Finance Manager at Northfleet Technology College
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About this Role
Finance Manager
Salary: Grade 9-10 (£36,624-46,606)depending on experience and skills. Grade11 (£47,990-£53,446) available for an exceptional candidate.
Hours Full Time, 37 hours per week.
Start Date: July 2026 (flexible depending on the successful candidate)
This is an exciting opportunity fora Finance professional to join a unique school with outstanding facilities andat a time when a new build is just starting as of Easter 2026!
Northfleet Technology College arelooking to appoint a Finance Manager who can manage resources with totaltransparency and precision, who will lead the school's financial operations, includingbudget setting and management, ensuring accurate financial reporting,compliance and forward financial planning. This includes managing accountspayable, accounts receivable, payroll processes, month-end reconciliation,audit preparation and financial forecasting. You will prepare and presentreports for governors, senior leaders and external auditors.
The role requires a combination oftechnical financial expertise and strategic insight. You will support leadersin setting budgets, analysing expenditure, preparing annual salary review, identifyingcost-saving opportunities and ensuring best value. You will also overseefinancial policies, ensure compliance with regulatory standards, managesoftware systems and supervise finance staff.
Thesuccessful candidate will be involved in the operation oversight of supportservices & bespoke projects, such as the new build and school premises.
You will work closely with allstakeholders and the school leadership team places a strong emphasis onfinancial sustainability, strategic planning and ensuring that resources areused effectively to support student outcomes and staff wellbeing.
The successful Finance Manager will leada small team and will report directly to the Headteacher. You will play a major role in ensuring thefinancial health of the school, a school that values precision, transparencyand accountability.
All positions that involve workingwith children in regulated activity are exempt from the provisions of theRehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All applicants must therefore declare all previous convictions and cautions,including those which would normally be considered 'spent' except thosereceived for an offence committed in the United Kingdom if it has been filteredin accordance with the DBS filtering rules. Candidates applying for a vacancy will be asked to complete aSelf-Disclosure form on which they will be asked to disclose any relevantconvictions, court orders, reprimands, warnings, or other matters which mayaffect an applicant's suitability to work with children.
In order to apply for this position, please complete and submit the NTCApplication Form, CVs will not be accepted. Appointment will be subject to satisfactory recruitment & vettingchecks including 2 references. Ourschool and all its personnel are strongly committed to safeguarding andpromoting the welfare of the children. The post is subject to safeguarding checks including an EnhancedDisclosure application to the Disclosure & Barring Service and inaccordance with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education (2022),NTC will undertake an online search via engines and social media platforms ofpublicly available information concerning all short-listed candidates.