Trust Finance Manager

inploi; Stockport; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational trust in Stockport is seeking a Trust Finance Manager to ensure high standards of financial integrity across the Trust. The role involves managing monthly financial processes, partnering with Headteachers for strategic decision making, and ensuring compliance with the Academies Trust Handbook. The ideal candidate will have experience in finance for multi-academy trusts and strong strategic decision-making skills. Competitive salary and excellent benefits are provided.

Benefits

Highly competitive salary

Well-regarded pension scheme

Exceptional training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the Academies Trust Handbook and financial reporting standards.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the monthly financial processes required of the academies.
• Partner with Headteachers for effective strategic decision making.
• Identify best practices within the Trust and implement standardised processes.

Skills

experience in finance for multi‑academy trusts

strong strategic decision‑making skills

proficient spoken English

Job description

About the Role

As the Trust Finance Manager, you will be an integral part of the team responsible for ensuring high standards of financial integrity across the Trust. You will manage the monthly financial processes required of the academies, ensuring compliance with the requirements of the Academies Trust Handbook, play a significant part in the financial planning and partner with the Headteachers and other senior staff to ensure effective strategic decision making.

Responsibilities

• oversee the monthly financial processes required of the academies and ensure compliance with the Academies Trust Handbook
• partner with Headteachers and other senior staff to support effective strategic decision making
• work closely with schools within the Trust to identify best practice and implement new standardised processes and procedures

Qualifications

• experience in finance for multi‑academy trusts and strong strategic decision‑making skills
• knowledge of the Academies Trust Handbook and financial reporting standards
• proficient spoken English, as required under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016

About Education Learning Trust

Education Learning Trust is a Multi‑Academy Trust, educating over 3,500 pupils from age 2 to 16 in the Greater Manchester area. We are very proud of our inclusive ethos to Collaborate, Empower and Achieve and provide over 490 employees with an inspiring and innovative place to work, with exceptional training and development opportunities. As a Trust employee you will receive excellent benefits, including a highly competitive salary, well‑regarded pension scheme, excellent career development opportunities and support for your health and wellbeing, with our award‑winning employee assistance programme.

Our Vision at ELT

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices, in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002. All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Equality and Diversity

We are committed to fulfilling our Equality Duty obligations, including valuing equality and diversity, and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.

Immigration and Language

We expect the successful candidate to have the necessary standard of spoken English, as described under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty that requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English (or English or Welsh in Wales).

Application

Please send completed applications to [e-mail]