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Group Financial Controller

Hugh Baird College

Sefton

  • £62,500 per year
  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
17 October 2023

Job overview

Group Financial Controller

Job Type: Head of Service

Department: Finance

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: £62,500 Per Annum

Location: Balliol Road, Bootle, Liverpool, L20 7EW

Campus: Balliol Road campus

Closes 17 Oct 2023 23:59

Group Financial Controller

We have an exciting opportunity for a Group Financial Controller to join our finance team and to be responsible for the effective and efficient management of the Finance function providing strategic and operational leadership.

The post holder will ensure the College Group has robust accounting and financial information systems and will deliver accurate, relevant, and timely financial information to all relevant business partners and stakeholders.

With Responsibility for the effective and efficient financial management of the College, including preparation of monthly and annual financial and management accounts, ensuring financial transactions comply with relevant accounting standards; audit compliance; internal financial control; and completion of the College’s financial reports and returns.

The role will also involve preparing and issuing monthly and annually financial and management information reports, including the preparation of the Group’s year end accounts.

The post holder will act as line manager, undertaking induction, probation, appraisals, and performance management processes as required within the department as well as deputising for the Vice Principal of Finance & Corporate Service in Financial matters during periods of absence.

Rewards and Benefits at Hugh Baird College

We value our employee's contribution to our organisation, that is why we provide a range of benefits and rewards to help and support them, including:

  • Generous Holiday Allowance 
  • Option to purchase additional annual leave 
  • Membership to the Teachers Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme (dependent on role)
  • Discounted rail travel or bus travel
  • Exclusive financial benefits through our partner NEYBER

For more information on these benefits or explore what other benefits we offer; please visit our staff benefits page.

Safeguarding of Our Students

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS check will be required for this position, and you will be required to declare any convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings in line with current guidance.

About Hugh Baird College

Hugh Baird College is a college and University Centre situated in Merseyside, England. It is one of the largest education and training providers in the area, delivering over 300 courses to more than 5,000 students. The College offers courses from entry Level to Level 3, A-levels, apprenticeships and university-level courses, foundation degrees and degrees.

The College is a vibrant, diverse and friendly place to work, graded Good by Ofsted with a dedicated HE, T-level and A-level provisions. We are proud to serve our local community by helping people gain the skills, knowledge and confidence to reach their full potential. We are committed to creating a supportive and open culture, where colleagues feel able to talk about mental health confidently.

Our staff join us from a variety of backgrounds into both teaching and support roles. We have a track record of providing outstanding development to support career progression into teaching and management and welcome applications from inspiring individuals with a passion for developing the next generation.

Applying on Our College Website 

Please click on the 'Apply' button to sign up or sign in to our recruitment system. From here, you will be sent to our online application form to complete your application. For those applicants who have a CV, you can upload the content of this into our application form to help speed up the process.

Thank you for expressing an interest in applying for a position with Hugh Baird College.



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About Hugh Baird College

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The College is situated in metropolitan Borough of Sefton, at the heart of a very busy commercial and regeneration area.

We deliver courses across an extensive range of provisions, from apprenticeships, to T-levels, A-levels, university level courses and adult learning, with dedicated campuses and employment-focused results.

We have a purpose-built, multi-million pound University Centre and a dedicated Sixth Form Centre at our South Sefton Campus. We also have a specialist hotel school and flagship restaurant, industry-focused hubs, and a unique enterprise village with a salon, florist, café and gym. All of our exceptional facilities are enhanced with the incredible personal support we offer to every one of our students.

We have launched the L20 Hotel School where the qualifications delivered will fulfil the needs of the Liverpool City Region tourism sector and help provide well trained and job ready students to the city’s growing visitor economy.

We are also responding to the exciting SuperPort developments right on our doorstep by creating Port Academy Liverpool, which offers port operations courses that allow our learners to forge careers in this exciting, global and well paid sector.

The personal support we offer our students is outstanding and our learners tell us they like our safe and secure campus, and the friendly multicultural atmosphere. It’s a grown up environment where people treat each other equally and with respect.

We are continually looking to develop our facilities and this we have opened our new state-of-the-art gym and fitness centre in collaboration with Lifestyle Fitness. The centre is accessible by students and staff as well as being open to members of our local community.


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