Finance Manager - Maternity Cover - Fixed Term

Somerhill Charitable Trust Ltd, Tonbridge

• Ref:KCC886-6021-29S
• Posted:09/09/2024
• Pay:Competitive
• Start Date:October/ November
• App Close Date:19/09/2024 at 15:00
• Interviews:23 September 2024

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The Finance Manager reports to the Bursar and is responsible for the day-to-day
management and running of the school’s finance function. This includes key responsibility
for the timely and accurate production of the payroll, school fee invoices and the rest of the
sales ledger, purchase ledger including purchasing, preparation of management and annual
statutory accounts, budgeting and forecasting and maintaining the school’s financial
controls.
We are looking for a dynamic and proactive candidate to lead this busy finance department
and team of three staff members. This role is a fixed term contract maternity cover, starting
ideally in November for a handover.

Information about the school

Somerhill is set in a stunning 400-year-old Jacobean mansion surrounded by 150 acres of beautiful parkland. You will be hard-pressed to find a more glorious setting for a school! We have excellent facilities including a multi-purpose sports hall, astroturf, indoor swimming pool complex and purpose-built music suite to name just a few.

Ours is a mixed ability school. Teachers really invest in the children and know them well, with lessons carefully planned to cater to all abilities. We have very bright and capable pupils and send more pupils to grammar schools each year than any other local school. Destinations include Tonbridge Grammar School, The Judd School, and The Skinners’ School. Some pupils are awarded scholarships at independent schools such as Tonbridge School, Sevenoaks School, Walthamstow Hall and Sutton Valence School at 11+/13+.

We also cater to children who find aspects of their learning more challenging and currently approximately 40 pupils receive additional support. Located just to the south of Tonbridge, we are readily accessed by a slip road off the A21.

Between the ages of 2 and 7 years, girls and boys are together in the classroom. This environment promotes uninhibited development at an age when playing and learning are often synonymous. From 7 to 13 years, children benefit from a single-sex classroom environment, where girls and boys learn in different and bespoke ways. The moment classes finish, everyone is together - at break and lunch as well as for sports, music, clubs and activities. This really is the best of both worlds for our children.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Jessica May
• Address:Tudeley Road, Somerhill, Tonbridge, Kent, TN11 0NJ
• Telephone: 01732 352124
• Email: jmay@somerhill.org

Fax: 01732 363381