurate and timely information for the annual statutory accounts and financial returns.
• Ensure financial regulatory and compliance, as specified in school policies, and the annual Academies Financial Handbook and Academies Accounts Direction.
• Manage the annual internal scrutiny programme and year-end external audit.
• Attend the Finance and Risk Committees and present financial information as required.
• Develop and implement best accounting practices and processes, and train and guide new and existing finance colleagues accordingly.
• Liaise closely with other support services functions (eg. HR) to manage financial issues and foster a culture of continual improvement to the systems, processes and procedures to ensure timeliness, accuracy and relevance of financial management information provided.
• Manage the schools financial reporting systems (eg. management accounts/forecasts) and review/develop the school’s financial systems and software
Key duties: INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
• Good understanding of relevant financial systems; previous experience of SIMS Financial Management System (FMS) an advantage.
• Maintenance of a wide range of documents on Word and Excel.
• Occasional use of the school’s management information system (SIMS); maintenance of accurate pupil records.
• Occasional distribution of information to parents via Edulink.
• Responsibility for updating financial information on the school website.
Key duties: STAFF RELATIONSHIPS
• Liaison with the Bursar and Headmaster, working on other ad hoc projects as directed.
• Attendance at Governors’ Finance meetings as and when requested.
• Attendance at Leadership Group meetings as and when requested.
• Regular liaison with other members of the school’s finance team.
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 The Skinners' School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1118 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Skinners' School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- wendy.dray@skinners-school.org.uk
Skinners’ School was founded in 1887 and is a thriving boys’ grammar school. There are currently 1119 pupils, 325 of whom are in the Sixth Form. A friendly and hard-working community, the school is amongst the highest achieving in the country, both academically and in terms of extra-curricular provision. Pastoral care is also a real strength.
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