Main Duties and Responsibilities

Finance Lead for dedicated schools. Building strong professional relationships across all teams.

Preparation on Monthly Management Accounts.

Create and post monthly journals including income and expenditure accruals, deferrals, and transfer of costs and income between schools and central.

Maintain additional schedules as required for monthly reporting.

Complete monthly Payroll Reconciliations, investigate variances and create summary reports.

Update monthly budget forecasts and highlight key variances in readiness for school review.

Lead regular finance meetings with school Principal, Regional Director and Operation Manager, to review period results and reforecast for future months.

Preparation of annual budgets using a Curriculum Led Financial Planning (CLFP) modelling tool.

Publish monthly forecasts.

Maintain accurate staff records in IMP.

Grant Management and Trip reconciliation.

Monthly balance Sheet reviews with Financial Controller.

Support school compliance around Financial Processes.

Provide any ad hoc analysis and reports as and when required.

Provide high quality financial information and advice across school and central stakeholders to support strategic and operational planning and management activities.

To act in accordance with Trust policies at all times, ensuring a high standard of professionalism.

This list is not exhaustive and you may be required to provide support in other areas