JOB DESCRIPTION
▪ Present timely and fully costed proposals, recommendations, or bids. ▪ Plan and manage change in accordance with each Academy’s development/strategic plan. ▪ Ensure that all resources are managed effectively and efficiently. ▪ Lead and manage the key support functions in each Academy. ▪ Take a lead role in bringing new schools into the cluster, if necessary, together with Central Office colleagues. Finance Provide overall leadership to finance staff in each Academy, with support and advice from the Finance Business Partner, other specialists and senior managers within the central Finance and Strategic Planning teams; and in particular to: ▪ Develop and monitor the 5-year long-term financial strategy in each Academy. ▪ Line manage the Business Managers/Finance Teams within the Cluster. ▪ Supervise the preparation of each Academy’s annual budget for central office in consultation
JOB TITLE:
Executive Business Manager
support functions in each Academy; developing high performing support teams which are highly motivated and focussed on the education outcomes and strategic vision of each Academy and the Cluster as a whole. They will liaise with United Learning central services to ensure that these functions provide value added support and advice to the Cluster in a timely and professional way. They will be a member of each Academy SLT and contribute fully to Academy Development Plans and the 5-year strategic planning cycle across the Cluster. They will actively promote the values of United Learning, our Framework for Excellence and the distinct culture and ethos of each Academy. They will have the highest regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of staff, children and young people. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Leadership & Strategy ▪ Negotiate and influence strategic decision making within each Academy’s Senior Management/Leadership Team and Governing Body.
overview of emerging Cluster development plans. ▪ Oversee the monthly management of forecasts against the agreed annual budgets and prepare management reports and analysis for the SLT and LGB as requested. ▪ Be responsible for the overall leadership of each Academy’s accounting function and the staff working in that function, ensuring efficient operation in line with agreed procedures, and maintaining those procedures by conducting at least an annual review. ▪ Securing value for money through competitive tendering and effective supplier management, in cooperation with central office as necessary. Uncovering additional purchasing potential that can be achieved through collaboration and group procurement. ▪ Ensuring that each Academy has access to available external funding and resources, including income generation through bid writing, lettings, and other activities within the ethos of the Academies.
REPORTS TO: Regional Director (and indirectly to Director of Finance for Academies)
RESPONSIBLE FOR: School and Cluster based staff in the following functions: ▪ Finance ▪ Human resources ▪ Office administration ▪ Estates management ▪ Health and safety ▪ Marketing and pupil numbers ▪ Information Technology (including telephony) ▪ Compliance, Governance and GDPR JOB PURPOSE To deliver a high quality and efficient business support service to all Academies in the Cluster, ensuring that day to day operational functions are effectively managed and providing strategic and visionary leadership. OVERVIEW The post-holder will provide overall leadership and some line management to the business
with the SLT and LGB, in line with each Academy’s development plan but with an
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