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Finance Manager
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Global Networks are partnering with this impressive global education business in East Sussex on the search for a Finance Manager. The Finance Manager acts as the key finance leader for a portfolio of 1–3 schools, partnering closely with School Principals and Regional Leadership Teams to drive financial performance, operational efficiency, and sustainable growth. The role combines commercial business partnering with financial performance management and operational support to ensure schools achieve their budget, growth, and profitability objectives. The Finance Manager will provide financial insight, challenge, and support to school leaders, enabling informed decision-making.
The Role
- Act as trusted finance advisor to the Bursar, School Principal, and leadership teams.
- Support school leadership in achieving financial and operational objectives.
- Challenge and support commercial decision-making through financial analysis.
- Identify opportunities to improve profitability and operating performance.
- Support and help drive enrolment and ancillary revenue growth initiatives, ensuring approved P&L accounts are in place for each initiative.
- Support monthly financial reporting processes across the school, ensuring timeliness, accuracy, and relevance.
- Support monthly financial review meetings with the Bursar, school principal, and regional finance teams.
- First point of contact for finance shared services for the school.
- Support annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes for the school.
- Act as a technical accounting expert, advising on compliance and policy changes.
- Drive working capital improvements.
- Provide oversight and challenge to ensure payment arrangements balance family circumstances with appropriate debt recovery controls and liaise with debt recovery agencies.
- Support school leadership with complex parent fee collection matters.
- Monitor adherence to approved payment plans and escalate high-risk cases where appropriate.
- Analyse collection performance and identify opportunities to reduce aged debt and improve cash conversion.
- Liaise with Admissions to monitor agency commissions and student discounts. Maintain accurate records and ensure the school is following the broader discount strategy.
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- Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
- 5+ years of business partnering or commercial finance experience.
- Experience supporting operational leaders and non-finance stakeholders.
- Experience budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
- Multi-site business experience. (desirable)
- Shared Services environment experience. (desirable)
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