School Business Manager/Chief Financial Officer in Birmingham

Aston Tower Community Primary School,

Aston Tower Multi-Academy Trust

Aston Tower Community Primary & Nursery School

Upper Sutton Street, Aston, Birmingham, B6 5BE

Tel: 0121 327 0339

Email: vacancies@astontower.bham.sch.uk

Web: www.astontowerprimary.co.uk

School Business Manager/Chief Financial Officer

Full Time, Permanent

Salary Grade: Grade 6 £52,413 - £64,811

Are you looking to work in a high-performing and dynamic school and multi-academy trust? The Aston Tower Multi-academy Trust is seeking to grow and develop further the excellent practice at its founding school, Aston Tower Primary.

The successful candidate will be a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and will advise on and implement the day-to-day support that enables the school and our trust to operate effectively and efficiently. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute significantly to the continuous improvement of the school and the development of our multi-academy trust.

As School Business Manager, you will lead on all financial matters, ensuring the school’s and trust’s successful financial performance and that all financial decisions are clearly linked to our strategic goals. You will be expected to support the Executive Headteacher and Headteacher with the strategic financial planning and management of the school; advise leaders and the Trust Board on all financial matters; and lead on income generation. You will be the Trust’s Chief Financial Officer. You will be an excellent communicator, able to present both written and verbal information. You will be a strategic leader who is able to demonstrate good interpersonal skills, allied with a drive to help the trust and school develop and improve.

You will also be responsible for managing the strategy and operation of the business functions of our school, such as the estate, Health and Safety, human resources, compliance and administration.

The successful candidate will be joining a friendly and hard-working staff team. The school enjoyed a successful Ofsted inspection in 2024, which judged it to be working at an ‘outstanding level’.

Interviews are to be held shortly after closing

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. In addition to the candidate’s ability to perform the duties of the post, the interview will also explore issues relating to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Any relevant issue which may arise from the references will be taken up at interview.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check

Aston Tower Multi-academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and individually take responsibility for doing so.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement of the role.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020, which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are \"protected\", so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filtering Guide www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance