16 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    6 July 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    17 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Administration, HR, data and finance

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£44,711.00 - £48,710.00 Annually (FTE)

Academy Finance Manager job summary

Academy Finance Manager

3 days per week, (HC10) ( 52 weeks per year)

At Kingstone Academy Trust we are seeking an experienced Academy Finance Manager to join us in September 2025, or earlier if possible.

The Finance Manager is responsible for managing the financial functions of our Schools, including Management Accounts and Budgeting; they will advise on and implement the day-to-day financial support that enables the School to operate effectively and efficiently, and that allows other members of the leadership team to focus on teaching, learning and business operations.

As a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), the successful candidate will work closely with Kingstone Academy Trust Central Team (CEO, Headteachers, Chief Operations Officer, and Finance and HR teams), providing strategic leadership and operational direction to the Academies management of finance, resources and human resources.

The successful applicant will be highly organised with the ability to lead by example. Candidates must be driven, proactive and committed to the success of the Academy and to making a difference to young people’s lives. You will need to be motivated, have excellent communication and organisation skills, have a flexible and calm approach, with a sense of humour, and be able to respond to the needs of the Academy.

We would love to hear from you if you:

  • Are an experienced Finance Officer or Manager, or have had similar roles in operational management of finance, payroll, contract management and HR.
  • Have competent financial skills to manage the Academy budget(s), and understand and analyse data.
  • An excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills and confident in working with a wide range of stakeholders, both within the Academy and wider agencies.
  • Have experience of procurement and tendering for new contracts and managing service level agreement contracts where applicable.

Benefits of working at Kingstone Academy Trust include:

  • Full support for your professional development and future training needs.
  • A commitment to recognise previous, continuous service.
  • A generous holiday allowance (26 days) which rises after 5 years of service.
  • A commitment to offer flexible working whenever we can and to support the work life balance of our employees.
  • A 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
  • A wellbeing day, on top of you A/L entitlement, that can be used at any point within the Academic year.
  • Free parking on site.

For further information please view the full job description and person specification.

Please feel free to make an arrangement to visit to the school, we would be delighted to show you around. Or for an informal discussion about the role please contact the Academy Chief Operations Officer, Jo Kent, on jkent@kingstoneacademy.co.uk

Kingstone Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All vacancies that involve working with vulnerable adults and/or children will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check at Enhanced Level, along with other standard pre-employment checks.

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.

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