Principal Finance Officer
Vyners School
Hillingdon
- Expired
- Salary:
- Vyners Grade 10: £37,075 - £41,650 pa (depending on skills and experience)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 16 March 2015
Job overview
VYNERS LEARNING TRUST
Vyners School is a very popular and oversubscribed mixed, six form entry, 11-18 comprehensive school, situated in a pleasant residential area in North West London, bordering Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. We are well known for high academic standards, good behaviour and our strong community spirit.
Vyners School has been an Academy Trust since November 2011, and joined with a local primary school (Ryefield Primary School) to form a Multi-Academy Trust (Vyners Learning Trust) on 1st February 2015.
These are exciting times for the Trust and we are seeking to appoint an experienced individual to oversee the local finance function at Vyners School, as well as fulfil a number of key accounting / finance functions for the Trust as a whole.
Working closely with the Headteacher and Business Manager at Vyners School, you will have primary responsibility for preparing monthly management accounts and setting /managing the school’s budget. You will also take a lead on preparing the statutory accounts for the Trust, as well as preparing regular consolidated budgetary and expenditure information for the Board of Directors.
Assisted by a small team, you will also oversee the operational delivery of local finance functions, including running the payroll, administering our pension schemes, operating the sales and purchase ledgers as well as providing a service for local budget managers, school staff and parents.
Vyners School and Vyners Learning Trust have an exciting and dynamic future and this post is a vital part of the team working to ensure we meet the highest standards of governance. As a fully qualified accountant, you will be keen to work with others to improve internal procedures and systems without compromising a high standard of financial governance and accountability.
Previous experience of working in a school is desirable but not essential. More important is your ability to demonstrate an understanding of, and commitment to, the educational aims of the school and Trust.
The successful candidate will:
- Have a proven track record of leading the day to day delivery of a finance service.
- Show initiative and enthusiasm along with energy and a good sense of humour.
- Be conscientious and committed .
- Be an experienced manager, capable of motivating and supporting their team to perform to a high level.
- Be willing to engage as part of the wider school community, ensuring non-financial professionals are well supported and understand the need to ensure high financial standards.
If you are interested in applying for this role, please visit our website www.vyners.hillingdon.sch.uk for more details and to download an Application Form. This should then be emailed to mvincent@vyners.hillingdon.sch.uk
Closing date for applications: 9.30am, Monday 16th March 2015.
If you have any queries, please contact Mrs Emmie Vincent, PA to the Headteacher on 01895 200842. In order to safeguard our students, the successful postholder will be subject to an enhanced CRB check.
About Vyners School
Vyners School is a non-denominational, mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Ickenham, in the London Borough of Hillingdon.
The school is named after Sir Robert Vyner, who was a Lord Mayor of London and lived nearby. It first opened its doors as a grammar school in early 1960, and later became a comprehensive school. It gained academy status in 2011 and has around 1,200 students aged 11-18.
Headteacher
Gary Mullings
Values and vision
The Vyners School values were developed by governors, students, parents and staff in 2013. They are: community, aspiration, respect and endeavour. Vyners School encourages students to be resilient, unafraid to take calculated risks and make mistakes. Its values, the school hopes, will help pupils to stretch themselves, because the most valuable learning often takes place outside their comfort zone.
The school seeks to blend a 21st-century education with more traditional behavioural and uniform standards. It aims to produce rounded and grounded young people who will make a positive contribution to the world. Vyners School specialises in mathematics and computing.
Ofsted report
“Students achieve well and their attainment is well above average and improving in nearly all subjects and for most groups. Teaching is good and improving rapidly. This is recognised by parents, carers and students."
“The best lessons are ambitious, helping students to work things out for themselves and achieve their very best. Behaviour and attitudes are exceptional. All students and parents and carers are clear that the school is a safe place to learn. Relationships are positive and students embrace their learning with enthusiasm.”
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