Director of Finance
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Location
London
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Sector:
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Job type:
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Salary:
£70k - 75k per year
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Contact :
Simon Bascombe
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Contact email:
simon.bascombe@harrishill.co.uk
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Contact phone:
02078207300
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Job ref:
HQ00038520-SimonB
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Published:
over 2 years ago
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Duration:
Permanent
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Closing date:
2018-12-25
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Posted:
2018-12-17
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Consultant:
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Harris Hill are recruiting for a Director of Finance for this Independent School with Charitable Status based in London
The position requires you to cover the following:
Leading finance and operations
You will provide financial and strategic advice to the Trustees and strategic leadership team of this School.
- develop three year financial planning supporting the business plan
- deliver financial and other statutory, reporting and regulatory returns to a range of government departments and agencies
- provide revenue and staff cost modelling, forecasting reporting and analysis
- prepare clean audit opinions from external and internal audits
- prepare monthly management accounts, forecasts and VAT returns
- streamline administrative, procurement, financial systems and other processes reduce the number of transactions and people involved
- work with staff to improve their attendance and productivity
Governance improvement, board reporting and risk management
- Lead on programmes of organisation wide governance improvement, assurance and embedding risk management
- project managed board recruitment and director appointment processes
- lead the strategic response to regulatory inspections and secured good outcomes
- strengthen corporate and financial reporting, linking recommendations and findings to risk
- increase productivity by improving working practices and managed poorly performing staff out
- lead complex, high profile and sensitive investigations
- lead risk reporting to the Audit & Risk Committee
Transformation now and in the past
- Solve financial and operational challenges
- generate financial efficiencies from creating single, streamlined and standardised processes of safety and security across our sites, fencing gates, alarms and CCTV
Interviews will be held in the next 2 weeks, so please let me know if you are interested immediately.
Schools or Education experience is advantageous, but not essential
You must be a qualified Accountant