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  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    27 June 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    12 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Administration, HR, data and finance

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Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£30,559.00 - £32,654.00 Annually (FTE) Grade G18-22: £30,559 - £32,654 FTE per annum

Assistant Finance Business Partner job summary

Assistant Finance Business Partner

Grade G18-22: £30,559 - £32,654 FTE per annum

37 hours per week

Permanent

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Finance team at Broad Horizons Education Trust which currently operates 18 academies in and around Norwich – 3 secondary schools, 2 specialist schools and 13 schools for younger children.

The Assistant Finance Business Partner will work as part the busy and friendly finance team to ensure that the Trust’s monthly management accounts and underlying financial records are complete and accurate, whilst also working with a range of other internal and external stakeholders to drive value for money as part of the organisation’s responsibility to steward and apply public funds effectively and efficiently.

The Assistant Finance Business Partner role is a key member of Broad Horizons Education Trust, delivering continuous improvement in the Trust’s finance function and developing trusted business partnerships with departmental budget holders (Head Teachers and Central Service leads) and other operational staff. Key areas of work include forecasting, monitoring budgets and developing 3 year rolling budget plans, alongside other financial tasks.

The role is based in the Trust’s centralised Head office, providing financial support to the team and Trust, visiting schools and liaising with budget holders as required. Candidates will have the ability to work independently and as part of a busy team and will be fully trained in the use of the Trust’s financial systems. Candidates are expected to have at least 12 months’ prior experience of working within a financial role.

The hours for this post are 37 hours per week with the opportunity for flexi working weeks around school holidays. The Trust provides excellent Pension benefits, free car parking, Cycle to Work and Tech Schemes, dress-down Fridays and a School Wellbeing Service for you and your immediate family, with new employee benefits being regularly added. The Trust would consider supporting applicants who would like to undertake or continue AAT studies.

To access the online application and to apply, please select the “Apply for job” button and enter your details. You will then be linked through to our recruitment portal MyNewTerm where you can complete an online application form.

Closing Date: 9:00am Friday 27th June 2025

Interview Dates: Week commencing 30th June 2025

We reserve the right to end the vacancy and interview before the advertised closing date, so early applications are encouraged.

Please note that it is normal practice to appoint to the bottom of the scale.

This Trust 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 likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations, therefore successful candidates will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether disqualified under these regulations. Applicants must be prepared to undertake an Enhanced DBS check and attend a Warner Interview. We are an equal opportunities employer.

Commitment to safeguarding

BHET is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our vacancies come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations, therefore successful candidates will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether disqualified under these regulations. Applicants must be prepared to undertake an Enhanced DBS check. Right to Work in the UK will need to be established. We are an equal opportunities employer.

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About Broad Horizons Education Trust

Type
Multi-academy trust

The Broad Horizons Education Trust is a multi-academy trust comprising of 18 schools across Norfolk, which educate 7,500 children and young people and employ nearly 1,200 people.

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