Director of Finance
Full-time annum AYR
£52,508 – £59 498 per annum
Venn Academy Trust are seeking an exceptional candidate to appoint as our Director of Finance and to join the Trust Executive Team of our forward--thinking multi--academy trust.
The successful candidate will preferably have previous education experience, and will be suitably qualified, highly motivated, positive, emotionally intelligent and enthusiastic about contributing to our growing organisation.
Key responsibilities will be:
- To foster and implement strategy and to resource and deliver the organisation’s strategic objectives;
- To demonstrate practical, theoretical and procedural knowledge across all disciplines of budget setting, financial management, administration and premises;
- To influence all material business decisions to ensure immediate and longer term implications, opportunities and risks are fully considered, and alignment with the organisation’s financial strategy;
- To lead the promotion and delivery by the whole organisation of good financial management in order public money is safeguarded at all times and used appropriately, economically, efficiently and effectively.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate they have strong, persuasive, influencing and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate clearly and confidently. They will need to be in receipt of a professional finance or finance related qualification at graduate level (i.e. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA, MAAT or equivalent). Excellent strategic planning skills and the ability to successfully strategically manage financial resources.
At Venn Academy Trust we believe in maximising potential for all including our employees. We offer employees many benefits including investment in Continued Professional Development to assist us in our continued objective to deliver outstanding education to the community.
This role will be based initially in Bridgeview Special School which is ideally located on the M62/A63 corridor.
The job specification outlining the key responsibilities of the role is attached alongside the person specification.
Visits to the Trust’s offices to meet the CEO are recommended and can take place by appointment:
Venn Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and there is an expectation of all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is subject to a successful Disclosure & Barring check and satisfactory references.
Applications can be forwarded to recruitment@vennacademytrust.org
Closing Date: Noon, 25th May 2017
Interview Date: 6th June 2017
