School Finance Manager
Poole High School, Poole, Dorset, BH15 2BW15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
9 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
24 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Accounting
Working pattern
- Full time: 37.5 hours per week 8.00am to 4.00pm Monday to Friday With a 30-minute unpaid lunch break
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £34,777 to £39,147
Pay scale
- Grade 10
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are delighted to be recruiting for a dedicated and motivated School Finance Manager to join our busy, professional and friendly finance department at Poole High School. This is an exceptional opportunity for a talented and ambitious colleague.
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We are looking for an outstanding individual who will relish the opportunity to:
- ensure the financial resource planning is in place to support Poole High School’s excellence strategy.
- oversee the financial operations of Poole High School.
- manage the budget ensuring financial efficiencies, preparing financial reports, and ensure compliance with all relevant financial regulations.
- play a key part in supporting the school's educational mission by ensuring efficient and responsible financial management.
- Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people in accordance with our Safeguarding and Child Protection policies.
We would love to hear from you if you:
- Have strong accounting ability and preferably experience within school finance
- A relevant qualification or equivalent experience in financial management within an educational setting.
- Excellent skills in a range of IT packages and strong knowledge of financial software and systems.
- Knowledge of relevant financial regulations and compliance requirements.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
You will also be keen to live our Twynham Learning employee values which are:
- Aim high
- Keep improving
- Don’t leave anyone behind
- See the bigger picture
Any questions?
To discuss the post or your application, please contact Nikki Steele on 01202 662015 or email us at recruitment@twynhamlearning.com
How to apply
To apply for this vacancy, please submit a Job Application Form and Diversity Questionnaire by email to: recruitment@twynhamlearning.com
Only applications made using our own official application form will be accepted.
You can download the form and questionnaire here: www.twynhamlearning.com/187/staff-vacancies
The closing date for applications is Monday 9 June 2025. However, we reserve the right to interview and/or appoint strong candidates before this, so encourage you to apply early. Interview date to be confirmed.
What the school offers its staff
- A welcoming, supportive, professional and respected team of colleagues
- Automatic membership of the Dorset Local Government Pension Scheme
- Free, confidential access to our Employee Assistance Programme, which offers a range of counselling services plus financial, legal and practical support from qualified professionals on a range of personal issues and access to online health and wellbeing resources
- A trust-wide intranet, where we share our news, information and resources
- Local discounts negotiated on behalf of our staff e.g. gym memberships, hair and beauty salons, chiropractic care, cycle shops, restaurants, motoring services, and retail/DIY stores
- Access to national discounts on a wide variety of huge brands
- Free on-site parking
- The opportunity to work within Twynham Learning; a progressive multi-academy trust
- The opportunity to work in one of the most beautiful areas of the South Coast
Commitment to safeguarding
We value diversity and inclusiveness. We want our workforce to be representative of all sections of our community, so we give equal opportunities. We don't discriminate on age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy/maternity, race/colour/nationality, religion/belief, sex or sexual orientation. We'll only consider people who can evidence their right to work in the UK. We're committed to robust Safer Recruitment processes to safeguard children. We undertake enhanced criminal records checks before appointment. Candidates must disclose all unprotected spent and unspent cautions and convictions. It is an offence to apply if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Poole High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- Up to 1975 pupils
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Poole High School website
- Email address
- n.steele@poolehigh.poole.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01202 662015
Arranging a visit to Poole High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email n.steele@poolehigh.poole.sch.uk.
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