School Business Manager (CFO)
Waltham Leas Primary Academy, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN37 0NU18 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 March 2027
Closing date
30 November 2026 at 9am
Date listed
12 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
- Other support role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, term time: Full Time/ Term Time + 3-4 weeks (Negotiable)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £48,738
Pay scale
- NJC 36
What skills and experience we're looking for
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Finance & Charity Accounting: Lead multi-year financial forecasting, annual budget modeling, monthly management accounts, and statutory annual audited accounts under Charity SORP (FRS 102) and the Academies Accounts Direction.
Statutory Compliance & ESFA Submissions: Oversee total financial probity, Academy Trust Handbook compliance, and the timely submission of all statutory ESFA financial returns using software systems like Access Education Finance & Access Budgets.
Operations & Estates Leadership: Manage premises compliance, health & safety, procurement/contracts, risk management, and the Trust's IT and cyber security infrastructure.
HR & Payroll Oversight: Oversee recruitment protocols, statutory pension submissions (TPS/LGPS), and monthly payroll processing.
Key Requirements
Qualifications: Level 4+ SBM Qualification (CSBM/DSBM/Level 6 Diploma) Or a degree in Finance/Accounting/Business; full or partial finance qualification (AAT Level 4, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA, ACA) or equivalent CFO-level academy finance experience.
Experience: Proven senior financial management and multi-year budget modeling experience within an Academy Trust (SAT/MAT) or the Charity Sector, including statutory accounting and external audit leadership.
Technical & Regulatory Knowledge: Robust working knowledge of the Academy Trust Handbook (ATH), ESFA frameworks, Charity Commission regulations, and high proficiency in Excel and financial management software.
What the school offers its staff
We strive to ensure that Waltham Leas Primary Academy has a friendly, caring, family atmosphere. We offer a warm welcome to our safe, calm environment for children, staff and visitors on a daily basis.
Our school's vision, created by the whole school community encompasses our aspirations for all stakeholders.
Belong Grow Empower
The successful candidate will have access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, 1 Wellbeing day per year & you will be a member of SLT.
Further information about the job
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.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Waltham Leas Primary Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 401 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- vacancies@walthamleas.net
- Phone number
- 01472822419
We strive to ensure that Waltham Leas Primary Academy has a friendly, caring, 'family' atmosphere that offers a warm welcome to our safe, calm environment for children, staff and visitors on a daily basis.
Our children are happy and proud to be members of our school community. It is important to us that we get to know them and develop their individual potential, whether this be academic, social, emotional, or spiritual. We develop and nurture skills, values and attitudes for life so they can deal effectively with the challenges that they will face in life. To this end, we focus on and encourage the development of such attributes as self-esteem, respect, tolerance, empathy, perseverance and sense of commitment.
We believe that learning should be fun and exciting, so to enable this, our mission is to offer the highest standards of education, based on a curriculum that is designed around the children's needs, and motivates and encourages them in memorable learning experiences. This is delivered by a highly skilled staff, who have high expectations of the pupils.
We expect the highest quality of behaviour from the pupils. Their achievements are celebrated, whether they be academic, sporting or artistic. To enrich their experience further, we offer a range of extra-curricular activities, both before and after the school day, appealing to the interests of the children.
The web of relationships that are always to be found in a school, are pivotal to our work and are greatly valued. The support, engagement and encouragement of parents is vitally important in enabling us to do our best for the children, and this is enhanced further by a number of other partnerships with a range of agencies. We are very proud to be an active member of our local community.
We also work closely with a group of local schools to further improve the opportunities we offer for the pupils in our care.
Our endeavours have brought about a number of awards and statuses. We hold the PSQM (Science Quality Mark), Music Mark Award, the Silver Healthy Places standard, Gold Sports Mark and more recently Eco Schools Award. We have also been designated as a Centre for Excellence for Personal Finance in Education (PfEG) and have the National Online Safety Accreditation.
Arranging a visit to Waltham Leas Primary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vacancies@walthamleas.net.
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