Nord Anglia Education

Finance Director

Nord Anglia Education

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Miami • Florida • United States

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Responsible for all month end and statutory accounts for both legal entities.
  • Regularly review the effectiveness of internal controls covering financial and compliance controls and leading on our Group component and local statutory audits.
  • Responsible for Capex reporting, Weekly KPI and Cash collection reports.
  • Prepare for and manage the annual financial audits, liaising with internal and external auditors.
  • Prepare and present management accounts, financial statements, and reports to the senior leadership team and governors.
  • Responsible for all budgeting, forecasting and cash flows across the two colleges.
  • Responsible for the short- and longer-term planning of the school including financial scenarios, real estate planning and working with Regional colleagues on school strategy.
  • Implement and monitor financial controls to safeguard the school's assets.
  • Responsible for ensuring local tax compliance.
  • Manage the procurement of goods and services, ensuring best value for money.
  • Oversee contracts and agreements with suppliers and service providers.
  • Providing accurate and timely information to internal stakeholders such as School Principals and budget holders ensuring costs are maintained and effectively utilised across campuses.
  • Facilitating responses for our central Tax, Legal and Treasury teams on data collection points for the two schools.
  • Liaise with parents, staff, and external stakeholders on financial matters.
  • Attend and present at Regional financial meetings, providing clear and concise financial updates.
  • Work with our Operations teams on our key activities such as Catering, Cleaning, Building Management to ensure appropriate procurement procedures in place across campuses and meeting with major supplies to ensure delivering against contractual expectations.
  • Establishing an AP team who proactively manage vendor invoices and payments, Including the installation of software to enhance efficiencies (OCR software etc).
  • Developing an AR Team across campuses that prioritise cash collection and drive high standards of customer core.
  • Prioritise performance management and team development, identifying training needs, retain and ensure great employee engagement.
  • Identify and implement appropriate process improvements to optimise all finance processes.
  • Maintain awareness of all legal and regulatory changes and ensure that processes, policies and systems are updated accordingly.
  • Oversee payroll processing, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and timely payment of salaries.
  • Ensure compliance with financial procedures, company law, local law, and applicable accounting standards.
  • Maintain and improve the school's financial accounting systems.

Requirements

  • A minimum of 7 years of accounting and financial leadership required, preferably in an educational setting.
  • Statutory compliance experience required as there are legal entities where statutory accounts are required for both Internal and External reporting.
  • IFRS Reporting experience required.
  • International Company Experience preferred.
  • Experience in the area of reporting and consolidation, business planning, cash flow management and process improvement.
  • Skilled in managing and leading teams.
  • Experienced in use of accounting software such as Microsoft Dynamics (Navision) and OneStream.
  • Accounting degree recognized by universities, 10-semester university degree.
  • Strong IT skills, including proficiency in financial management software.
  • Strong Excel skills.
Benefits
  • No specific benefits mentioned
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
accountingfinancial leadershipstatutory complianceIFRS reportingbusiness planningcash flow managementprocess improvementfinancial accounting systemsbudgetingforecasting
Soft Skills
team managementleadershipcommunicationperformance managementemployee engagementstakeholder managementpresentation skillsorganizational skillsinterpersonal skillstraining needs identification
Certifications
accounting degree10-semester university degree