The reporting, analysis of and commentary on the Federation’s financial performance, both in Finance reports and documents and for inclusion in Consolidated accounts and at Governing Body meetings
Building strong, proactive relationships with all key stakeholders, acting as Key Relationship Manager for all financial provisions with Academies, working closely with the Federation’s Secondary and Primary Directors
Leading and coordinating budgeting, planning and forecasting as well as contributing to target setting
Proactively identifying areas of under or over performance within the Federation’s Academies, seeking to understand the drivers for these and making recommendations
Providing senior level commercial finance support to any of the Federation’ Academies as requested by the DFOD
Proactively seeking out income opportunities that will play a key role in assisting the Federation and Academies to maximize funding
Membership of the Finance Leadership team, with the ability to participate in the management and leadership of the wider Finance team
Leadership, performance management and development of a team of four Commercial Finance Managers, all with extensive post qualification experience
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
An accountancy qualification (such as ACA, CIMA, ACCA or international equivalent)
A commercial finance background, with the ability to demonstrate the creation of a results driven environment
Experience of managing a team of qualified professionals
Experience and ability in building strong working relationships and influencing at all levels, highly adept at stakeholder management
The ability to influence key business strategies and initiatives, taking a strategic view of the business and impact on finance to improve and deliver a proactive service
Strong verbal, written and presentation skills, with an ability to write financial and commercial commentaries based upon sound financial analysis under demanding deadlines
The ability to build credibility and confidence of key stakeholders so they view finance as a key business partner
A highly organized approach, with the ability to priorities and redistribute work across the team as needed
Willingness and ability to engage at a variety of levels from the strategic to dealing with operational issues and queries as needed, from high level analysis to more detailed work