Assistant Head of Finance
Claires Court Schools
Windsor and Maidenhead
- £60,000 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 3 March 2025
Job overview
We seek to appoint an enthusiastic Assistant Head of Finance to join our highly committed and professional team. The purpose of the role is to work in partnership with the Head of Finance to support the Executive Management Team and Principals by providing financial information, financial management and legal compliance to ensure the overall financial security, prosperity and long-term sustainability of Claires Court School. You will be a catalyst for leading improvements within the finance team adapting to the changing business environment and the school's emergent needs.
This full-time post is required as soon as possible. Salary c£60,000
To be successful in this role, you must:
- Be a qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, CIMA) with a minimum of 3 years post qualification experience.
- Have strong interpersonal skills with a clear focus on customer service and an ability to inspire confidence to aid senior management in making financial decision making.
- Have a desire and the skills to support and develop the finance team.
- Have a sound knowledge of accounting standards and proven experience in financial reporting and in the preparation of management accounts, forecasts and statutory accounts.
- Be able to advise on Taxation and VAT matters
- Have Ability to understand, interpret and communicate financial data at all levels of an organisation.
- A passion for working in an education setting and commitment to our purpose and vision of a school in the independent school sector.
- Someone who sees finance as an enabler and can think creatively and innovatively to progress our most important outcomes for the community we serve.
Above all, you must want the best for our pupils. In return, we offer a positive working environment, supportive colleagues, and regular professional development and training opportunities.
APPLICATIONS
To apply, please download an application form from our website. Completed application forms may be emailed to recruitment@clairescourt.com (no agencies, please). Alternatively, please post completed forms to the following address:-
HR Department
Claires Court Schools Ltd
1 College Avenue
MAIDENHEAD
SL6 6AW
Applications must be received by 8.00 am on Monday 3 March 2025. Please apply early, as applications will be considered upon receipt; we reserve the right to interview/appoint prior to the closing date.
NB: CVs will not be accepted in place of an application form but may be submitted as additional supporting documentation.
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About Claires Court Schools
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Claires Court Schools are proprietarily owned and operated by Hugh and James Wilding. For those who like their historical facts, Claires Court first opened its doors as a preparatory school in September 1960 led by David and Josephine Wilding – parents of the current owners. In those days Claires Court was a boarding school and Ridgeway one of the boarding houses.
As the demand for boarding reduced, the School gradually moved to a day school to 13 years of age, extending over the years to add GCSE and thus a leaving age of 16.
In 1993 College came under the Claires Court umbrella adding co-ed Nursery provision and in 1994 the co-ed Sixth Form started with 19 boys and 1 girl!
Here therefore was the birth of our unique education – the statutory school years of education with boys and girls separate but meeting for extra curricular activities, the performing arts, departmental trips and so on.
Our achievements are many and varied – never assume that academic excellence is sufficient for our pupils – we want them to experience and achieve so much more and because of this, we offer an absolute fountain of opportunity to ensure that our boys and girls emerge into the world of work or university as well balanced individuals able to move forward in confidence and with competence.
Co-ordinated education for girls and boys from 2 to 18 years
Co-ordinated education means that boys and girls are educated separately but meet together with such activities as sailing, rowing, performing arts as well as day trips and field study courses – the best of both worlds!
Our Nursery and Sixth Form are co-ed whilst the 4 to 16 year olds are educated separately.
We achieve outstanding results at all levels throughout the School with an intake that is non-selective – entry is by report from previous school and interview with the Head.
We aim to educate the whole child, treating each boy or girl as an individual and ensuring they achieve their maximum potential – sometimes far beyond what they believed they were capable of achieving.
Not only are our results excellent, we offer a school day that is brimming with opportunity and variety – both inside the classroom and out.
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