Director of Finance
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Bishop Wordsworth's School
Salisbury
- £48,619 per year
- New
- Salary:
- BWS Grade N, Point 43, LGPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 06/01/2025
- Apply by:
- 29 November 2024
Job overview
Bishop Wordsworth’s School seeks to appoint a highly motivated and meticulous Director of Finance who will play a key role in ensuring the smooth operation of the school through leading all aspects of financial management, contributing significantly to the school's success.
About the Finance Team:
The Finance Team is a small but effective friendly team, with a Finance Officer and a Trips & Lettings Administrator. Situated in No. 11, The Close, Salisbury, which also houses the Head Master, HR and administration functions. There is a great working atmosphere. The team are always open to ideas about improving and streamlining processes and we encourage professional development for our team members.
Key Responsibilities:
We are looking for a flexible, highly effective, efficient and organised Director of Finance with strategic oversight of the school’s finances, who will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the school’s accounting functions, including budget setting, monitoring, and control throughout the year.
Core responsibilities will include:
- Supervising the work of the team
- Producing management accounts and reports
- Working with the Head Master on budget development, monitoring and review
About you:
We are looking for a qualified finance professional with a background in either business or administrative management, with strong expertise in accountancy and financial services.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Strong leadership experience, especially in team management
- Excellent communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills
- Experience in school finance or a similar environment
- A confident, approachable, and professional demeanour
To apply:
If you wish to be considered, please complete the application form and provide a covering letter explaining your suitability for the post. The inclusion of your CV would be welcome. Please forward via the TES portal or email to Annabel Lloyd-Gilmour, HR Manager (alg@bishopwordsworths.org.uk). Further details can be found in our Applicant Information Pack- please see supporting documents. To arrange an informal visit/call with the Head Master or for further information, please contact Mrs Lloyd-Gilmour.
Bishop Wordsworth’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. as well as other relevant re-employment checks including two satisfactory references and medical clearance.
All shortlisted candidates will undergo social media checks prior to interview in order to provide the appointment panel with any information that may be relevant to their suitability or have an impact on the school’s reputation.
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About Bishop Wordsworth's School
Bishop Wordsworth's School is a unique school in a unique place. Our founder, Bishop John Wordsworth intended that his school should provide a centre of academic excellence in the heart of Salisbury. Since 1890 Bishop’s has fulfilled that mission and today we educate 1,176 students aged between 11 and 18 and which include approximately 130 girls in our now fully co-ed sixth form. Under the shadow of the Cathedral spire our eclectic buildings span the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries, reflecting the school’s heritage. This creates a very special atmosphere in which students are conscious, on a daily basis, of their part in a long tradition of academic endeavour.
The school has remained true to its founder’s traditions by following three basic aims:
•To encourage all our students to develop their potential to the full by setting themselves the highest standards of excellence and achievement;
•To develop in all our students the integrity and the means to face confidently the challenges of a fast changing world;
•To inspire all our students to lead happy, purposeful and responsible lives.
Bishop’s enjoys a hard earned reputation as one of the finest schools in the country. The school is well known for its traditions of excellence, its strong links with the Church of England and the Cathedral, and its sense of pride in the school community. It became an Academy School in March 2011, enhancing its reputation for independence and outstanding quality in education.
Girls were welcomed to the Bishop’s Sixth Form from September 2020 and they now make up around 30% of the 400 Year 12 and 13 students that are on our roll. Standards are very high throughout, both in the curriculum and elsewhere and the young women and men of the sixth form provide outstanding leadership for the rest of the school. Almost all of our students progress to the most competitive universities, with some also securing high calibre degree apprenticeship positions.
Boys take an 11+ selection test for admission to Bishop’s. Academic standards are very high and are duly recognized as such by OfSTED, DfE and the media, but excellence permeates all other areas of school life. School Sport is exceptionally strong, and the traditions in Music and Performing Arts are impressive. The school is characterised by a culture of challenging students to do their best while, at the same time, offering them the support that they need to do really well. Older students are asked to take leadership responsibilities and operate as role models and mentors for those in lower years.
We place great importance on delivering an all round education for all of our students. Bishop’s enjoys an incomparable environment in the shadow of the highest cathedral spire in England, and many major school events take place in the Cathedral during the school year. Facilities for learning and teaching are already excellent, and further development of the school site continues.
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