Finance Manager / Accounts Manager

Interim Finance Manager - Birmingham - On site (5 days) - 3 Months - £300 per day (umbrella) Your new company A large specialist school supporting children and young people with a wide range of complex needs. The school provides a highly inclusive environment and works closely with families and professionals to deliver personalised learning and care. Your new role As Interim Finance Manager, you will provide essential support during a period of increased workload. This is a hands-on role requiring strong control of the general ledger and balance sheet, ensuring monthly financial outputs are accurate, compliant and audit-ready. You will also provide oversight of payroll checking and support the month-end cycle across all settings. Managing the general ledger and completing balance sheet reconciliations Ensuring monthly financial outputs are accurate and stand up to scrutiny Oversight of payroll checking (not running payroll) Supporting monthly management accounts Ensuring finance processes are followed consistently across all settings Ability to validate, check and challenge financial information Experience producing or reviewing monthly accounts Education sector finance experience (desirable) Understanding of education payroll processes Multi-site or multi-entity finance experience