Finance Director

RM Recruit is working with our Birmingham educational client to recruit a Finance Director on a permanent basis. The organisation is going through a period of positive growth and this is an exciting time to join them.

Main duties include:

• Being an effective and driven leader and managing a busy finance team
• Promoting values, ethos and best practice of the organisation through processes and procedures
• Ensuring the organisation delivers financial objectives
• Ensuring systems are robust and overseeing all month end, budgeting, reporting and forecasting of the organisation and its subsidiaries
• Main contact for external audit
• Overseeing Year End process
• Monitoring the organisation and its subsidiaries financial and 5 year budget
• Being a member of the senior team and communicating all financial information to key stakeholders
• Advising the team of all financial commitments including providing training to relevant staff members
• Developing and leading the finance function
• Contribute to the development and review of a 3-year strategic business plan ensuring objectives are linked to the overall long term financial plan of the organisation
• Managing projects and being pivotal in the growth and development ofthe organisation
  
  

As the ideal candidate, you will be qualified, ACA/CIPFA/CIMA/ACCA however, candidates who are Part Qualified or QBE will be considered. You will possess strong financial and leadership skills ideally gained in an education setting (FE/HE/Academy). This role will suit candidates from a similar background or those who are looking for a step up in their career and are able to demonstrate good financial acumen whilst driving positive change.

The organisation offer a host of benefits including a fanstic pension package, flexible working arrangements plus much more.

If you are interested in working in a forward thinking organisation whereby you will add value, we encourage you to apply.

RM Recruit is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and will treat all applicants equally irrespective of sex, sexual orientation, marital/civil partnership status, age, disability, race, religion, pregnancy, ethnic or national origin