Finance Manager
Sutton High School
Sutton
- £45,000 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 10 April 2023
Job overview
The role
If you offer strong accounting and financial experience and management skills, this position offers an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the financial management of one of London’s high performing independent girls’ day schools.
As Finance Manager, you will be responsible for the provision and maintenance of financial and accounting services. This will include the preparation of budgets, managing the school’s financial administration, monitoring expenditure and overseeing the management of the school’s purchase ordering and payments systems.
You will also be responsible for the management of the Finance Officers and Transport Manager, ensuring they have clear expectations of their role, and that high performance standards are achieved and maintained. In addition, the role will also manage the performance of outsourced contracts.
To be considered for this role, you will need a suitable accountancy/financial qualification, such as AAT or equivalent, with a good understanding of accounting software and experience of financial analysis and reporting. You will also need the ability to operate, monitor and maintain systems for effective budget management as well as the ability to analyse and present statistical information with confidence.
Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills are as integral to this role as the financial elements, due to communication with parents and external clients. We welcome applications from candidates with experience in a commercial or education environment.
Finance team
The Finance Team is a key team based in the Senior School, it is responsible for both the Senior and Prep school’s financial systems and payroll operation. The Finance Manager reports to the Director of Finance and Operations, our aim is to achieve operational excellence to make systems as parent friendly as possible as well as achieving value for money and delivering quality services to our staff, students and parents.
About Sutton High School
Sutton High School is an academically selective independent day school for 850 girls with an age range of 3 to 18 years. We are situated on a green and leafy site in central Sutton, close to excellent public transport links and major roads. Both Senior and Prep Schools are amongst the top schools in the country, with our GCSE results placing us 63rd in national rankings in 2022.
Sutton High School is characterised by a warm, happy and inclusive community, where girls support each other to aspire and achieve, and individuality is celebrated.
Why Sutton High School?
The school is a member of the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST) and the Girls’ Schools Association (GSA). Membership of the GDST, the largest group of independent girls’ schools in the UK, gives us unrivalled opportunities for training and sharing of good practice in teaching and learning.
Employee benefits include:
- Competitive salaries, pension and pay progression
- Access to extensive professional development opportunities
- Training grants for qualifications
- A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
- Free lunches for all staff during term time (equivalent to at least £740 per year)
- Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
- A Cycle to Work scheme
- Good transport links
- Competitive terms and conditions of employment
For further details and to apply, please click the apply button.
Closing date: Monday 10th April 2023 – Applications will be considered in the order which they are received and we reserve the right to end this vacancy early.
Interviews will take place the week beginning 10th April 2023.
Sutton High School is part of the GDST (Girls’ Day School Trust) - the leading network of independent girls’ schools in the UK. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the DBS.
About Sutton High School
Sutton High School is an academically selective independent day school for 900 girls with an age range of 3 to 18 years. We are situated on a green and leafy site in central Sutton, close to excellent public transport links and with specialist contemporary learning facilities such as Design Studios, a Ceramics Room, an Emilio Reggio EYFS Building, an amphitheatre and Oracy Space.
Both Senior and Prep schools hold strong positions in the top schools nationally and attract girls from a wide geographical area and variety of backgrounds, resulting in an inclusive school community where individuality is celebrated and girls are fiercely independent. Our values of Courage, Truth and Joy are at the heart of all we do.
The school is a member of the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST) and the Girls’ Schools Association (GSA). Membership of the GDST, the largest group of independent schools in the country, gives us unrivalled opportunities for training and sharing of good practice in teaching and learning.
Examination results at Sutton High are consistently high and significantly above the national average. In the summer of 2023, girls achieved 75% 9-7 grades at GCSE, with over half of grades at 9/8.
Our girls benefit from expert advice and guidance about higher education and the world of work, as we have our own specialist who organises interviews, work experience placements and careers fairs and the majority of pupils go on to study at Russell Group universities.
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