Finance Manager

Key responsibilities:

• Managing day‑to‑day financial processes and ensuring value for money
• Maintaining accurate income and expenditure records
• Monitoring budgets, identifying variances, and preparing management information
• Completing reconciliations for payroll, bank, and financial systems
• Preparing year‑end information, audit documentation, and financial returns
• Producing financial reports and commentary for senior leaders and governors
• Coordinating external audit for school fund accounts
• Supporting funding bids and identifying income‑generation opportunities
• Overseeing timely income collection and banking
• Managing finance staff, including performance and workload
• Coordinating quotes, monitoring premises‑related costings, and supporting lettings income
• Acting as the link for GDPR and data compliance
• Maintaining data protection documentation, breach logs, and asset registers
• Supporting training, audits, DPIAs, and responding to data enquiries
• Upholding confidentiality, safeguarding, equality, and health & safety expectations

Ideal candidate profile:

• Hold an accountancy qualification (AAT, ACCA, CIMA, ACA) or equivalent experience
• Have strong understanding of financial standards and legislation
• Demonstrate experience producing monthly management accounts
• Be highly organised and confident managing competing deadlines
• Be skilled in Excel and financial systems
• Have experience supervising staff
• Show strong communication skills and attention to detail
• Demonstrate commitment to confidentiality, safeguarding, and equality