Finance Manager

Finance Manager

Location: Dalian American International School/Dalian Huamei School

We’re looking to recruit a Finance Manager to join our Dalian American International School, a Nord Anglia Education school.

THE SCHOOL

DAIS is an American international school in the Golden Pebble Beach National Resort, in Jinzhou New District, Dalian, China, about 60 kilometres east of the centre of Dalian. 

Founded in 2006, DAIS has provided every student with an opportunity to achieve personal excellence and to contribute to the global community. It serves students of approximately 30 nationalities in Pre-K through 12th grade. 

The language of instruction is English for all classes with the exception of proficiency levelled Mandarin classes.

THE ROLE

To ensure 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.

KEY RESULT AREA:
Finance Operations 
•    Ensure a fully staffed Finance Team is in place that carries out all necessary finance functions, including purchasing
•    Develop highly effective finance systems and internal control mechanisms 
•    Ensure finance procedures and processes are carried out efficiently
•    Work as a business partner to the Head of school and other school Senior Leadership Team (SLT) members

Internal Reporting 
•    Produce monthly management accounts and quarterly statutory packs as per prescribed timetable and of excellent quality. 
•    Produce reports on student numbers, cash flow, capital expenditure, staffing and other KPIs as requested. 
•    Provide variance analysis vs. budget and vs. prior year
•    Monitor budget execution (including vs expected YTD spends)
•    Provide financial information to the Head of school and other budget holders to aid management of the school’s budget. 

External Reporting 
•    Ensure accounting records maintained that meet statutory requirements and ensure school passes its annual audits. 
•    Ensure school entity meets all its tax recording and reporting requirements and pays all taxes on time as and when necessary. 
•    Produce all financial reports as required for external auditing, tax and other external bodies. 
•    Develop strong relationships with external audit, tax and banking organizations

Other Finance 
•    Lead school annual budgeting process and with Head of School present to regional management
•    Ensure efficient school fee collection and follow up effectively with any outstanding debtors. 
•    Assist in school expansion projects (CAPEX, ROI…)

Staff Management
•    Recruit finance staff that are high caliber and dedicated
•    Develop a strong team ethos
•    Ensure excellent on the job training and development of staff

Other 
•    To be an active and enthusiastic member of the Senior Leadership Team
•    Gain a good understanding of the whole school operation.
•    Any other appropriate duties as allocated by members of the school’s leadership team. 

PERSON SPECIFICATIONS:
Qualifications/Training
•    Degree
•    Accountancy Qualification

Experience / Knowledge
•    Proven track record with at least five years in finance function
•    Experience of supervision, management and development of staff
•    Experience of producing management accounts
•    Experience of liaison with external audit and taxation bodies
•    Experience of setting up a Finance function
•    Experience of implementing new finance systems

Skills
•    Fluent in English and Mandarin, both oral and written
•    Ability to prioritise and deliver against agreed service levels and targets
•    High level of interpersonal skills with all levels of organisation 
•    High level of technical accountancy and tax knowledge
•    Up to date with changes in accountancy and tax legislation
•    Good data analysis and presentation skills
•    High level of commercial awareness

Personal Attributes 
•    Results driven with high energy level
•    Highly effective communicator and influencer 
•    Team player and can work on own
•    Can Do Attitude
•    Organised
•    Integrity
•    Ability to listen to others, formulate overall view and propose an individualised solution
•    Affinity with and interest in education
•    Service and customer focused ethos

Other Conditions
•    Hold a current Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure or equivalent for countries lived in outside of the UK.
•    Compliance with visa requirements for working in China

NORD ANGLIA EDUCATION

We’re Nord Anglia Education, one of the world’s largest premium international schools organisations. Every day, our teachers and support colleagues help our thousands of students achieve more than they ever imagined possible.

A transformational education at one of our schools is focussed on excellent academic outcomes, creativity, wellbeing, and international connectedness. Our innovative use of educational technology also creates a personalised, 21st century learning experience for all students, while our global scale means we can recruit and retain the world’s best teachers and offer unforgettable events and expeditions.

Our people are empowered to make a difference in their fields of expertise. Our fast pace of growth requires evolution and change from everyone, giving you the chance to define the role you do in the future. This challenges the learning agility of our employees and ensures every day brings interesting new experiences.

Founded in 1972 in the United Kingdom, our first international school opened in 1992 in Warsaw, followed by rapid growth across the world since the 2000s.

When you join our team, you’ll become part of a global family of experts working for a fast-growing premium international brand.

OUR SCHOOLS

Each Nord Anglia Education school is unique in character and designed to meet the needs of its community. We are ambitious for our students, our people, and our schools. Working together, we can achieve more than we can individually.

We also create unique opportunities to benefit our students and people, such as Global Campus, Nord Anglia University, and our collaborations with The Juilliard School, MIT, UNICEF, and King’s College London.

BENEFITS

When you join a Nord Anglia Education school, you join a global community of 15,000 people working together to support our students’ success. We offer you unsurpassed opportunities to innovate and develop best practice across our family, to access extensive professional development, and to gain exceptional experience and career development in our schools. At Nord Anglia, you will have opportunities to progress more, learn more, and collaborate more.

We offer exceptional career and development opportunities that come with being part of our global organisation. Our online Nord Anglia University unites our team by harnessing the collective expertise of peers in an exchange of knowledge, ideas, and best practice. We also provide extensive professional development to ensure our teachers don’t just maintain their skills but can also develop at the cutting edge of educational thinking.

Our world-renowned collaborations with The Juilliard School, MIT, and UNICEF offers our teachers unrivalled access to leading experts in their fields. We also offer selected candidates an opportunity to earn an Executive Master’s in International Education from King’s College London.

Alongside great training and a competitive package, you’ll enjoy the chance to live and work in one of the world’s most vibrant cities.

As a Nord Anglia Education teacher, you enjoy the following benefits:

• A fast-paced, global experience so that you can progress on a global scale

• An enabling environment founded on creativity, challenge, and collaboration

• A culture that is fair and consultative

• Unique opportunities to grow professionally and develop your career

EMPLOYMENT START DATE: late September, 2025

JOB DECRIPTION

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At Nord Anglia Education we are committed to providing a world class, safe, happy environment in which children and young people can thrive and learn. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils where we embrace all race, abilities, religions, genders, and cultures.

All post holders in regulated activity (having regular unsupervised contact with children) are subject to appropriate national and international vetting procedures including satisfactory criminal record checks from both your country of residence/birth and any country of residence within the last 10 years.

We welcome applications from suitable qualified persons from all diverse backgrounds.

Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.