Trust Business Manager

Asset Education; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Asset Education is recruiting for a finance professional to join its central finance team in Ipswich. The role focuses on budgeting, monitoring, and supporting schools to ensure effective financial management and value for money across the trust.

The successful candidate will be accurate, analytical, a good team player and ready to work across the county, with DBS checks and safeguarding commitments in place.

Qualifications

• Have practical experience of using a computerised accounting system.
• Be able to learn quickly and share knowledge.
• Have a flexible and reliable approach.
• Be an excellent communicator.
• Have a pragmatic approach to problem solving.
• Holding or working towards an AAT qualification would be desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support schools with budget setting and monitoring.
• Liaise with headteachers and other stakeholders to ensure school success.
• Provide central finance team support as described in the job description.

Skills

Computerised accounting system

Education

AAT desirable

Tools

Computerised accounting system

Job description

ASSET Education is an established primary multi-academy trust based in Ipswich and currently running 16 schools in Suffolk. We have a growing central team and work closely with staff in schools to enable support through collaboration and to build consistency across the trust. We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join our central finance team to help support our schools with their business management needs. This role will involve directly supporting our schools with their budget setting and monitoring as well as liaising with the headteacher and other stakeholders to ensure the business success of the school. The role will also include some central finance team support as detailed in the job description. The successful candidate will need to be accurate, analytical, a good team player and motivated to provide great value to our schools.

This is a new post to develop and deliver an excellent finance provision for schools.

The person that we are looking for needs to:

• Have practical experience of using a computerised accounting system
• Be able to learn quickly and share knowledge
• Have a flexible and reliable approach
• Be an excellent communicator
• Have a pragmatic approach to problem solving
• Holding or working towards an AAT qualification would be desirable

This post will be reporting directly to the Chief Finance and Resources Officer and will be based primarily in the central office at Cliff Lane in Ipswich but will involve travel across the county to our other schools on a regular basis.

ASSET Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the job description and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and children's barred list check, health check, online search and satisfactory references. Copies of our safeguarding and safer recruitment policies are available on request.

Please also see our website - www.asseteducation.co.uk