Finance Manager ~ English and Mandarin Speaking
Abbotsholme School
Derbyshire
- £38,700 per year
- New
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 7 January 2025
Job overview
Welcome to Abbotsholme School Thank you for your interest in this post and in our school. Abbotsholme School is an academic and nurturing school for pupils aged 2 - 20, with a warm family feel. We have big ambitions and a big heart for all our pupils, and we expect the successful candidate to embody the spirit of Abbotsholme daily, with our values of honesty, respect, humility, courage and integrity reflected in everything they do. Abbotsholme School is a truly unique school, dedicated to ensuring that our pupils are happy, challenged and supported. Since our school opened in 1889, we have always had a fresh approach to education, favouring a more liberal and holistic education. We are always looking for ways to improve our pupils’ agility with critical thinking, deftness with problem solving and confidence with oracy in a future where these skills will be if paramount importance. Our size is our strength, meaning that every child is not just taught, but known. We take pride in working in partnership with parents to give each child a tailored experience. If you ask our pupils why they chose Abbotsholme School, they would tell you about our equestrian centre, our farm and our passion for outdoor education. Delve a little deeper, and they would say they feel valued, challenged, and at ease with themselves and each other. A kind school, we look after one another. We are a small school with a big heart! Our teachers engage our pupils without limits. At the heart of our philosophy is the desire to instil confidence so that, whatever the level, each child makes outstanding progress. Our teachers reach for the top, carefully monitoring progress and encouraging each child to aim high. Every child is not just taught, but known. We desire to be renowned nationally and internationally as a beacon of excellence due to our unique breadth of provision and international outlook. The ideal candidate for this position will align with our vision, mission, ethos, and values, playing a key role in ensuring the efficient operation of our finance department and supporting the success of our school as a thriving business entity.
Finance Manager (English and Mandarin Speaking)
A vacancy has arisen within both Abbotsholme and Chase Grammar School for an enthusiastic and motivated Finance Manager to join our finance department. The successful candidate will be expected to be committed to both schools, working to a high standard.
Duties and Responsibilities
The Finance Manager holds authority over decisions of income, costs, payroll and investments. Some of their day-to-day duties and responsibilities include:
- Using advanced financial analyses and modelling to simulate economic scenarios and determine the present and future financial condition of the schools .
- Researching and reporting on factors that influence the schools’ performance .
- Developing financial management strategies to reduce financial risk, providing relevant recommendations to maximise profits and assisting executives in decision making
- Monitoring reporting systems, preparing accurate financial reports and statements, interpreting data, preparing and publishing all financial documents and ensuring adherence to industry regulations .
- Managing accounting processes, budget, cash flow and reviewing cost-reduction strategies .
- Developing long-term and strategic business plans and organising new funding strategies
- Developing external relationships with auditors, solicitors, bankers and other statutory organisations .
- Compiling Management Accounts .
- Planning and executing payroll .
Finance Manager Skills and Qualifications
The following person skills and Qualifications indicates those areas of skills and personal characteristics, qualifications, training and experience that are essential in the candidate.
- Hold an accounting qualification – AAT / ACCA.
- Must be a fluent, both verbally and written, in Mandarin and English .
- Must be fully conversant in all accounting procedures, the preparation of auditable annual accounts, the preparation from first principals of management accounts and a practitioner in GAAP principles .
- Understanding of how to seek financially viable operational solutions and put them into practice .
- Analytical skills .
- Ability to work with many other teams or individuals, in the UK and China, to resolve financial issues .
- Advanced mathematical abilities for compiling and analysing data .
- Attention to detail and in-depth understanding of international and domestic laws and regulations.
- Ability to direct others and delegate tasks .
- Excellent interpersonal skills – friendly, empathetic and approachable .
- Excellent IT skills and ability to work independently .
- Expert at all Microsoft Office applications .
- Familiar with Quick Books .
- A clean driving licence and means of transport between school.
Application Information:
Application closing date: Tuesday 7th January at 5pm
Interview date: Tuesday 14th January
Application forms for the post are available from Susan Riley on s.riley@abbotsholme.co.uk
Hours of Work
Working hours are Monday to Friday - 08:30 to 17:00
During school holidays, your working hours are 09:00 to 16:00.
Your annual leave allowance would be 28 days (including Bank Holidays) to be taken during school holidays.
Abbotsholme and Chase Grammar School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and any offer of employment is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure
Check (DBS) and satisfactory references.
Terms and Conditions
Pension: The School will contribute a percentage of pensionable salary towards a pension scheme.
School Fees Remission: any child of a member of staff who, having satisfied the entry requirements,
and at the Proprietor’s discretion, is admitted as a student to the School will receive the benefit of
the staff discount of 50% remission of the School fees.
Probation Period: an offer of employment will be subject to a probation period of one year, during
which employment will be subject to termination with two month’s notice on either side.
Notice Period: following probation, the post holder will be required to give the School one term’s
notice.
Free Meals: will be provided throughout the year when the School’s kitchens are open
About Abbotsholme School
Abbotsholme School Vision
It is our firm belief that a good education is an essential preparation for the whole of life. An education at Abbotsholme provides not only the starting blocks but also the first few metres of life’s track.
Abbotsholme seeks to identify and develop the diversity of talent in each child. Our holistic approach to education ensures that we know the children well, enabling us to set individual targets to help them to achieve higher standards than they might have thought possible. We want all of our children not only to succeed – whatever their individual talents or abilities may be – but also to feel successful. We offer them challenges which will build strength and test courage, we provide them with a programme of cultural enrichment to widen their perspectives, we show them how to nurture and care for the environment and we teach them the importance of taking responsibility both for themselves and for others.
Although we are committed to helping all Abbotsholmians fulfil their academic potential, the measure of our success cannot be judged by scholarly achievements alone. Indeed, it is their development as people that must be seen as the ultimate test. In years to come, we would wish to know that they were happy with themselves and with their lives; we also would want them to be successful in their personal and professional endeavours whilst remaining sensitive to the needs of others.
All Abbotsholmians benefit from our ethos which teaches them to value honesty and integrity highly; it encourages, too, a sense of self-worth and of pride in their own achievements, whilst, in equal measure, celebrating the success of others.
Furthermore, it is our belief that whilst learning should be challenging, it should also be both stimulating and enjoyable. Abbotsholme provides a rich and rounded experience through its strong academic curriculum, its beautiful surroundings, its happy and supportive boarding environment, its working farm, its extensive range of sporting, artistic and outdoor activities, and through the wealth of opportunities provided by the Round Square organisation both at home and abroad.
Balance is the essence of our educational philosophy, where academic, personal and social development are given equal standing. Equipped with their Abbotsholme experiences, we believe that our young people will flourish, and we are proud that Abbotsholmians leave us as responsible and socially aware young men and women who are able to face an increasingly demanding world with confidence and with a zest for life.
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