Trust Finance Manager
Ref: SCH-NST-0102Additional Information
Contract Type: Permanent Contract Term: AYR - All year round Hours per Week: 40.00 Weeks per Year: 52.140 Pay Grade: Support Pay Scale | MIN - MAX Additional Allowance: n/a Additional Allowances: n/aThe Role
Nishkam Schools are Sikh ethos multi-faith schools that take a distinctive approach to many traditional faith schools. We are committed to academic excellence grounded in a selfless approach to life (nishkam).
The Sikh dharam (faith or religious responsibility) is emphatic in respecting all faiths and not seeking converts, maximising our contribution towards a cohesive society. It has a unique multi-faith ethos and the School will reflect this by positively nurturing children of all faiths and those of no particular belief. Worshipping collectively and within specific faith groups is an innovative characteristic of the Schools, as children learn from faith, not just about faith.
Nishkam Schools aim to nurture lifelong learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and compassionate contributors to society. We have, as a trust, grown and have become a family of teachers and students that have the same attitude, respect and love for becoming better human beings and improving our minds and hearts to make a difference in our homes, community and the wider world. If global is local then we are here to show our neighbours that we can all work together and improve not only our education in learning and teaching but our life experience to become selfless humble individuals.
We believe that to build strong communities and responsible citizens, our efforts must go beyond our current standard models of education and encompass a holistic approach. We believe that faith-based organisations have a significant role to play as part of the wider community; the heritage they draw upon illuminates some of the deeper quests for meaning and value in human life, going onto inspire a new vision and greater responsibility in our endeavours. We believe that our faith-inspired virtues define the character of education and that they should be intrinsic to a positive outlook on life. Virtues are awakened and strengthened in us when they are practised in front of us every day. At the Schools, we work to ensure both our educators and learners are instinctively exercising virtues in every thought, decision and action.
“All the world is my school and all humanity my teacher”, George Whitman. We are improving, developing and finding innovative ways to bring a new way of education to the world. The first multi-faith trust in the country showing the way forward to all that we can share our common values to strive for excellence.
We thank you for considering joining us on this journey and look forward to receiving your application.
The Role:
The Trust Finance Manager will be a key member of the Trust’s leadership team and will serve a leadership role in managing the operation of the non-teaching functions of the Trust, including Financial Management, IT Transactional Agreement, compliance, and administration. The Trust Finance Manager will drive the creation and improvement of efficient and high-quality systems and processes across the Trust.
Skills
| Qualifications | |
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| Ideally you will be fully ACCA/ACA or CIMA Qualified with relevant post qualification experience |
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| Experience | |
| Finance experience within an educational environment is desirable |
Desirable
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| Experience as part of a broad finance function with hands-on experience of management reporting, budget holder partnering, and financial controls. |
Essential
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| Experience and knowledge of Xero for Education |
Desirable
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| Abilities, Skills and Knowledge | |
| Demonstrated the ability to work with senior management and operational directors outside of finance |
Essential
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| Ability to analyse, interpret, and present information clearly and concisely enabling management decision-making |
Essential
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| Ability to manage workload and deliver outputs to specific deadlines |
Essential
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| Staff management experience |
Desirable
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| Relevant Skills | |
| Strong all-round IT skills with a good level of Excel skills |
Essential
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Safeguarding Information
Nishkam School Trust (NST) are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.
Nishkam School Trust is legally obligated to process an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before making appointments to relevant posts.
For posts in regulated activity, the DBS check will include a barred list check.
It is an offence to seek employment in regulated activity if you are on a barred list.
We’ll use the DBS check to ensure we comply with the Childcare Disqualification Regulations. It is an offence to provide or manage childcare covered by these regulations if you are disqualified.
Any data processed as part of the DBS check will be processed in accordance with data protection regulations and Nishkam School Trust privacy notice.
Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of the necessary pre-employment checks.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Trust is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are ‘spent’ unless they are ‘protected’ under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children. Any convictions listed on a DBS check will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
It is under the requirements of the statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023, that the Trust may carry out digital screening checks as part of the shortlisting process. This may be carried out by a third-party agency.
The Trust’s policies relating to child protection and recruitment can be found on the following link: https://www.nishkamschooltrust.org/about-us/policies
Nishkam School Trust
Great King St North
Birmingham
West Midlands
B19 2LF
Balbinder Bhandal
recruitment@nishkamschools.org