Finance Assistant

Aletheia Academies Trust, Gravesend, DA11 7LS

2 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  31 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  8 May 2026

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: AAT B (£26,385- £26,822)
• Additional allowances:

  AAT B (£26,385- £26,822)

Finance Assistant job summary

Finance Assistant

Full-time

Permanent

AAT B (£26,385-£26,822 per annum)

Ready to start: ASAP

This is an exciting opportunity to join our expanding Multi Academy Trust Central Finance Team. Finance Assistants work as part of the wider team and are specifically responsible for supporting the ordering, invoicing, and supplier payment processes across the Trust’s schools.

This is a hands-on role within the Central Finance Team, working closely with colleagues across the Trust to ensure consistency, accuracy, and strong financial control across the Trust. The role supports the effective delivery of core finance functions, contributing to timely reporting and compliance with internal and external requirements.

You will support the Trust Purchase to Pay Manager, working within a team of Trust Finance Assistants that are specifically responsible for managing the ordering and invoice processes across the Trust’s schools.

You will play an important role within a growing Central Finance Team that currently oversees finances for the Trust Central Fund, two all-through schools, two secondary schools, and twelve primary schools. This position reports directly to the Purchase to Pay Manager.

The wider finance team includes:

• Two Management Accountants
• Finance Officers responsible for reconciliations and maintaining accurate control accounts
• A Purchase to Pay Manager and a team of Finance Assistants handling ordering, invoicing, and supplier payments
• Trust Business Managers who oversee budgets, financial monitoring, and payroll for their allocated schools

For more information, including the key responsibilities of the role, please download the Vacancy Pack and apply online via MyNewTerm.

Why work at Aletheia Academies Trust? Some of our Trust benefits include:

• Trust-wide commitment to your ongoing Continuous Professional Development (CPD) including secondment options and mentorship opportunities
• Unlimited access for you and your family to 24/7 GP telephone consultations.
• Access to a wide array of discounts including Motorfinity, Kent Rewards and Blue Light Card.
• Free access to mental health and wellbeing support including counselling, mindfulness and physiotherapy sessions
• Free annual eye tests

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a suitable candidate apply.

We reserve the right to interview as we receive applications

Aletheia Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-197

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

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.

About Aletheia Academies Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/aletheia-academies-trust

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