HR & Finance
The Trust has a central office which houses our HR and Finance team who provide the following to schools in the Trust:
HR
- Employment law advice
- Grievence & disciplinary
- Complex casework
- Union consultation
- Workforce planning
- Staff recruitment
- Processing of all contractual appointments, terminations & variations
- Management information
- e-Safeguarding DBS service
- Appraisal
- Strategic workforce planning
- Policy development
- Systems support
- HR & Payroll system
- Pension returns & audit
- Occupational health provision covering referrals & reviews
- Absence management & guidance
Finance
Payroll provision for all schools
Access to financial expertise & training from a range of MAT staff including the Director of Finance & Operations, our Finance consultants Hall Livesey Brown
Administration of bank accounts
Ensuring compliance with the Academy Financial Handbook and the MAT's financial procedures
Training to procure goods & services effectively
Creation of a strategy for each commodity (books, printing, etc.) to establish bulk buy savings and quality improvements for each key area of spend
Access to procurement savings via the MAT group agreements
Access to MAT procurement frameworks who will create a clear picture of your current procurement practices & provide advice on opportunities
Provision of internal and external audit service
Access to a single high quality contract supplier for key services across the MAT. Tender & quotation management for contracts shared with other schools
Processing of all ESFA returns, VAT returns, BACS payments and month and year end procedures
Service level agreements and regular meetings with key suppliers to continuously improve quality and drive down costs