Finance Manager

Salary:         Grade 9-10 (£36,624–46,606) depending on experience and skills.  Grade 11 (£47,990-£53,446) available for an exceptional candidate.   

Hours             Full Time, 37 hours per week.

Start Date:  July 2026 (flexible depending on the successful candidate)

This is an exciting opportunity for a Finance professional to join a unique school with outstanding facilities and at a time when a new build is just starting as of Easter 2026!

Northfleet Technology College are looking to appoint a Finance Manager who can manage resources with total transparency and precision, who will lead the school’s financial operations, including budget setting and management, ensuring accurate financial reporting, compliance and forward financial planning. This includes managing accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll processes, month-end reconciliation, audit preparation and financial forecasting. You will prepare and present reports for governors, senior leaders and external auditors. 

The role requires a combination of technical financial expertise and strategic insight. You will support leaders in setting budgets, analysing expenditure, preparing annual salary review, identifying cost-saving opportunities and ensuring best value. You will also oversee financial policies, ensure compliance with regulatory standards, manage software systems and supervise finance staff.

The successful candidate will be involved in the operation oversight of support services & bespoke projects, such as the new build and school premises.

You will work closely with all stakeholders and the school leadership team places a strong emphasis on financial sustainability, strategic planning and ensuring that resources are used effectively to support student outcomes and staff wellbeing.

The successful Finance Manager will lead a small team and will report directly to the Headteacher.  You will play a major role in ensuring the financial health of the school, a school that values precision, transparency and accountability.

All positions that involve working with children in regulated activity are exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.  All applicants must therefore declare all previous convictions and cautions, including those which would normally be considered ‘spent’ except those received for an offence committed in the United Kingdom if it has been filtered in accordance with the DBS filtering rules.  Candidates applying for a vacancy will be asked to complete a Self-Disclosure form on which they will be asked to disclose any relevant convictions, court orders, reprimands, warnings, or other matters which may affect an applicant’s suitability to work with children. 

In order to apply for this position, please complete and submit the NTC Application Form, CVs will not be accepted.  Appointment will be subject to satisfactory recruitment & vetting checks including 2 references.  Our school and all its personnel are strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children.  The post is subject to safeguarding checks including an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure & Barring Service and in accordance with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education (2022), NTC will undertake an online search via engines and social media platforms of publicly available information concerning all short-listed candidates.