School Business and Finance Manager Cramlington Village Primary School, Cramlington, Northumberland
Job description
Cramlington Village Primary School is looking to appoint a Business and Finance Manager to join our happy, committed, professional team in Cramlington, South-East Northumberland.
Due to a recent reorganisation in school we are looking for a candidate who would like to be involved in the leadership of our successful school as our business and finance management professional.
What we are looking for
The ideal candidate will hold a recognised accounting qualification and they will been have used to creating and managing monthly management accounts for around the past three years. They will be confident working with our Sage system that produces accounting information and happy to self train to become familiar if it is new to them. They will be responsible also for responding to the many compliance checks that the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) request from schools. This will include aspects relating to the governance of the school as well as pension declarations, pupil headcount information and statutory returns relating to the governance of the school estate. The Business and Finance Manager will also be responsible for conducting the payroll function for our small staff team of around 30 people using the software system we use which is Payroo.
You will be comfortable and sometimes even excited to be working under pressure! You will be able to communicate well with a wide range of people being able to demonstrate strong interpersonal skills, as the role will be dealing with parents, professionals and other visitors to school.
What we can offer
As a school team we can offer you a happy, aspirational working environment with well managed funding that supports positive educational outcomes for the children. Our recent staff survey states that 100% of our staff team are happy or somewhat happy to come to work every day. This is backed up by excellent staff attendance throughout the school.
We have a well resourced school, with strong systems and the opportunity to influence those systems as we constantly tweak and refine what we have to make it the best it can be. The school is committed first and foremost to our children and this thread runs through it. Our children are enthusiastic, caring and love learning. We self graded behaviour as outstanding recently as part of our self evaluation using Ofsted criteria.
The support staff team is an experienced, happy team who work well together and who have a passion for our school to offer the best it can for the children. This passion is mirrored by all CVPS staff - as we truly all subscribe to ‘empower everyone to achieve’ our school strapline.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment part of which requires clearance through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
If you would like to speak to the principal Debbie Wylie please contact the school on 01670 735177 up to and including February the 14th. If after this time please use the school mobile number which is 07432 534059.
Applications to be sent to school using a standard application form and no more than 2 sides of A4 with a personal statement explaining why you meet the criteria and why you want to work in our school. Closing date is Monday 2nd March at 5pm. Interviews will be on Tuesday the 10th and Weds 11th March.
Essential educational requirements
Relevant qualification in accountancy and finance (minimum AAT or similar)
Essential qualifications
The ability to think creatively to solve problems and identify opportunities both reactively and proactively in terms of strategic planning.
High levels of computer literacy including excel
Understanding of academy finance
Understanding of school finance
Up to date knowledge of company finance
Working knowledge of Sage accounting package
Essential skills and experience
Financial accounting and management (minimum of 3 years)
Building and monitoring budgets (minimum of 3 years)
Year end accounts preparation (minimum of 3 years)
Information systems implementation
HR Management
Directing and coordinating the work of others
Team working
Think creatively to solve problems and identify opportunities both reactively and proactively in terms of strategic planning
Communicate and negotiate effectively orally and in writing to a range of audiences
Manage communication systems
People management skills - listening, line managing, and showing pastoral support as and when needed to families, staff and children!
Employee benefits
Generous Local Government Contributable Pension; terms and conditons commensurate with the public sector, an aspirational, vibrant, child centred learning space where everyone truly is 'Empowered to Achieve'
28 days holiday increasing to 30 days after long service (to be taken during school holidays)
About Cramlington Village Primary School
- Address
- Bowmont Drive, Cramlington, Northumberland, NE23 2SN
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Free School
- Website
- Cramlington Village Primary School website (opens in a new window)