Interim School Business Manager

A wide-ranging and broad remit with a need for someone who has broad management responsibilities across the school and a range of professionals and agencies. This will involve finance, project management, health and safety amongst others.

Client Details

Our client is an all-through, co-educational independent school based in Surrey easily accessible from South London.

The School, which enjoys a strong academic reputation and maintains the highest teaching standards, has a mission to ensure that each and every student reaches their full potential; an ambition that is realised through small class sizes, excellent facilities and a close working relationship between highly qualified staff, parents and students.

Description

Duties and responsibilities include:

• Assisting the Bursar in ensuring the effective deployment of support staff and the efficient
  use of school resources including finance, security, sites and buildings.
• Deputising on Health and Safety matters.
• Supporting the Bursar in the induction of new staff.

Project Management:

Building works

• Assisting the Bursar with all capital projects
• Assisting the Bursar with day to day maintenance requests
• Ad Hoc projects
• Assist the Bursar with the implementation of new systems and procedures
• Documenting systems and procedures under the guidance of the Bursar.

As Health and Safety Deputy:

• Assist in management of Health and safety on all sites.
• Support the Bursar with preparations for the Health and Safety Committee.
• Liaise with Health and Safety consultants.
• Coordinate minibus tests and assessments.
• Undertake regular Health and Safety walks around all sites and ensure risk assessments are
  completed.

Financial role: the Assistant Bursar/Business Manager will support the Bursar in the
management of all financial aspects of the School including, amongst others:

• ParentPay - Administrator/User for ParentPay system.
• Manage and oversee cashless till system and balances.
• Fees including:
• Raising ad hoc invoices;
• Assist with debt collection process;
  

Reporting including:

• Assisting with the preparation of annual accounts for audit;
• Assisting with the preparation of annual budgets and forecasts;
• Assisting with the preparation of monthly management reports; and
• Assisting with the preparation of regular departmental reports.
• PSFA (Parent, Staff and Friends Association) including:
• Assisting with the preparation of PSFA accounts for integrating into School accounts;
  
  

Payroll and Pensions

• Assisting with the monthly payroll process.
• Assisting with the administration of the Teachers' Pensions scheme monthly returns;
  and the Support Staff pension scheme.

Profile

The successful candidate will; 

• Relevant accounting qualification.
• High standard of literacy, numeracy and ICT skills.
• University Degree or higher academic qualification.
• Further degree/ACCA/CIMA/CSBM/Business qualification.
• Experience in project management.
• Experience of monitoring performance of contractors.
• Relevant financial and business experience.
• Experience of working with a (school) management information
  system (iSAMS) and Office 365.
• Experience of working in an educational environment.
• Experience of premises development/buildings maintenance.

Job Offer

250-350/day