Finance Manager
Sevenoaks School
Kent
- Expired
- Salary:
- £45,000 per annum plus benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 10 August 2017
Job overview
The Role
The Finance Manager will be responsible for the day to day management of the school’s accounting function, including supervising the work of the accounts team (of three accounts assistants), producing management accounts and reports and working with heads of other departments about budget development and review.
The school has strong financial systems, but seeks to make best use of human and digital resources to optimise quality and productivity. The role therefore also offers the successful candidate the potential to make a valuable contribution to cross-functional teams working on improvement projects. Accounting is required for three entities. Sevenoaks School is a company limited by guarantee and a charity. It has a subsidiary, Sennocke Services, which is a limited company. The third entity, Sevenoaks School Foundation, is also a registered charity.
Responsibilities and Duties
• Preparation of periodic management accounts
• Support the Director of Finance in the preparation of annual budgets.
• Preparation of lead and supporting schedules for the audit files, and provision of assistance to the Director of Finance in preparing the statutory accounts.
• Management of the PASS accounting system, including the year-end roll forwards and close downs once the audits have been signed off.
• Management of the Accounts team and their work.
For a full list please download the job description.
The Person
• the successful candidate will be a qualified accountant, and able to demonstrate the managerial and technical accounting and system skills that will allow you to operate successfully in this wide-ranging role
• an effective team member: helpful, friendly, flexible, able to make good judgements and provide leadership when required
Experience and Qualities
• experience of working in a computerised accounting and database environment
• ability to maintain excellent financial controls
• advanced use of Excel, including database queries
• strong data handling and analysis skills
Hours of work
The role is a full-time, all-year round post, working 40 hours per week from Monday to Friday, usually 9:00am to 5:00pm including a break for lunch. However, the successful candidate must be able to be flexible to work when required to meet the needs of the role.
Remuneration
An initial salary of around £45,000 p.a. is available for this post, depending on the qualifications, skills and experience of the successful candidate.
Fee Remission
The children of members of staff are entitled to a discount on school fees, which is currently 75% of the tuition fee. This is subject to staff children being successful in the entry process for admission to the School. Further information about the school can be found on our website: www.sevenoaksschool.org
Pension
Membership of the support staff Group Personal Pension Scheme is available for the person in this role. If the successful applicant does not join the pension scheme and is eligible for Auto Enrolment, then they will be enrolled at the appropriate time in the school’s Auto Enrolment pension plan. Further details can be obtained from the Personnel department.
Holidays
Holiday entitlement is 28 days paid holiday per annum including public holidays. Holiday requests must be approved in advance by line management. It is expected that holiday will be taken during the school holidays.
References
Wherever possible references will be sought in advance for those candidates invited for interview. However, references will not be taken up without the applicant’s permission.
How to Apply
For a comprehensive job description please download the attached role specification. If you wish to be considered for this role, please complete the support staff online application form at http://www.sevenoaksschool.org/support-vacancies/. The form must be completed and submitted electronically. CV’s can also be submitted but cannot replace any information on the application form which must be submitted in full.
Please contact the Personnel Office at personnel@sevenoaksschool.org or telephone 01732 467 740 if you have any questions about a completed application.
Attached documents
About Sevenoaks School
Founded in 1432, Sevenoaks enjoys a global reputation as a centre of academic excellence and a flagship school for the International Baccalaureate. A co-educational day and boarding school, it offers a stimulating, intellectually demanding and balanced education for over 1200 students from ages 11 to 18.
Sevenoaks is one of the world’s leading IB schools, having taught the International Baccalaureate for over 40 years. For nearly 20 years, all Sixth Form students have taken the full IB Diploma with consistently outstanding academic results which are testament to the school’s experience and commitment to the programme.
In 2023, the average Diploma score was 39.0 points, about eight points above the world average. The Higher Education department supported applications of 246 students to universities in the UK, USA, Canada, Europe and Hong Kong with an outstanding 93 per cent progressing to their firm choice university. The majority attend Oxbridge, London universities, or other Russell Group universities such as Bristol or Durham. We also support about 20 per cent of our students in applying to international universities with increasing numbers going to North America, specifically Ivy League and top universities in the United States.
The school is situated in the Kent market town of Sevenoaks and has a prime position at the top of the high street. The 100-acre site, which includes several listed buildings and attractive gardens, is beautifully landscaped and adjoins the medieval deer park of Knole. London is only a 30-minute train ride away. Gatwick airport is only 30 minutes by car, and there are good transport links to other London airports and the Channel Tunnel.
Sevenoaks students have access to a fantastic range of facilities on campus for co-curricular pursuits, including sport, music, drama and art, at least 70 clubs and societies, a wide range of study trips and exchanges, and a well-established community service programme. Recent developments on campus include a superb sports centre, and a state-of-the-art performing arts centre, and a world-class Science and Technology Centre and a Global Study Centre for the Sixth Form. An additional boarding house for boys, a contemporary building with light, modern facilities, opened in 2019, and a new girls’ boarding house is expected to open in 2024.
With seven distinctive and comfortable boarding houses, our boarding community is fun, friendly, and busy. Boarding provides an excellent transition from home to independence and maturity; the Sixth Form boarding houses enable boys and girls to enjoy the benefits of boarding at an important stage in their school careers, and to prepare for life at university.
Accolades
In 2018 Sevenoaks School was, for the second time in 10 years, awarded The Sunday Times Independent School of the Year. In the same year, the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) awarded Sevenoaks School the highest grade – ‘Excellent’ – in both categories which formed the basis of the inspection: ‘Pupils’ Achievement’ and ‘Pupils’ Personal Development’.
Teaching at Sevenoaks:
Teaching here is immensely rewarding: we work in high-performing teams towards a shared endeavour. Everyone appointed to teach at Sevenoaks School is expected to engage actively in all aspects of our broad and well-rounded education.
We want all our pupils to enjoy their subjects, to be inspired by their teachers and to become independent, lifelong learners. Teachers are enthusiastic and well-qualified graduates. We have an exceptionally lively, talented and committed staff body. We welcome applications from experienced teachers and newly-qualified teachers, but can also provide training including PGCE for those joining the profession at whatever stage. All new staff undertake a comprehensive induction programme. Sevenoaks is committed to supporting its staff with training and professional development tailored to staff needs and interests.
All teachers are involved in proactive pastoral care. All teachers participate in the co-curriculum and, as our outreach activities expand, contribute to our work with local pupils and schools. Teachers at Sevenoaks are innovative and forward-thinking many are involved in the Institutes of Teaching and Learning, Higher Education and Professional Insight, and Service and Partnerships, shaping further development and initiatives for students and staff alike.
What people say about us:
‘Tough for any university not to be an anti-climax after Sevenoaks.’ Good Schools Guide.
The International Baccalaureate
All new staff undertake a comprehensive induction programme. No previous experience of teaching the International Baccalaureate, which we have taught since 1978, is necessary; gaining experience of teaching the IB, an internationally recognised qualification which we believe offers outstanding preparation for university and beyond, is stimulating and undoubtedly a valuable career asset. Information about the IB can be found on the website www.ibo.org.
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