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Business Manager at Altum Consulting | Specialist Finance Recruiter for Charities and Non-Profits
Altum Consulting is partnering with a children's charity in their search for an Early Years Funding Manager to lead on the delivery of early years entitlements and funding programmes. You will manage a broad portfolio of funding streams and oversee effective financial monitoring, claims, and audit systems to ensure full compliance with statutory guidance and local council regulations.
You will also lead a small team and work across Early Years, Finance and other departments to ensure that funding supports sufficiency, quality, inclusion and access - with a strong focus on maximising take-up, particularly for disadvantaged children.
Key responsibilities include:
Altum Consulting is partnering with a children's charity in their search for an Early Years Funding Manager to lead on the delivery of early years entitlements and funding programmes. You will manage a broad portfolio of funding streams and oversee effective financial monitoring, claims, and audit systems to ensure full compliance with statutory guidance and local council regulations.
You will also lead a small team and work across Early Years, Finance and other departments to ensure that funding supports sufficiency, quality, inclusion and access - with a strong focus on maximising take-up, particularly for disadvantaged children.
Key responsibilities include:
* Managing and monitoring a large, complex early years funding budget across multiple funding streams
* Implementing effective systems for claims, payments, audits, and complaints resolution
* Advising senior leaders, teams and providers on funding policies, procedures, and changes
* Analysing data to ensure effective distribution of funds and inform decision-making
* Leading training and communication strategies for settings, stakeholders and families
* Supporting the wider early years agenda - including sufficiency, access, inclusion, and quality - through robust funding processes
* Representing the charity in external forums and supporting the local implementation of government policy
About You
Qualifications:
* Minimum GCSE Grade C or equivalent in Maths and English
* Educated to degree level (Level 6) or able to demonstrate equivalent senior-level experience
Experience and Skills:
* Senior-level experience in early years, education funding, commissioning, finance or local authority work
* Strong financial background and proven experience of managing multi-million-pound budgets, ideally in a publicly accountable setting
* Deep understanding of national early years funding policy and its impact at local level
* Extensive experience in data analysis and reporting to drive insight and improvement
* Sound knowledge of business practices in the childcare sector
* Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder engagement skills
* Strong leadership with a track record of supporting high performance in teams
* Competence in using software including databases, Microsoft or Google tools, and data presentation platforms
* This role would be suitable for a Finance Business Partner with a background in education
Personal Attributes:
* Analytical and numerate, with excellent attention to detail
* Organised, solution-focused and creative in approach
* Collaborative, respectful and able to build productive partnerships
* Determined and ambitious, with a strong drive for achieving outcomes and continuous improvement
* Flexible and adaptable, able to work across services and meet changing business demands
If you are seeking a role that will make a tangible difference to the lives of children and families, please apply today.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Accounting/Auditing and Finance
* Industries
Non-profit Organizations
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