Finance Manager - The Ridgeway Primary School

Term time including INSET only plus two additional weeks - 2/3 days per week – Actual days of work negotiable - Required from September 2026 - Permanent

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and self-motivated Finance Manager to join our Admin team from September 2026. This is a key post within the school administering the school’s finance and budgets.

“The Ridgeway Primary is an inclusive place with a strong caring ethos. The school has high expectations for its pupils across all aspects of school life. The environment is calm and purposeful. Pupils are proud to belong to this school. They are rightly confident that staff will support them if they have any worries. They are happy, respectful and very well cared for.” (Ofsted January 2025)

We are seeking someone who is/has:
• An enthusiastic team player with strong business, financial and resource management
• Experience of preparing budgets, budget monitoring and forecasting the year end outturn
• A flair for operational management and strategic thinking
• Proactive and forward thinking and will be able to support the school in its continual drive for improvement
• A good communicator with competent IT skills – use of Word, Excel and Outlook
• Experience of using online portals, BACS, FMS, SIMs and Arbor
• Able to support the governing body with financial reporting and attend meetings
• Experience of premise management

We can offer:
• A caring and supportive team of colleagues
• Effective support from an informed and supportive Governing Body
• Well established financial process and procedures
• A commitment to support staff professional development, work-life balance and wellbeing

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please contact Rachel Wiggins, Office Manager, for an application pack via email: [email protected] or telephone 0118 937 5530.

Closing date: Applications will be considered upon receipt
Interview date: To be confirmed

This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance. The Ridgeway Primary School is committed to inclusion and equity. We welcome talented applicants from under-represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

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