Occasionally academy trusts find themselves with a vacancy or extended absence within their Finance Manager role and need some interim support
Our Academy Trust Finance Manager support is designed precisely to help schools and trusts to bridge this gap in the finance function to ensure financial planning and reporting tasks continue seamlessly until the role is filled again.
What is the Academy Trust Finance Manager support service?
We work either in an interim or support role to provide tailored help and guidance within the Finance Manager, bookkeeper, or Chief Finance Officer (CFO) function.
The tailored support we offer includes:
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Interim Finance Manager cover, providing support key finance tasks in case of staff absence and vacancy, ensuring compliance with the Academy Trust Handbook
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Support for a wide range of financial tasks, including monthly bookkeeping and financial processing, payroll monitoring, management accounts preparation, year end and audit liaison
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Providing a budget setting service, including advice on key assumptions, scenario planning and reports for SLT and Trust Board
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Completion of ESFA returns
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Other ad-hoc finance tasks such as support with contract and supplier management, internal audit liaison
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Line management and support of on-site finance teams
Why use our Academy Trust Finance Manager cover and interim support?
Our interim finance team is made up of fully qualified finance professionals who have a wealth of education sector experience.
We have extensive experience of providing interim finance support at all levels of the academy trust finance function, from CFO to bookkeeping services, meaning we already have a comprehensive understanding of your systems and extensive expertise in ensuring your finance activity runs seamlessly.
We have worked closely with Toni and Alexandra since January 2023 to cover two staffing gaps. They have gone out of their way to learn and understand the school’s financial position and priorities, aligned to school improvement for the benefit of students. Their work is highly detailed and accurate. They have built good relationships will staff and Trustees. They are an asset to Longdean School.
Graham Cunningham, Headteacher, Longdean School, Hemel Hempstead.
Find out more
If you’d like to know more about our Academy Trust Finance Manager support services and how they can help to bring value to your academy trust, please email academytrusts@hfleducation.org