Finance Business Partner

Connected Local Government; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 100,000 - GBP 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An Academy Trust in Doncaster is seeking an experienced educational finance practitioner to contribute to financial management under the Finance Director's leadership. The role involves overseeing financial transactions, managing finance officers, and assisting Headteachers with budget planning. The successful candidate will be supported in their career development and offered access to a variety of staff benefits, including a local government pension scheme.

Benefits

Comprehensive professional development programme

Local government pension scheme

Salary sacrifice scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in educational financial management including funding streams and month end procedures.
• Ability to support budget management and monitoring processes.
• Understanding of current financial rules and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Finance Director to ensure accuracy and control of financial transactions.
• Line manage the Trust Finance Officer(s).
• Assist Headteachers with budget planning and monitoring.

Skills

Financial management

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Educational finance knowledge

Job description

We are seeking an experienced educational finance practitioner to work under the leadership of the Trust’s Finance Director. This is a rare and exciting opportunity for a motivated professional to bring their financial acumen to a collaborative and ambitious Academy Trust. At St Francis CMAT, we believe that robust financial management is the cornerstone of our success; by ensuring every penny is used effectively and transparently, you will play a vital role in providing the very best resources and opportunities for the benefit of all our children.

The successful candidate will:

• be self‑motivated and have the ambition to develop as a leader with the support from the Trust.
• have good interpersonal skills that ensure organisational communication is effective and ensuring our schools feel fully supported.
• work in liaison with the Finance Director to ensure the accuracy and sound control of financial transactions in line with the Trust Finance Policy and statutory frameworks.
• have experience of educational financial management including funding streams, performing month end procedures and preparation of accounts to trial balance, reconciliations, administration of income and expenditure and support for budget management and monitoring processes
• Line manages the Trust Finance Officer(s)
• have a good understanding of current financial rules and regulations.
• be able to work with Trust Central Team and School Finance colleagues to contribute to the management of workloads and help develop them grow as individuals.
• be able to work with Headteachers to assist them in the administration of budget planning and preparation along with monthly budget monitoring meetings.
• Have a sound working knowledge of Education Finance.

In return the successful candidate will:

• Be a member of the Trust Central Team and join a strong and dynamic team of professionals across our organisation.
• Be supported in the continued development of a career in Finance.
• Have access to the Trust comprehensive professional development programme.
• Have access to the local government pension scheme and terms and conditions aligned to the National Joint Council for Local Government Services.
• Have access to a fantastic variety of staff benefits - including the opportunity to engage in our salary sacrifice scheme through Tusker!

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