Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College
Trafford
£44,075 - £47,181 per year
Salary:
Band 9, NJC 33 to 36
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
2 October 2025
Job overview
Job Title: Assistant Business Manager
36.25 hours per week, full year
To work 8.00 am to 4:00pm (including a 45 minute unpaid break)
Responsible to: School Business Manager
Salary: Band 9 (SCP 33 to 36, £44,075 – £47,181)
Main Purpose of the Job:
To support the Business Manager in providing high-quality financial management. To ensure the finance office fully supports the needs of the school and to strive for continuous improvement; making recommendations to the Headteacher and Business Manager where scope of system improvement is identified. To work as part of a team to support colleagues and contribute to the vision and ethos of the school.
Main Responsibilities and Tasks
Leadership and Strategy
* Under the direction of the Headteacher and Business Manager, lead on all financial matters in college, to ensure the college's successful financial performance and that financial-related decisions are clearly linked to the college's strategic goals.
* Attend regular operational and finance meetings at college, as requested by the Headteacher or Business Manager and report to Governors where appropriate.
* Contribute to the implementation of college-wide changes and allocate resources in line with the school improvement plan, putting policies and procedures in place and communicating them to staff.
* Take all decisions in line with the vision and values of the college and encourage others to do the same.
Financial Management and Fundraising
* In partnership with the Headteacher, Business Manager and Finance Team, manage the school's budget and ensure it is balanced, realistic, and represents and effective use of public funds.
* Monitor the budget all year round, advising the Headteacher where revisions or changes are needed.
* Forecast future years' budgets, based on the college's estimated funding and trends in expenditure, to enable the Headteacher to make effective strategic, long-term decisions.
* Conducting monthly reviews of forecasting reports, investigating variances and liaise with the Business Manager as required.
* Preparation and distribution of monthly department / budget holder reports, responding to any department budget queries.
* Contribute to the college's fundraising and income generation strategy, choosing fundraising priorities in line with the school improvement plan.
* Lead on college level procurement processes, managing tenders where appropriate, conducting due diligence, benchmarking and evaluating suppliers, negotiating deals and ensuring value for money.
Day to Day Finances
* To be part of the Finance Team and will have a key role in implementing procedures and maintaining the schools financial reporting system
* Assisting the Business Manager in all aspects of financial management
* Line managing the the Finance Team (two part time staff)
* Undertake training and have a knowledge of all College Finance software packages
* Ensure spending of the school budget is operating in line with Financial Regulations and official guidelines including CFR Guidelines and the School Finance Manual
* Maintain accurate files of accounts, which record the school's financial transactions, including order forms, invoices, cash, receipts and other paperwork.
* To ensure spending is kept in line with the budget, produce monthly monitoring reports for budget holders and ad-hoc reports as requested.
* Monitor and reconciliation of control accounts including aged debtors and creditor reporting, VAT and payroll accounts, bank, cash and fixed asset recording
* Liaise with all budget holders, stakeholders and external bodies when required
* Monitor the monthly advance and grant income receipts are in line with the School budget allocation and other funding streams
* Liaise with the bank, auditors, DfE and Governors
* To ensure all orders and financial commitments are input accurately and timely into the schools management information systems
* Maintain the School Fund Account currently on SAGE with the Finance Team throughout the year and produce the year end statement
* Authorise the invoices in the Schools Finance System to produce and reconcile timely BACS payments
* Raise school invoices as required and manage the debtor control system
* Administration of petty cash and internal recharges and maintaining the records in the finance system
* Complete monthly VAT returns
* To be responsible for the use and management of the school's bank cards
* Reconcile the school's bank accounts in the management information system
* Monitoring and managing the cash flow of school accounts
* Administer the School Fund and Gift Aid Account processing the annual claim to HMRC
* Maintaining the College contractors register
* Support the Business Manager with Local Authority and DfE returns
* Take responsibility for the provision of school transport via the minibus fleet and external providers
Human Resources
* Provide the information required by Payroll and HR for the smooth running of those functions.
* Involvement in HR issues and recruitment within the school as requested by the Headteacher as required.
* Support the Headteacher and other senior staff with HR admin as required.
Premises and Health and Safety
* Support the Headteacher with the day to day management of the site.
Additional:
* Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to the appropriate person
* Be responsible for your own continuing self-development, and willing to undertake any additional training as appropriate
* Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school
* To undertake any other reasonable duties, as directed by the Headteacher
* This job description will be reviewed annually and may be subject to amendment at any time after consultation with the post holder. It is not a comprehensive statement of tasks but sets out the main expectations of the school in relation to the post holder's duties and responsibilities
Please visit the college website for all the documents and information you need to apply for the position:
Closing Date: 9:00am on Thursday 2nd October 2025
Recruiter contact:
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About Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College
Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College
Urban Road, Altrincham
Cheshire
WA15 8HT
United Kingdom
Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College is a highly popular, over-subscribed school for Catholic parents in South Manchester. The school is a vibrant family community, inclusive and proud of the achievements of all our pupils. We have 1600 pupils on roll, including 220 students in the Sixth Form.
We are proud of our strong Catholic ethos and mission which daily supports the work and achievements of the school. The aims of the school are contained in the Mission Statement which places a strong emphasis on aspiration and family ethos. Our school seeks to offer both an excellent 21stcentury education and an educational experience that upholds traditional catholic values.
Our school motto is Inspiring People Changing Lives. Over the last three years, the school has performed well against national averages and very well against similar schools at both GCSE and A Level. The proportion of pupils attending university from our Sixth Form is 96% with destinations including Cambridge, Durham, and Russell Group Universities. The remaining students enter apprenticeships and employment.
We have designed a curriculum that is equitable for all pupils. The curriculum is broad and balanced. All pupils have equal access to all subjects at key stage 3, and key stage 4.
Prayer and liturgy are an important part of our school and at least six times a year we hold school masses celebrated by one of our local priests, which allows our school to get together to celebrate its Catholic identity. Our Catholic life is also sustained by our weekly Friday Mass for pupils and parents and our Wednesday Prayer Group.
In a denominational inspection, dated June 2019, the school was judged outstanding for its provision for Religious Education and Catholic Life, which includes Spiritual, Moral, Social, and Cultural Development (SMSC).
We are an experienced legacy Teaching School providing support to other schools, we have an agreement with bright Futures, based at Altrincham Grammar School for Girls, to lead the ECT Framework across 4 Greater Manchester authorities. The agreement includes delivery of NPQ in Senior Leadership and NPQ in Leading Learning across the hub.
Every teaching post is an important one for the future of our school and the successful candidate will be somebody with a high work ethic and unstinting commitment to our children. We want somebody with a strong ambition to develop their own career but, above all they want to make a significant and long-lasting impression on the future lives of our pupils.
Mrs Clare Hogg
Headteacher
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