As a key member of the management team for the new Nord Anglia International School, Hong Kong, the Finance Manager will be accountable for ensuring the school has an effective finance function, which meets all internal and external accounting, tax and statutory reporting requirements, and provides strong financial support and guidance to the school operation. Additionally the Finance Manager will be responsible for developing highly effective finance systems and internal control mechanisms.

Reporting to the Regional Finance Director a large part of the role will require the incumbent to ensure a fully staffed finance team is in place in the School that carries out all necessary finance functions to ensure finance procedures and processes are carried out efficiently.

This will be a varied, interesting and challenging role that will require the incumbent be responsible for all internal finance reporting including the production of monthly management accounts and quarterly statutory packs, reports on pupil numbers, cash flow, capital expenditure and staffing in addition to financial information to the school Principal to aid management of the school budget.

The Finance Manager will also be responsible for ensuring all accounting records are maintained and meet the statutory requirements along with ensuring school passes its annual audits and the school entity meets all its tax recording and reporting requirements.

The incumbent will have demonstrable experience of producing management accounts as well as experience of liaison with external audit and taxation bodies in Hong Kong. In addition, the successful candidate will be up to date with changes in accountancy and tax legislation and have a high level of technical accountancy and tax knowledge.

The Nord Anglia International School, Hong Kong is a new international school and will launch Nord Anglia Education’s outstanding methodology and proven track record of success to the students of Hong Kong. Located on the Kowloon side, the redeveloped campus will feature high quality facilities and resources, for up to 660 students between years 1 to 8 (based on the British system) and will deliver outstanding academic success with a contemporary approach to teaching and learning.

Nord Anglia Education is looking for someone with a positive, enthusiastic and self-motivated approach to their work, driven to strive for continual improvement, with a high level of personal integrity. As a member of the world’s leading premium schools group you will be joining an active network of like-minded people in Hong Kong and across the world. 



To Apply: Online applications should contain a CV, letter of application and the details of two professional references along with current salary expectations.

Salary: Competitive

Closing date:  12 noon (Hong Kong Time), Friday 27^th September 2013

Nord Anglia Education is the world’s leading premium international school organisation with 27 schools in China, Europe, the Middle East, South East Asia and North America. Our organisation has been operating premium international schools for over 20 years. Within the last three years we have been particularly successful and have doubled our size and seen significant growth both within our existing schools and through the acquisition of new schools. We are a fast growing, successful education company. Our schools are mostly British International Schools and follow the English National Curriculum plus the International Baccalaureate Diploma at 16-18, plus, in some locations, A-levels, the French Baccalaureate and the Swiss Maturité.

We educate students from early years through to eighteen in through-schools. Our students come from a wide mix of backgrounds and cultures and a typical school may have up to 60 different nationalities represented. Many of our parents are ex-pats working away from their home country but we also educate local students. 

Currently employing over 3,000 staff and educating over 14,500 students our schools are seen as the premier school in almost all of the cities in which we operate and are a very popular choice for parents.  Each Nord Anglia Education school is unique in character and tailored to meet the needs of their specific location, but they are united by the quality of education they offer, the efficiency with which they are managed and the excellence of the student experience. We position our schools as at the forefront of contemporary educational practice while preserving traditional educational values.

Outstanding teaching professionals and our distinctive educational model create exciting high performing learning environments.

A Nord Anglia Education student will benefit not only from the richness and expertise within their own School environment but also from other Schools across the Nord Anglia Education family.

The academic achievement in our Schools is improving year on year across every Key Stage. Nord Anglia Education Schools are non-selective yet, on average, our student’s score four points above the global average in their IB diploma, as well as being offered and accepting places at the world’s top 30 Universities.