School Business Manager Full Time

Maria Montessori Institute

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time (with flexible arrangements subject to agreement)

Location: London NW3 (some flexibility with regard to home working)

Salary: £50,000 to £55,000 plus 40 days holiday (including bank holidays)

Exciting opportunity for a hands-on and “can-do” business manager looking to use their accounting skills as part of a broad finance and administration role. Based within a supportive and friendly team, you’ll have a pivotal remit providing high quality and effective management of our day-to-day accounting operations, our systems and facilities whilst ensuring we remain compliant with all relevant legislation and regulations.

The Maria Montessori Institute (MMI) is a highly successful education provider that runs schools and teacher training using the Montessori approach. It’s an exciting time to join the organisation with the expansion in our school to encompass ages 12-16.

Reporting to the Head of Finance and Resources, you will oversee the accounting operations whilst managing and developing relationships with our key suppliers, and managing the development, infrastructure and maintenance of the Institute’s buildings which comprise an owned building in Hampstead and rented premises in North, West and Central London. This will include managing and coordinating maintenance, repair and improvement projects and ensuring compliance with fire and health and safety regulations.

Ideally, you’ll possess an accounting or school business manager qualification, with your track record including experience within a similar hands-on accounting, premises and administration remit. In addition to your accounting skills (cashflow forecasts, management accounts, accounts to trial balance), you’ll play a pivotal role in supporting the organisation with premises maintenance, procurement and health & safety compliance, so experience in managing any of these areas will be advantageous.

If you have good communication and interpersonal skills, attention to detail, and the initiative to identify priorities and enjoy playing a central role within a closely-knit team, we look forward to hearing from you.

The Maria Montessori Institute offers a generous starting salary plus excellent benefits, including CPD opportunities, pension contribution, life assurance, 32 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, lunch onsite during term time, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

To apply, please email your CV and supporting statement (to be a maximum of 2 pages) to Jonathan McIntyre, Managing Director at CJA Group via the button below.

If you have any questions, please call on .

Closing date: midnight on Monday 25 th September 2023.

Interviews: 4 th or 5 th October 2023.

MMI is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Statutory checks including a satisfactory DBS certificate and references will be a requirement for this role. This role is classed as regulated activity with children and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, 1974 .