Finance Controller

Finance Controller, Brent, London

Help bring stability and success to a much-loved school

This September, Copland Community School in Wembley will become an ARK school. We need a determined and committed Finance Controller to help make the school a success.

You will work with the newly-appointed Principal to drive the school forward. The school is an important part of its local community, but it has faced recent challenges including an inadequate Ofsted judgement and a falling school roll. We are working hard to give all pupils at the school an excellent education, and we hope you will build on this.

The Finance Controller will provide strategic leadership and management of the finances of the academy and ensure that the resources of the academy are applied effectively and efficiently to achieve its educational aims. They will also maintain the academy's financial and accountancy systems and ensure the provision of financial information to the Principal, ARK and external bodies as required. The role will also include the leadership of staff in the wider finance team. The Finance Controller will help ensure a smooth transition, operationally, between the current school and the new academy.

You will need to have:

• a professional accountancy or management qualification with a record of Continued Professional Development activities
• experience of financial management systems, and of leading and managing budgeting and reporting processes in an organisation
• experience of working with a range of internal and external partners including non-finance personnel
• the ability to influence and participate in the academy management processes
• strong interpersonal, organisational and communication skills
• a proactive and innovative demonstrable approach to work
• commitment to ARK School's ethos of high expectations and no excuses

If your hopes for Copland are as high as ours, please get in touch. To apply, please go to https://application.arkschools.net/vacancy/KdtMPKWW and submit your application by 11am on Monday 28th April 2014.

Deadline: 11am on Monday 28th April 2014

ARK Schools is committed to safeguarding children; successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Copland Community School