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Benefits offered by this job

Automatic pay progression

Special leave provisions

Cycle to work scheme

Recommend a Friend

Healthcare benefits

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts

Job summary

Four Stones Gateway Trust is seeking a permanent Trust Finance Manager to lead financial services across multiple schools. You will support the Head of Finance with management accounting, budgeting and forecasting, ensuring timely monthly accounts and accurate reporting.

The role requires strategic financial leadership, strong Excel skills, and a commitment to safeguarding in an educational trust with travel across Worcestershire and Shropshire.

Qualifications

• Qualified by CCAB/ICAEW/CIPFA/ACCA or equivalent or by experience.
• Minimum 2 years in management accounting, budgeting, and analysis in education or similar sectors.
• Solid grasp of accounting principles and procedures.
• Strong Excel skills and proficiency with MS Office.
• Ability to build effective relationships and influence across levels.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional management and leadership of financial services to the Trust.
• Support Head of Finance in management accounting, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Contribute to strategic objectives through sound financial stewardship.
• Ensure timely, accurate monthly management accounts and reporting.

Skills

CCAB/ICAEW/CIPFA/ACCA or qualified by

Management accounting

Excel skills

Interpersonal skills

Resilience under pressure

Safeguarding commitment

Driving licence

Education

CCAB/ICAEW/CIPFA/ACCA or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Title: Trust Finance ManagerJob Location: King Charles 1 School, Kidderminster (however any Trust school considered). There will be some additional travel to agreed schools. (Worcestershire/Shropshire)Salary: £54,953 - £58,832Closing Date: Monday 19 October @10.00amInterview Date: Friday 23rd October Are you ready to make a difference in an organisation where ambition, collaboration, and innovation drive every decision?

Who we are looking for:

We are seeking to appoint a permanent Trust Finance Manager as part of our growing central finance team. The successful candidate will be a highly ambitious, inspired, and enthusiastic professional who will provide professional management and leadership of financial services to the Multi Academy Trust. The post-holder will support the Head of Finance in the delivery of the Trust’s management accounting, budgeting, and forecasting functions. They will contribute to the achievement of the Trust’s strategic objectives through the effective stewardship of financial resources, ensuring the provision of timely and accurate monthly management accounts.

Qualifications and experience:

• CCAB (ICAEW, CIPFA, or ACCA) or CIMA or equivalent or qualified by experience
• At least 2 years’ experience in management accounting, financial planning, and analysis in the education sector or similar organisations
• Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures
• Microsoft Office, with strong Excel skills
• The ability to establish effective working relationships at all levels within an organisation and external to an organisation with strong influencing and negotiating skills.
• Resilience, the ability to handle high levels of pressure and be able to meet deadlines
• Enthusiastic, highly motivated with an enquiring mind and passion for excellence
• A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
• Due to the nature of the role and the requirement to attend multiple sites, the post-holder must have access to a vehicle and hold a full, valid driving licence.

Why join us?

• Automatic pay progression for those on our main, upper and support staff pay ranges
• Access to a range of paid special leave provisions to help with life’s emergencies, unpredictable events and significant occasions.
• Salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme
• Recommend a Friend Scheme available for some of our hard to fill roles
• Healthcare benefits including free eye test vouchers for DSE users and flu vaccinations
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to shopping and lifestyle discounts

About Us:

At Four Stones Gateway Trust, we believe that our students deserve to experience the best and we do this most effectively by working together. As a family of like-minded schools, we collaborate to provide mutual support, share best practices, and continuously learn from each other to create a thriving, high-performance environment. Our work is driven by our core values - Ambition, Commitment, Creativity, and Integrity - which are at the heart of everything we do. Our Trust Dividends underpin our commitment to excellence, ensuring opportunity and success for all, with a focus on transforming lives through education. We deeply value our staff and their development and strive to create an environment where every member of our team can grow, thrive, and make a real difference. We recognise that successful people place value on the range of benefits associated with their careers including receiving professional recognition, commensurate financial reward, job satisfaction, opportunity to innovate and a balanced approach to work and personal time. As part of our Trust, you will have: Opportunities to be part of a collaborative culture whereby you are part of a network where schools and staff work together to excel. Quality resources and a rich environment, to enable you to develop a personalised approach for every student you teach or support. A culture of lifelong learning, emphasising professional growth where your own ambitions are actively encouraged and supported. A safe and positive physical and psychological environment that welcomes diversity and actively promotes wellbeing.

Diversity, equality and inclusion are at the heart of what we value as an organisation. We are an equal opportunities employer, and all qualified applicants will receive fair consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other status protected by law. We are also fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. As part of our requirements under Keeping Children Safe in Education pre-employment checks we will undertake. This role has the opportunity for regular contact with our children and young people and therefore this position is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and an enhanced DBS will be required for the successful candidate.

Hourly rate £15.10 (incl holiday allowance)

£8.00 per hour for year 1 apprenticeship