Interim Head of Finance · Hybrid

Location:

Region: South East
Country: England

Role:

  • Industry: Public Sector and Government, UK Public Sector
  • Job Type: Contract / Freelance
Working Arrangement: On-Site
Rate: DOE

Application Details:

Start Date: ASAP
Expiry Date: 19/07/2026
Job Reference: DWTEE89

Interim Head of Finance · Hybrid

Job Opportunity! – Interim Head of Finance (Children's, Schools, DSG) – South East England

A local authority client of G2 Recruitment are currently on the lookout for an Interim Head of Finance (Children's, Schools, DSG) to join their team.

Contract Duration: 6 Months +

Rate: DOE

IR35: Inside.

Hybrid: X2 days in office per week for the first month, X1 day per week in office for the second month, X1 day in office per fortnight for the third month onwards.

Days: full time (X5 days per week).

Start Date: ASAP

The Role

  • Lead on Dedicated Schools Grant funding, schools budget regulations and local funding formula work
  • Complete and advise on key DfE returns, including Section 251
  • Support budget setting, budget monitoring, final accounts and financial planning across CYP services
  • Provide robust challenge and financial advice to senior stakeholders, budget holders and Schools Forum
  • Manage and support a small finance team covering school funding and accountancy support
  • Support Children's Services capital budgets where required

 

About You

  • Strong local authority Education Finance experience
  • Robust knowledge of DSG funding, schools budget regulations and maintained school finance
  • Proven experience completing DfE returns, especially Section 251
  • Confident business partner able to challenge services and explain complex information clearly
  • Head od service level experience.
  • Schools capital budget experience would be helpful
  • CCAB/CIMA qualified or part-qualified considered, depending on experience

 

If you are interested in this role, apply below or send your CV to contact@g2recruitment.com

g2 Recruitment are committed to equality of opportunity for all applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships or any other characteristic protected by law.

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L&D Team

We are very lucky that g2 recruitment see Learning and Development as a vital part of a consultants journey which is why we have 4 people in the team who you will work very closely with from day 1 in your career. The team are on hand to guide you through your career at all levels and provide extra support working closely with the management team to give all consultants the best chance of success.  

Our Three Pillars of Training

Academy:
Week 1 is a series of remote sessions to learn all things systems, followed by a 1 week academy process which is a mixture of classroom and deskside this will be in one of our UK offices and usually consists of 3-8 other consultants all starting their journey together.

Experienced Modules:
These are a variety of sessions curated by us designed to support consultants as they are progressing through the career ladder, the aim is to ensure consultants at all levels have access to L&D.

Junior Management Programme:
Ran by our head of L&D this programme is designed to support junior managers as they start their management career. This involves things like personal branding, time management and ends in a business plan which is presented to members of the Exec board and senior management team.

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Jaz D’Avola
Head of Learning & Development

Jaz joined g2 Recruitment in 2013.

She now leads our Learning and Development programme, transferring the knowledge and wisdom she learnt as a recruiter to the new generation of talent.

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Imani WIlliams
Learning and Development Consultant

Imani joined g2 Recruitment in 2022.

His role involves developing individuals in all areas of the business, varying from inducting and onboarding consultants to working with them 1 to 1 to identify areas of development.  He aids with growth of L&D across the business, watching consultants experience and develop.

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Meghan Mcloughlin
Learning and Development Consultant

Meghan joined g2 in 2023 as an L&D consultant, Working in recruitment for 6 years, her role is to  help consultants at all levels to upskill and focus on development points. This could be anything from sales calls or candidate calls to organisation improvements.

Kane Gray
Systems & Academy Trainer

Kane joined g2 in April 2023 as an Academy & Systems Trainer.

His role involves teaching the consultants that are new to the company the foundations of recruitment and our systems before then helping them to upskill in areas specific to each consultant. Working closely with different consultants and watching them implement the feedback, apply it, and then benefit off the back of it.

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