Finance and Operations Manager (SEND)

Salary in the region of: £45,000 to £60,000 based on experience

Location: Regionally based, with travel to academies and head office in central London as required

We are seeking to appoint a Finance and Operations Manager to lead the delivery of outstanding finance and operations across our special academies. This is an exciting opportunity to be an integral part of the Finance team.

Enjoying plenty of variety and new challenges, your role is designed for a high performing, impact driven person who is able to coordinate activity across our special academies, whilst providing an effective service so that educational staff can maintain a core focus on teaching and learning.

You will need to be able to motivate and bring together a team of finance and operational staff to work as one team in ensuring value for money, policy compliance, budget adherence and opportunities to generate income across the respective group of academies.

We are looking for people who are highly motivated, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, AAT or similar financial qualification or have appropriate experience at a senior level.

The successful candidates will be highly skilled and comfortable with all aspects of Finance and Operations, have a proven track record of transformational leadership across a multi-site organisation and have experience of leading an effective team.  You will be able to provide advice and support on SEND specific funding in mainstream and specialist settings including SEND specialist provisions within the mainstream and provide efficient business plans as part of bids for new special schools.

The role will require frequent travel between academies in the areas of responsibility including some travel to our London Office.

If you have enthusiasm and determination to manage and deliver a first class finance and operations service, then we would like to hear from you.

AET believes that each and every child is inspired to choose a remarkable life.  Our mission is to gather and motivate inspirational people committed to delivering an excellent education that launches children into remarkable lives.  

Our values are:

• Be unusually brave
• Discover what’s possible
• Push the limits
• Be big-hearted

We offer:

• Excellent career prospects across the network, with a culture of looking to promote from within
• Access to CPD to enable you to grow and develop in your role
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Something we take very seriously is staff WELLBEING. That’s why we have partnered up with BHSF to provide support and employee benefits, such as a health cash plan scheme to support healthcare, discounted gym membership and a employee assistance programme
• A generous annual leave allowance
• The opportunity to use Google Suite, which allows you to do your best work, all in one suite

Closing date: Friday 4 January 2019

For an informal discussion or for an application form, please contact Phil Southern, Goodman Masson by telephone on 020 7019 8866 or email phil.southern@goodmanmasson.com.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty.

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