Interim Finance Manager
Posted 1 day ago by HAYS
Negotiable
Inside
Onsite
Birmingham, UK
Summary: The Interim Finance Manager role in Birmingham involves providing critical financial support during a busy period at a specialist school. The position requires hands-on management of the general ledger and balance sheet, ensuring accuracy and compliance in financial outputs. The role also includes oversight of payroll checking and support for monthly management accounts, necessitating a reliable and organized individual who can work independently on-site.
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing the general ledger and completing balance sheet reconciliations
- Ensuring monthly financial outputs are accurate and stand up to scrutiny
- Oversight of payroll checking (not running payroll)
- Supporting monthly management accounts
- Ensuring finance processes are followed consistently across all settings
- Providing operational cover during key periods
Key Skills:
- Strong GL and balance sheet experience
- Hands-on approach with the ability to "do the doing"
- Ability to validate, check and challenge financial information
- Experience producing or reviewing monthly accounts
- Education sector finance experience (desirable)
- Understanding of education payroll processes
- Experience with Access Dimensions (desirable)
- Multi-site or multi-entity finance experience
Salary (Rate): £300 Daily
City: Birmingham
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Finance
Your new company
A large specialist school supporting children and young people with a wide range of complex needs. The school provides a highly inclusive environment and works closely with families and professionals to deliver personalised learning and care.
Your new role As Interim Finance Manager, you will provide essential support during a period of increased workload. This is a hands-on role requiring strong control of the general ledger and balance sheet, ensuring monthly financial outputs are accurate, compliant and audit-ready. You will also provide oversight of payroll checking and support the month-end cycle across all settings. This role requires someone reliable, organised and confident working independently on-site. Responsibilities include:
- Managing the general ledger and completing balance sheet reconciliations
- Ensuring monthly financial outputs are accurate and stand up to scrutiny
- Oversight of payroll checking (not running payroll)
- Supporting monthly management accounts
- Ensuring finance processes are followed consistently across all settings
- Providing operational cover during key periods
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