Finance Manager - Full-time

Barton Court Academy Trust

Ref:KCC-F85-15-S
Posted:08/09/2023
Pay:BCAT 9 - £32,485-£36,693
Start Date:Immediate
App Close Date:02/10/2023 at 09:00
Interviews:w/c 09.10.2023

Schools this job is for

Advert

The Post

An experienced and professional Finance Manager is sought for this role in our newly centralised team, working across our Trust.

Candidates should have a relevant finance qualification with an understanding of financial systems and procedures to ensure accounting systems are accurate and complete, manage the in-house payroll service and support the CFO in ensuring the Trust is compliant with the Academy's Trust Handbook.

Experience of managing a team in order to deliver an outstanding service to all our schools will be required.

You should be committed to delivering excellence, be organised, disciplined, adaptable to change and a calm, and compelling communicator.

This will be a busy and challenging role which will bring lots of job satisfaction and potentially take your career to the next stage.

If you have the enthusiasm and determination to deliver a first-class Finance service and be part of progressive Trust, then we would like to hear from you.

We welcome tours of one of our schools prior to application.

Closing date: Monday 2 October 2023 @ 9am

Interviews to be held: w/c 9 October 2023

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early and proceed to interview upon receipt of a number of suitably qualified applications. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

In line with KCSIE 2022 guidance, as part of the shortlisting process, the Trust reserves the right to conduct an online search on shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence and any relevant information found concerning a candidate's suitability to work with children will be discussed at interview stage.

A completed self disclosure form will be required at the point of selection for interview.

Our safeguarding practices prevent us from accepting CV’s.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty.

Barton Court Academy Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity.

Further details and information about the Trust can be found on our website page.

A commitment to staff welfare and promoting BCAT core values is at the heart of this role.

Information about the federation

THE TRUST

Barton Court Academy Trust (BCAT) is a multi-academy Trust which was established in 2017.

It currently consists of three secondary schools: Barton Court Grammar School, an 11-18 years, mixed selective school in the heart of Canterbury, rated “Good” with many outstanding features by Ofsted in February 2020; The Charles Dickens School, an 11-16 years mixed non-selective school in Broadstairs, rated “Good” by Ofsted in March 2023 and Barton Manor Free School, an 11–18 years non-selective mixed school in the heart of Canterbury which opened to Year 7 in September 2022 and as the school grows now has Y7, Y8 and Y9 from September 2024.

Job Contact Information

Name:Kate Trevor
Address:Longport,
Canterbury,
Kent,
CT1 1PH
Telephone: 01227 464600
Email: ktrevor@bartonmanor.org

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.