Finance Director
Summit Learning Trust, Birmingham, B27 7QG29 days remaining to apply
Job start date
3 March 2025
Closing date
10 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
10 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 36.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £64,561– £83,183
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for someone with:
- Management/degree qualification or equivalent experience
- Fully qualified Accountant
- A record of recent and relevant CPD
- Experience of working in a senior finance role
- Excellent commercial and business acumen
- Experience in accounting, management and auditing
- Experience in the development, operation and management of finance systems (ideally within education or the public sector)
- Experience with project budgeting and control
- Able to communicate technical information effectively to a non-specialist audience
- Able to identify and exploit opportunities to develop the financial base of the trust
- Proven ability to manage service delivery
- Effectively conducting Appraisal and Performance Management meetings
- Developing, updating and implementing Finance policies and procedures, in line with Government legislation
- Proven, excellent ability to manage projects and tasks with conflicting priorities and timescales
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
- High level of numeracy, literacy and comprehension
- Excellent IT skills i.e. Outlook & MS Office
- Expert in the use of IT systems for financial control
- Strong and effective communicator
- Confident decision maker
- Excellent planning, prioritisation and organisation skills
- Ability to handle high levels of pressure and critical decision making
- Use of own transport or the ability to effectively travel between academies as required
- Willingness to travel as required
What the school offers its staff
We offer a range of wellbeing and work-life balance benefits to recognise and reward the essential contributions our colleagues make to our success and growth. These include access to:
- Employee assistance programme
- High quality training and support in and across academies enabling career progression
- Wellbeing Advocates
- Lifestyle benefits and discount schemes, including gym discounts and cycle to work scheme
- Health Protection Scheme alongside Flu Jab and Eyecare Vouchers
- Generous employer pension schemes
- Excellent holiday entitlement
Further details about the role
Summit Learning Trust is seeking an outstanding Finance Director to join our Executive Team, and to lead our central Finance and Payroll team to deliver our Finance Service Level Agreement to our nine academies, South Birmingham SCITT and our central team. We offer an ethical and rewarding working culture where everyone plays a part in supporting the high levels of educational provision and care we offer our learners, a competitive salary and generous benefits, as well as access to extensive professional learning and development opportunities through our Professional Learning Institute.
If you aim to be a member of a high-performing team, are a qualified accountant, have high aspirations and ambition, pay excellent attention to detail, have a strong background in Finance and have good knowledge of the sector, then we would love to hear from you.
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 Summit Learning Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- Rebecca.Hill@summitlearningtrust.org.uk
About the Trust
https://www.summitlearningtrust.org.uk
Why work for us?
The Trust offers:
• A strong focus on staff care and wellbeing
• High Quality training and support in and across academies
• A clear career pathway
• Employee assistance programme
• Employee discount schemes
We are an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender reassignment, age, disability, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy/maternity or race.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and we expect all applicants to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, including a Children’s barred list check
Arranging a visit to Summit Learning Trust
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email Rebecca.Hill@summitlearningtrust.org.uk.
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