Director Of Finance And Operations

Contract Type: Permanent, All Year Round (some opportunity for flexible working optionsavailable and discussions welcomed)

Working Hours: Full Time

Number of positions: 1
DBS Check Required: Yes
Qualifications Required: See applicant pack
Start Date (Subject to pre employment checks): April 2024/Immediate start available

Applicant Requirements: See applicant pack
Salary: £65,010 - £71,729. Our salaries are  Competitive, negotiable depending on experience + LGPS pension Burnage Academy for Boys is seeking to appoint a tenacious, professional and invested Director of Finance and Operations to lead key areas of the school business and join our cohesive staff team. T his role has both a strategic and an operational element to it, in that you will be establishing systems and ensuring compliance whilst also undertaking key hands on tasks within school, within your areas of responsibility, such as producing budgets, management accounts, reports for the leadership team, governor reports and statutory returns.

The role will need a pragmatic individual who, through their work, really wants to make a difference to the opportunities we can provide the students in our care, ensuring they will be the best they can be.

You will need significant senior financial management and strategic leadership skills, along with experience of building and empowering strong and agile teams enabling a positive and collaborative culture within our Trust.

The Director of Finance and Operations will be a member of the Extended School Leadership Team, with a key role in the long-term strategic development and planning for the Trust. You will work closely with the Headteacher and have responsibility for all financial and operational matters affecting the academy.

As an integral part of the Extended School Leadership Team at Burnage Academy for Boys, you will:

• Lead on strategic, financial and operational issues of all aspects of the academy
• Ensure that the financial and operational systems are compliant through effective policies and internal controls
• M anage the governance framework of the Trust, providing professional support and development, through high expectations for all stake holders
• Provide the SLT with up to date advice on statutory requirements and accountability frameworks
• P roduce professionally researched policies, plans and reports
• Monitor business and financial performance against expectations, using external benchmarks to provide systematic quality assurance, self-evaluation, and planning.

To find out more about the role of Director of Finance and Operations, please visit

To arrange an informal, confidential discussion regarding this role, please contact Liz Hayden at Satis Education on or

You will be an independent, strategic thinker but also someone who is not afraid to get hands on when the need arises. You will be expected to bring a modern, business-like approach to the leadership of the trust’s business functions, running these as highly competent and efficient services. We are really looking for someone who will look after every penny of our academy funding as they would their own, ensuring value for money is at the top of the agenda.

You will need excellent communication skills, diplomacy, approachability and a personable style of leadership, as well as the ability to work effectively with both internal and external stakeholders.

Early applications are encouraged and strong applicants will be interviewed as soon as an application is received. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

To apply, please complete an application form and in addition, outline any relevant experience and personal qualities you would bring to Burnage Academy for Boys. Please submit your application via email to: 

If you are viewing this job on our Greater Jobs site then please click on the apply now button to view the full advertisement details and relevant attachments.

We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, younger learners and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. The above post will be subject to enhanced DBS checks, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here . This post is also subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 and other pre-employment checks where applicable. We strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation