Job Description

Regional Finance Manager

Reports to: Senior Finance Manager

Location: North London Region (home schools will be Ark Burlington Danes in White City, West London and Ark Acton in Acton Town, West London)

Contract: Permanent

Pattern: Full Time (37.5 hours per week)

Closing date: 02/01/2024 at 10am

Interviews: Interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is strongly advised

Salary: £38,000 to £50,000 (depending on experience and qualifications)

About the role:

This is an exciting opportunity to join Ark Schools’ Regional Finance team, supporting Ark’s academies in West London and based out of Ark Burlington Danes in White City and Ark Acton.

As Regional Finance Manager, you will be an integral part of the team responsible for ensuring high standards of financial integrity within the academies.

You will work closely with (and report to) the Senior Finance Manager and will also work with the relevant Principals and Operations Leads in the schools you support. For your home schools, you will manage the monthly financial processes, ensuring compliance with the requirements of the Academies Financial Handbook, leading financial planning and partnering with the Principal and other senior staff to ensure effective strategic decision making. You will then provide support to other schools as directed by the Senior Finance Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure timely production and issue of financial reports, cash flow forecasts and returns as required, including ad hoc review and projects
• Prepare the monthly financial reports, analysis and updates for the Local Governing Body (LGB) and present at the meetings where required
• Prepare the annual budget and reforecasts for approval by Ark
• Take responsibility for the academy’s accounting procedures, ensuring all policies and procedures are adhered to within the academy, including review of academy payment runs and payroll
• Take responsibility for and line management of the school’s finance support staff, including arranging appropriate training and development, conducting induction, probation and performance management reviews
• Support school and finance staff with purchase order and invoice processing as required
• Support the school Operations Lead to ensure goods and services are processed in compliance with current and relevant procurement legislation
• Partner with the Principal and other senior staff to ensure effective financial management, adherence to budget and strategic decision making

Key Requirements:

• Experienced part-qualified accountant or fully qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or ACA)
• Experience of running effective administrative and financial systems, ideally within a school environment
• High level of proficiency with Microsoft Excel and the wider MS Office suite
• Experience using financial databases and confidence and interest in learning new technologies
• Understanding of relevant legislation, policies and procedures and the ability to apply this understanding to real situations
• Strong organisational and time-management skills and the ability to delegate appropriately
• Ability to skilfully manage and maintain effective working relationships with parents, governors, community members and other stakeholders

View the full job description and person specification here

About Ark

We’re an international charity, transforming lives through education. We exist to give every young person, regardless of their background, a great education and real choices in life. In the UK, we’re a network of 39 schools, educating around 30,000 pupils in areas where we can make the biggest difference and we’re recognised as one of the highest achieving academy groups in the country. We want to change the lives of children everywhere, not just in our own schools. So, we create and incubate Ventures designed not only to help pupils in Ark schools, but also to improve education systems.

You’ll be joining a group of like-minded, ambitious individuals who work collaboratively and are all committed to our core mission, that every child has the potential to succeed. Having just celebrated our 20^th anniversary, we are shaping our goals for the next 20 and there has never been a more exciting time to join us.

Benefits

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with each year of service up to 30 days after 3-years’ service. This entitlement is pro rata for part time employees. This entitlement excludes bank holidays
• Full office closure between Christmas and New Year
• As an Ark employee, you will have the opportunity to be part of the TPT (The Pension Trust) scheme, our workplace pension scheme where we make an 11% contribution; you are not required to contribute towards this scheme unless you choose to. Depending on your role you may also be entitled to LGPS which is a defined benefit scheme where you contribute a percentage based on how much you earn (as do we) in exchange for a guaranteed amount in your pension pot every year
• Access to high-quality professional learning throughout your career, offering both face-to-face sessions and a bespoke online learning platform
• Access to Ark Rewards scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers, interest-free loans available for season tickets or a bike, gym discounts offering up to 40% off your local gym and free eye tests

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.  

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment – this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link. 

We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.

How to Apply

Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: 20,000 - 40,000.

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