Finance Manager

Finance Manager

Grade 12, SCP 35 - 38, (£39,571 - £42,614) FTE pa

Permanent

22.5 to 37 hours per week, (hours can be over 3 to 5 days), 52 paid weeks per annum including 29 days of paid holiday entitlement (increasing after 10 years’ service). Ideally the candidate will be looking for a role which is 3 to 5 days a week (22.2 to 37 hrs)

Location: River Learning Trust Central Team & Schools (includes Hybrid Working)

We are seeking an experienced, skilled and flexible finance colleague to support across the trust with the administration associated with a school’s finance operation and to work alongside our existing  Finance Team. The post is to be filled as soon as possible with a latest start date of June 2022.   

This is a flexible and hybrid role on a full time or part-time basis with actual hours to be finalised by mutual agreement. Ideally the candidate will be looking for a role which is 3 to 5 days a week (22.2 to 37 hrs). 

This is a critical post within the finance team providing essential support ensuring excellent financial  management of our schools. We will offer you the chance to be part of a strong team and to work in a supportive environment. 

We hope to find: 

• an excellent financial professional and administrator, able to work on their own initiative. 
• a well organised colleague, with excellent attention to detail and the energy to see things  through to a high standard. 
• a flexible, confident and friendly individual who is able to build strong relationships across the trust 

River Learning Trust; our collective vision is to be a Trust where pupils and staff thrive in schools which demonstrate:

• all-round education, academic success, lifelong learning and strength of character
• sustainable continuous improvement; no school standing still
• all schools being good and outstanding, or improving rapidly
• collaboration that is raising standards, and reducing workload
• where pupils, staff, parents and communities value all we do to support the best possible outcomes and experiences for our children and young people

What benefits does the Trust offer to its employees?

• Annual pay increase for support staff (in line with grade boundaries) and for Teachers (subject to government framework and successful performance review)
• A Defined Benefit Pension Scheme with favourable terms for all employees
• (Teachers Pension for Teachers; LGPS for Support Staff)
• Moving from the public sector? Those without a break in service can be reassured that RLT will recognise their continuous service.
• Employee centred and family friendly policies and practises that support you in and beyond your workplace.
• Offering flexible working wherever we can, in order to support the work-life balance of our employees.
• Enhanced sick pay, maternity leave, paternity leave and parental leave.
• Competitive holiday entitlement for support staff (minimum 24 days rising to 32 day plus bank holidays  per annum - dependent on grade of role and length of service) 
• Cycle to work scheme
• Funded eye tests and glasses for DSE users (subject to T/Cs)

The closing date for this post is 3rd April 2022

The shortlisting date for this post is 5 April 2022

The interview date for this post is 7 April 2022 but interviews may be carried out earlier than the closing date. 

This role does not include regulated activity relevant to children. 

The River Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism.  All staff must ensure that the highest priority is given to following the guidance and regulations to safeguard children and young people. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.  Employment will also be conditional on the receipt of at least two acceptable references (one from current/latest employer) and evidence of the formal qualifications required for the role.The River Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools’ community.It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. You should contact the school if you are unsure if this role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. For further guidance for applicants click on the this link List of offences that are not filtered 

Our staff are expected to maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school, by not undermining fundamental British values including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.

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