Trust Head of Finance
Soar Valley College, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 7GY5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
31 July 2024 at 9am
Date listed
12 July 2024
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 12 (Local Government Service, £52,775 - £56,555)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for:
- An accountant, qualified or nearing qualification, preferably with post qualification experience and excellent technical knowledge
- Strong communication skills, both orally and written
- Someone with a track record of leading a finance function and developing it further
- Previous experience working within the education sector is an advantage, but not essential.
What you will do:
- Deputise for the CFO
- Lead on the creation of monthly consolidated accounts
- Maintain robust financial systems and procedures
- Analyse data and trends to inform trust decisions
- Collaborate with department heads and schools in ensuring value for money
- Working with internal and external auditors
- Prepare short, medium and long term plans and provide expert advice and support
- Ensure the trust is adhering to the Academies Trust Handbook.
What the school offers its staff
OUR MISSION
is to bring about EXCELLENCE THROUGH COLLABORATION
OUR VISION
We aim to successfully collaborate to bring about the very best for everyone involved in our Trust – children, staff, families and the wider communities we serve.
‘ASPIREto be the best you can be’ is the core message for our Trust, and for everyone involved with it in any way. Our aim is for all to have high aspirations, to want to succeed and constantly improve, and then to do so!
LEARNINGis at the heart of all we do, transforming individual lives and the success of our communities.
Our schools support all children to attain the highest standards possible in the academic, but also much more. Our schools provide rich opportunities for children to be successful and prepare them for their next steps.
Our biggest resource is the people working in our schools. They are highly valued for the contribution each one makes and will be supported to continue to learn and develop in their role.
We believe thatPARTNERSHIPworking is the key to significant and sustained change, and leads to the highest levels of achievement and for all and excellence in all aspects of our work. Each school serves a unique community and will retain its individuality whilst working collaboratively, supporting and challenging others to constantly improve. Schools and the Trust are led with integrity and mutual respect for all.
OUR VALUES
- Integrity and ethical leadership lie at the heart of Aspire Learning Partnership.
- Our schools serve and are unique communities. It is essential to retain this whilst working together, sharing the best of what we do to continually improve.
- We challenge and support each other so that we maximise the achievement of all.
- We value more than the academic. We aim to develop the whole child, offering an excellent curriculum and a range of experiences, preparing learners for their next steps.
- Staff are the most important resource in schools, and we will invest in high quality professional development and share the best practice to further develop the practice of all.
Commitment to safeguarding
The College has a commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and/or young people. We have robust processes and procedures to reduce risk and continuously promote a positive culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce.
The post you are applying for involves working with children and/or young people and you will be subject to The College safer recruitment process.
As part of its safer recruitment and selection process, The College operates a strict pre-employment vetting procedure
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
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About Soar Valley College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1565 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Soar Valley College website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- sstone@soarvalley.aspirelp.uk
We are justifiably proud of our school, in particular the caring, inclusive ethos, our high standards and our achievements. Our school motto of ‘Aspire, Enjoy, Achieve’ is more than just words. It really does sum up our ethos; that of working with every individual to ensure they do the best they possibly can in a supportive environment rich with opportunities. More on this can be read in our prospectus, which is available on the school website www.soarvalley.leicester.sch.uk
We are an outstanding 11-16 community, comprehensive school in the city of Leicester with approximately 1560 students on roll currently, and are heavily over-subscribed every year with more first choice applications than places available, despite increasing our PAN from 255 to 312. Students come from very diverse ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds, which contributes to our unique ethos, with the vast majority (around 90%) coming from ethnic minority backgrounds. Most of our students have a first language which is not English and approximately a third qualify as Pupil Premium
Arranging a visit to Soar Valley College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sstone@soarvalley.aspirelp.uk.
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