We are currently working on the below opportunity for an Education Finance Manager working with an East Midlands Based L;ocal Authority to lead and enhance financial support for schools and service departments, ensuring strategic decision-making and medium-term financial planning. Please Find Below initial details for your perusal: Education Finance Manager Client: Leicestershire County Council Start Date: ASAP  Duration: 3-6 Months Initially Rate: 34.93 p/h (Umbrella inside IR35) ), can be flexible/negotiated Working Arrangement: Hybrid office and home-based work Key Responsibilities: To identify, interpret and analyse national school funding policy and it’s impact on Leicestershire’s maintained schools and academies To maintain a timetable of national and local key school funding deadlines and activities together with a delivery plan to ensure adherence and maintained school compliance To support and lead the Leicestershire Schools Forum in relation to schools funding matters to ensure its statutory responsibilities are met in accordance with national legislation ensuring the appropriate decisions are made to support Leicestershire’s maintained schools and academies To maintain the Leicestershire Scheme for Financing Schools and ensure that it is compliance with statutory guidance and supports the effective governance and delivery of finance within maintained schools Ensure that school finance issues are appropriately reflected the development of school related strategy, corporate projects and corporate reporting Support the development of management reports and the related systems to improve the links between corporate and school financial information, operational activity and outcomes Support the department in identifying, analysing and implementing options for improving efficiency and/or service delivery outcomes in relation to schools funding Key Skills and Qualifications: Level 4 Diploma in School Business Management or Level 4 Association of Accounting Technician and evidence of participation in CPD Experience of working within an education finance environment and the national financial framework as it applies tomaintained schools and academies If this is of any interest, please apply with a copy of your most updated CV or send it directly to and a myself or a member of my team will be in contact