School Finance Manager

Overview

Venn Group are delighted to be working with an established school to recruit a Finance Manager. This role leads the school’s financial operations, ensuring strong financial control, accurate reporting, and effective support for senior leadership.

• Managing day‑to‑day financial processes and ensuring value for money
• Maintaining accurate income and expenditure records
• Monitoring budgets, identifying variances, and preparing management information
• Completing reconciliations for payroll, bank, and financial systems
• Preparing year‑end information, audit documentation, and financial returns
• Producing financial reports and commentary for senior leaders and governors
• Coordinating external audit for school fund accounts
• Supporting funding bids and identifying income‑generation opportunities
• Overseeing timely income collection and banking
• Managing finance staff, including performance and workload
• Coordinating quotes, monitoring premises‑related costings, and supporting lettings income
• Acting as the link for GDPR and data compliance
• Maintaining data protection documentation, breach logs, and asset registers
• Supporting training, audits, DPIAs, and responding to data enquiries
• Upholding confidentiality, safeguarding, equality, and health & safety expectations

• Hold an accountancy qualification (AAT, ACCA, CIMA, ACA) or equivalent experience
• Have strong understanding of financial standards and legislation
• Demonstrate experience producing monthly management accounts
• Be highly organised and confident managing competing deadlines
• Be skilled in Excel and financial systems
• Have experience supervising staff
• Show strong communication skills and attention to detail
• Demonstrate commitment to confidentiality, safeguarding, and equality

• Job Reference: J92887
• Length: 1‑month temp to FTC, with the potential to go permanent
• Salary: £30–£32 per hour (umbrella)
• Location: London
• Hours: Full time, 36 hours per week, on-site
• Pattern: Term‑time + 3 weeks

This vacancy will be actively shortlisted, so early applications are encouraged to avoid missing out.

Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.