Director of Finance Senior Post Holder

Location: Macclesfield
Salary: Up to £75,000 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week
Job Type: Full time
Contract Type: Permanent

The Role

Reporting to the Board of Governors and College Principal & Chief Executive you will provide robust leadership to ensure effective and efficient financial control, and will work closely with senior managers to ensure that responsive business planning processes are in place and financial targets achieved.

Possessing an established track record of effective leadership, you will direct and manage the College Finance, MIS and Estates Departments and have demonstrable experience of empowering colleagues to deliver the very best for the College.

You will be a qualified accountant with significant financial experience at a senior level and will possess strong commercial acumen and ideally a management qualification. Evidence of working within the FE sector at a senior level is essential, including the robust financial management of capital projects.

Main Duties for this role include

To provide financial information and advice which effectively supports decision making across the organisation with accurate forecasting and effective financial and management controls which support managers without inhibiting growth.

To provide the teaching staff, managers and other staff of the College with an effective support structure that supports them in the day to work with clients and the learners.

To ensure that the College’s financial and other assets are managed and developed in a prudent and financially secure way, meeting all regulatory and grant funding requirements placed on the organisation.

To have line management responsibility for the following areas and staff:

• Finance
• MIS
• Estates

Does Macclesfield College sound like the perfect working environment for you?

For starters we offer the opportunity to work from home on a Friday to enhance your work life balance.

Pre-employment Screening

All posts are subject to standard pre-employment checks and you will be asked to provide;

• Evidence of your right to work in the UK
• Proof of Identity
• A minimum of two professional referees to cover a five-year period
• Health Declaration for any health conditions or disabilities for which you may need the College to make appropriate adjustments

Please note that new guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to enables us to identify any incidents or issues which have might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview

Please note we reserve the right to close this role earlier if we receive sufficient applications for this post.

Closing Date - Monday 15th April 2024
Interview Dates - Tuesday 30th April & Wednesday 1st May 2024

Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding career opportunity in a fast-paced Further and Higher Education environment?

Macclesfield College is seeking to appoint an exceptional Director of Finance with energy and enthusiasm to join its ambitious Executive Leadership Team.With the ability to innovate and respond flexibly and creatively to new challenges and opportunities you will play a key strategic role in the financial running and direction of the College.

Why Join Us?

Macclesfield College is a place that fires ambition, realises potential and looks to the future.

This is the perfect time to join as we are delighted to announce that we are the first college in the UK to be recognised by the "Art Of Brilliance" Investors in Wellbeing Award.

We continue to build a growth mindset for both students and colleagues alike and continue to attract, retain and develop our outstanding people to provide only the best for our learners.

We have the most supportive and collaborative colleagues who enrich the lives of our students by living our Vision of "Empowerment through Learning" It is our DNA and we push for excellence in everything we do.

Benefits:

• 43 days inclusive of Bank and Public Holidays for Business Support Staff pro rata
• 2 weeks additional leave at Christmas closedown
• Local Government Pension scheme
• Real Living Wage Employer
• Free secure campus parking and excellent transport links
• Long Service Recognition and Awards
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health
• Investment in our employees Continuous Professional Development at the College with a comprehensive timetable of training and development alongside coaching and mentoring from our experienced Quality team.
• Life Assurance
• Cycle to work
• Retail discounts
• Good for ME, Good for FE - Volunteering, Fundraising
• Discounted gym membership, and hair and beauty treatments
• Onsite Starbucks café

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