Head of Finance
Stamford Endowed Schools
Stamford,Lincolnshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- £47,500 - £57,500 p.a. dependent on experience, to be negotiated
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 26 February 2018
Job overview
The Stamford Endowed Schools (SES) are seeking to appoint a CCAB level (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) qualified Accountant, able to contribute to the strategic financial direction of the Schools and to be responsible for the delivery of the operational planning and management of the Schools’ finances.
This is a senior management position in which the Head of Finance will work directly to the Director of Operations through to the Principal, as well as in close liaison with the Finance Committee of the Governing Body and the respective Heads of the three Schools.
The Head of Finance is responsible to the Director of Operations for all aspects of the financial management of the Stamford Endowed Schools, SES Enterprises Company Ltd, and the Foundation. This post plays a significant role in the provision of advice and support to ensure that the schools gain the maximum benefit from their resources. In addition, the Head of Finance is responsible for managing a Finance Team of seven personnel across all three Schools which will require strong inter-personal skills and a pro-active approach to team-building and leadership.
The successful candidate will be able to operate at the strategic level and be comfortable in dealing with senior levels of management, including members of the Governing Body, as well as having strong, practical and in-depth financial knowledge at the tactical level. This will be reflected in ability to ‘lead from the front’ and be immersed in the detail, as appropriate. The SES are looking to appoint a talented, enthusiastic and engaging Head of Finance who will play a key part in developing and delivering the financial plans for the Schools in the future including building a financial structure best positioned to deliver this in support of the Director of Operations.
Further information and an application form can be obtained from the school website www.ses.lincs.sch.uk by emailing recruitment@ses.lincs.sch.uk or by telephoning the HR Office on 01780 484267/273.
Candidates should download the application and monitoring forms and send the completed forms along with a covering letter and CV to Kay Rainsby, Head of HR at recruitment@ses.lincs.sch.uk or Stamford High School, St Martins, Stamford PE9 2LL.
Closing date for applications is Monday 26th February at 12 noon
Interviews are to be held on Wednesday 7th March
The Stamford Endowed Schools are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
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About Stamford Endowed Schools
- Stamford Endowed Schools
- Brazenose House, 16 St. Paul's Street, Stamford
- Lincolnshire
- PE9 2BE
- United Kingdom
The Schools are part of the great heritage of Stamford and a symbol of its vibrancy and evolution. The Schools have been established in Stamford since 1532, providing a first class education for children. Today the Schools remain interwoven with Stamford life, to which our students, teachers and parents contribute greatly. At Stamford we have one simple and overriding aim, that is to inspire our students and light fires within them.
The schools educate 1650 pupils at the Stamford Junior School for children aged 2-11, Stamford School for students aged 11-16, and Stamford Sixth Form for students aged 16-18.
This is a really exciting time to be joining the School as after nearly 500 years as a boys’ school and 200 years as a girls’ school, we have joined together as a fully co-educational school. This restructure is giving us the opportunity to look at all aspects of school life with fresh eyes, and we are looking at everything from how we provide the best possible pastoral care to how we shape the timetable, how we make best use of our estate, to how AI can support classroom learning. It is a big change, but a once in a generation opportunity to really set up the School for the next hundred years.
After this positive change, stamfordians will still be able to leave here poised for success in the real world - quietly confident, kind, positive, hardworking, unassuming and resilient. We are independent schools nurturing independent minds.
"I love the idea of preparing our kids from the school room to the boardroom in the 21st century, wherever that boardroom is in a rainforest in Brazil or as a CEO or working with a charity in India. Just as we have a big responsibility, so will they. I want them not just to be content to live in the world but to change it. Exciting!”
Principal, Will Phelan
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