EIAT Finance Manager

Education Impact Academy Trust, Birmingham, B24 8BL

20 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 December 2025

• Closing date

  29 September 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  9 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 36.5 hours per week, all year round
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade 5, SCP 32 to 40, £42,839 to £51,356

What skills and experience we're looking for

As part of the ongoing development of our Trust team to support our establishments, we have a new opportunity for an experienced Finance Manager to join our team of professional and dedicated staff. The finance function has recently gone through a period of significant change, including migrating to a new finance system (Xero with Planergy for purchasing) and moving to the Department for Education’s Chart of Accounts (CoA). This is an exciting time to join our team and to have a significant influence our ways of working and ultimately decision making though the use of reliable and timely financial information to benefit our Trust and most importantly our students.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have significant experience of the academies or education sector and specifically operational budget monitoring for multiple establishments;
• Have strong leadership skills and experience of managing a team;
• Be able to use financial information to help non-finance leadership with decision making;
• Be able to work independently and manage time effectively across sites and in a remote working environment;
• Be comfortable with communicating effectively with a variety of internal and external stakeholders; and
• Have integrity, enthusiasm and commitment.

Informal conversations are warmly welcomed. If you would like to arrange an informal visit, please email hr@educationimpact.org.uk

What the school offers its staff

• A collaborative and inclusive culture;
• A committed, hardworking team who strive to provide the best education for all students;
• Comprehensive induction and probation support and regular opportunities for professional development and growth;
• We offer 10 staff training days across the academic year; one or two of these days are disaggregated which means you complete training outside of normal working hours in twilight sessions and take the actual training day off;
• Employee Assistance Programme via BHSF - free totally confidential support;
• Access to discounts and offers via BHSF;
• Access to a generous pension scheme known as the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for support staff; and
• Generous annual leave entitlement for support staff based on length of service, starting at 29 days pro-rata, rising to 32 at 5 years’ plus service and 34 following 10 years’ plus service.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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

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About Education Impact Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Education Impact Academy Trust website
• Email address: hr@educationimpact.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/education-impact-academy-trust

Education Impact Academy Trust (EIAT) consists of 3 different Special Schools and a Specialist College (19-25) and two mainstream day nurseries.

You will work with a team of staff to support children and young people to reach their full educational potential. We believe that ‘Better Never Ends‘.

Arranging a visit to Education Impact Academy Trust

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@educationimpact.org.uk.

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