Academies Finance Manager
Great Learners Trust, Great Missenden, HP16 0AZ14 days remaining to apply
Closing date
7 October 2025 at 10am
Date listed
19 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- GLT Scale 8 (41-45), £46,219-£51,080 FTE
Additional allowances
GLT Scale 8 (41-45), £46,219-£51,080 FTE
Academies Finance Manager job summary
Job purpose
To provide strategic and operational financial leadership across the academies within the Trust. The Academies Finance Manager will ensure robust financial management, compliance with statutory and regulatory frameworks, and support the Trust’s vision through effective financial planning, reporting, and advisory services.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Financial Leadership
Support the development and implementation of the Trust’s short, medium, and long-term financial strategy.
Lead on financial planning and forecasting, ensuring alignment with educational priorities and resource allocation.
Advise senior leaders on financial implications of strategic decisions.
Financial Operations & Compliance
Oversee monthly management accounts, including budget variances, cash flow, and balance sheet reporting.
Ensure compliance with the Academies Trust Handbook, Academies Accounts Direction, and relevant legislation.
Lead on year-end procedures, audits, and statutory financial reporting.
Budgeting & Reporting
Collaborate with finance leads and headteachers to prepare and monitor budgets.
Provide accurate and timely financial reports to stakeholders including headteachers, trustees, and external auditors.
Support curriculum-led financial planning and resource optimisation.
Systems & Processes
Recommend and manage financial systems including accounting software and planning tools (currently IMP and Sage Intacct).
Ensure consistency and innovation in financial practices across the Trust.
Maintain accurate financial records and implement audit recommendations.
Team Leadership & Support
Line manage finance staff, providing training, development, and performance management.
Provide induction and support to new finance leads and cover finance functions during vacancies.
Promote a culture of financial best practice and continuous improvement.
Additional Duties
Support income generation and ensure grant funding is used in accordance with conditions.
Contribute to Trust-wide initiatives and support onboarding of new academies.
Provide support for banking and investment processes.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Great Learners Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Website
- Great Learners Trust website
Established in 2014 in Buckinghamshire, we are now a dynamic group of 11 schools, working generously in collaboration to provide the best possible education for our children.
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