School Finance Manager

Our client is seeking a qualified (CIMA, ACA, ACCA, Qualified by Experience) full time, permanent, School Finance Manager. You must be professional, detail-oriented and confident in managing all finance operations, budget oversight, and audit preparation. You will playing a vital role in ensuring the smooth financial running of the school, deputising for the Bursar and leading a small finance team. Key Responsibilities: Maintain oversight of the finance function, ensuring robust financial controls and procedures. Produce monthly management accounts, budgets/annual budgets, forecasts/re-forecasts, cashflow statements and financial reports for leadership and governance meetings. Cost and profitability analysis to support decision making. Manage financial year-end processes and liaise with external auditors. Oversee billing, purchase/sales/nominal ledgers, banking, and reconciliations. Lead credit control processes and support debt recovery as needed. Management of company accounts (Sage 200), banking, petty cash, monthly reconciliation of balance sheet accounts, preparation of documents for a successful audit, trial balance, PandL accounts, monthly credit cards, maintaining Fixed Asset Register Managing/overseeing the running of payroll (and completion of P11Ds) and pension submissions with accuracy and timeliness. VAT compliance and oversight of quarterly submissions Support financial management of trips, events, and associated activities. Deputise for the Bursar in all ..... full job details .....