12 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    22 May 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    9 May 2025

Important

This teaching role is at more than one school in the trust. You can find out more in schools overview.

Job details

Job role

  • Administration, HR, data and finance

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Leadership 2 £60,000 FTE

What skills and experience we're looking for

Flexible working + Career development + Staff benefits + CPD + Pension scheme (Local Government)

Your Opportunity

We are seeking to recruit an experiencedFinance Partnerto join our Trust. The role oversees a number of academies in Region A coveringCamberley, Wokingham, Reading, Sunbury, Didcot and Banbury. Responsible to the Financial Controller, we require an individual who is a great team player, has excellent communication skills and has a flexible approach to work.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Heads of our 12 schools within our West & Oxfordshire cluster (Region A) to ensure that resources are used as effectively as possible to provide the best possible education for children and young people.

This is a hybrid role, whereby we are able to offer work from home for part of the week, and a base at our regional office located atPine Ridge and Lorraine School in Camberley. There will also be regular travel involved and a need to visit the schools within the region as and when required.

The role will include

  • Providing finance leadership and business support to Headteachers, helping to drive positive change
  • Supporting & guiding budget holders & senior management in their financial management responsibilities
  • Lead the regional finance team of Finance managers and Finance Officers with the day to day running of the academies
  • Routinely develop and review Management accounts, forecasts and budgets
  • Oversight of schools by phase (Primary, Secondary or Nursery) to ensure consistency

What we are looking for

The Finance Partner will empower their team to deliver day to day finances and support our academies to produce strategic budgets both short term and long term.

We require:

  • Someone who holds a recognised accountancy qualification
  • Excellent communication skills, both spoken and written
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and gravitas to liaise with senior staff in academies.
  • Good team player and skilled at building relationships
  • Has excellent all-round accounting skills
  • Accustomed to working to tight reporting deadlines
  • Be able to manage staff and motivate staff to achieve their goals
  • Demonstrate good analytical skills and a positive approach to problem solving
  • Have high level of Excel skills and good exposure to different accounting systems

What the school offers its staff

Join Our Community

As a part of GLF Schools, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education. With regular progression discussions, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career, whether in one of our 43 academies or in our central team.

  • A growing Multi Academy Trust with over 2,000 colleagues and over 16,000 pupils
  • Founded upon the values of Respect, Inclusivity, Integrity and Kindness
  • 43 primary and secondary schools across 7 Local Authority areas across the south of England
  • We work as a community whilst ensuring each school maintains its own unique identity
  • Committed to ensuring all children and young people receive the best possible education

Our Employment Offer

GLF Schools has a generous employment offer, which allows all our colleagues to Grow, Learn and Flourish

  • Access to our highly competitive pension scheme
  • Flexible working options - (staggered start and finish times, hybrid working, virtual meetings)
  • Generous holiday allowance
  • Work life and family friendly policies
  • Employee wellbeing initiatives
  • Career pathways and talent management
  • Access to a staff benefits portal
  • Community and collaboration working model

Please read the Job Description and Person Specification for more information and before applying.

Further details about the role

The Details

Start Date:As soon as available

Salary: Leadership 2 £60,000 FTE

Hours:36 hours a week over 52 weeks a year

Closing date for applications: 22nd May 9am

Interview date: Interviews will run on 3rd & 4th June

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 Glf Schools

Type
Multi-academy trust

School Details

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 7
Education phase
Primary
School size
132 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 7
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 7
Education phase
Primary
School size
100 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 7
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

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