Financial Controller - Croydon, United Kingdom - Page Personnel HR

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Croydon, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

A new and exiting Financial Controller opportunity for an Education establishment

Client Details
A reputable education establishment

Description

The key responsibilities:

Leading and motivating a small Central Finance team, providing direction and development,performance appraisals and reviewing all their work, including balance sheet reconciliations
Responsibility for assisting DF to develop to a brand new ERP system (Oracle Cloud) alongside the Head of Finance Systems
Assisting the Director of Finance to continually develop the existing systems and controls in this fast pace and rapidly growing business
Monitoring Federation performance against budget, ensuring no overspends
Providing business and financial support to the Director of Finance as required, to include assistance in setting budgets and reviewing reports on accruals and variances
Setting the annual timetable for all areas of financial reporting
Working with the Head of Finance Business Partners to ensure adherence to Federation finance policies and practices, and developing and improving the reporting and efficient running of academies finance function

Liaising with the Internal Audit team to ensure all finance procedures are adhered to and another issues as appropriate

Reviewing all Academies management accounts and balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring appropriate financial accounting procedures and policies are applied
Ensuring that the Trust has appropriate insurance cover as well as being the overall group administrator including processing claims as required
Recording and evaluating all proposals for expenditure on capital and other projects
Reviewing and monitoring financially all major group contracts such as photocopying, catering and utilities

Preparing consolidation of the Academies accounts and annual budgets

Managing the Teacher's Pension audit processes
Planning and managing cash flow, funding and capital expenditure
Identifying and evaluating opportunities for improving value for money
Ensuring DfE / ESFA reporting deadlines are adhered to throughout the year
Preparing and coordinating the yearend statutory accounts for all Academies
Planning and managing the Trust's VAT liabilities
Compiling the annual P11D and PSA returns
Investigating, implementing and managing taxrelated issues
Responsibility for all Company Secretarial compliance
Providing key financial and operational indicators and other data for bench marking and monitoring with other Academies
Developing the existing finance manual and procedures and documenting all department procedures
Maintenance of the treasury, including opening bank accounts, updating mandates,credit card management and investigating low risk investment opportunities

Profile

CCAB Qualification, ideally with substantial postqualified experience
Recent and relevant continued professional development
Proven experience of leading a finance and operations function within a mediumlarge sized enterprise, with turnover/income £80£300 million.
Strong commercial acumen that has been demonstrated in providing operational effectiveness in a resourceconstrained environment.
Wideranging core Finance experience and commercial skills encompassing the following:budgeting and planning, strong cashflow management, managing capital expenditure, creating a strong control environment around management and statutory reporting, strongfinancial and management information analysis skills and able to disseminate timely, accurate and relevant reports to key stakeholders.
Previous experience in building effective teams, developing staff and managing external business liaisons.
Strong statutory accounts experience; you will be expected to consolidate 50 academies to statutory level.
Previous experience of working within a Multi Academy Trust would be advantageous, and experience of working in the Education or Charities sector is highly desirable.

Job Offer
A new and exiting Financial Controller opportunity for an Education establishment