Schools Finance Team Manager
| Posting date: | 03 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £48,226.00 to £50,269.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 January 2026 |
| Location: | Warwick, Warwickshire |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Warwickshire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | RA0007338 |
Summary
Make a Difference in Warwickshire’s Schools
Are you an experienced school business manager or a finance professional with a proven track record of delivering high-quality financial advice in an Education environment? Do you thrive on leading teams and driving continuous improvement? If so, we'd love to talk to you about our Schools Finance Team Manager role.
About the Role
As the Schools Finance Team Manager, you'll lead a highly skilled and experienced team delivering traded finance services to maintained schools across Warwickshire. Your role will be pivotal in ensuring schools receive consistent, high-quality financial advice, supporting both strategic and operational financial planning, monitoring, compliance and reporting.
You’ll work collaboratively with schools, providing support and challenge where needed to encourage sound financial decision-making and accountability. Working closely with colleagues across Finance and Education, you’ll also play a key role in quality assuring the work of the team, making sure they are up to date with all legal and policy changes, meeting deadlines and monitoring schools' financial performance.
What We’re Looking For
Substantial experience in a professional finance environment, ideally supporting schools or academies.
Proven ability to manage and develop teams, with up to 15 FTEs reporting to you.
In-depth knowledge of the rules, frameworks, and statutory guidance governing school funding.
Highly competent in analysing complex data and presenting it clearly to non-financial colleagues and key stakeholders.
Strong judgement, resilience under pressure, and the confidence to make significant decisions.
A collaborative and supportive approach, with the ability to challenge constructively to drive improvement.
A passion for continuous improvement and digital innovation in service delivery.
A relevant qualification school finance, business or accountancy qualification.
Why Join Us?
Lead a team with a wealth of experience and a strong reputation for delivering excellent service.
Shape and develop our traded service offer to ensure it evolves with the changing needs of schools.
Be part of an inclusive, supportive, and forward-thinking organisation committed to your professional development.
Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package: Warwickshire County Council Benefits.
For full Job Description and Person Specification click link here.
Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make
Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!
At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.
Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'
The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.
Click here to view the benefits at Warwickshire County Council.
Additional Information
To discuss the role please contact Head of Operational Finance Services, Liz Firmstone via lizfirmstone@warwickshire.gov.uk
Closing date: 6th January 2026
Interview date: w/c 12th January 2026
Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See more
Are you an experienced school business manager or a finance professional with a proven track record of delivering high-quality financial advice in an Education environment? Do you thrive on leading teams and driving continuous improvement? If so, we'd love to talk to you about our Schools Finance Team Manager role.
About the Role
As the Schools Finance Team Manager, you'll lead a highly skilled and experienced team delivering traded finance services to maintained schools across Warwickshire. Your role will be pivotal in ensuring schools receive consistent, high-quality financial advice, supporting both strategic and operational financial planning, monitoring, compliance and reporting.
You’ll work collaboratively with schools, providing support and challenge where needed to encourage sound financial decision-making and accountability. Working closely with colleagues across Finance and Education, you’ll also play a key role in quality assuring the work of the team, making sure they are up to date with all legal and policy changes, meeting deadlines and monitoring schools' financial performance.
What We’re Looking For
Substantial experience in a professional finance environment, ideally supporting schools or academies.
Proven ability to manage and develop teams, with up to 15 FTEs reporting to you.
In-depth knowledge of the rules, frameworks, and statutory guidance governing school funding.
Highly competent in analysing complex data and presenting it clearly to non-financial colleagues and key stakeholders.
Strong judgement, resilience under pressure, and the confidence to make significant decisions.
A collaborative and supportive approach, with the ability to challenge constructively to drive improvement.
A passion for continuous improvement and digital innovation in service delivery.
A relevant qualification school finance, business or accountancy qualification.
Why Join Us?
Lead a team with a wealth of experience and a strong reputation for delivering excellent service.
Shape and develop our traded service offer to ensure it evolves with the changing needs of schools.
Be part of an inclusive, supportive, and forward-thinking organisation committed to your professional development.
Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package: Warwickshire County Council Benefits.
For full Job Description and Person Specification click link here.
Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make
Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!
At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.
Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'
The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.
Click here to view the benefits at Warwickshire County Council.
Additional Information
To discuss the role please contact Head of Operational Finance Services, Liz Firmstone via lizfirmstone@warwickshire.gov.uk
Closing date: 6th January 2026
Interview date: w/c 12th January 2026
Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See more
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