Finance Assistant

Insignis Academy Trust, Aylesbury, HP21 8PE

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  22 April 2026 at 1pm

• Date listed

  13 April 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: £24,836.00 - £28,742.00 Annually (FTE) Bucks Pay Range 1/2 £24,836 - £28,742

Finance Assistant job summary

Insignis Academy Trust

We have an exciting opportunity to join our multi skilled, proactive and efficient team as

Finance Assistant

Full time, Permanent

37 hours per week, 52 weeks a year

Bucks Pay Range 1/2 £24,836 - £28,742

Closing date: Wednesday 22nd April 2026 at 12 noon

Insignis Academy Trust are seeking to appoint an approachable, motivated and conscientious individual to join our friendly team as a Finance Assistant Activities.

The postholder will need to effectively use Trust parent payment system(s) to ensure trips, visits and activities are properly recorded and parent payments are fully collected, reconciled and reported and that the income is coded to SAGE correctly.

The Finance Assistant Activities will work under the Finance Team Leader and work with other Finance staff.

As Finance Assistant Activities you will be a key member of our Finance team. You should have some accounting experience and have a general understanding of financial processes, controls and finance systems. Ideally you will have some experience of using parent payment system(s).

The Finance Assistant Activities will be headquarters based.

You may be required to work at premises occupied by the employer or any of the employer’s Academies, within a 25-mile radius, as directed by the employer. You will also be required to travel to the other schools in your hub as and when required by the Senior Finance Officer.

For any enquiries relating to the position please contact the Trust’s Human Resources Team, either by email recruitment@insignis.org.uk or by telephone 01296 744351, who will be happy to help.

Interviews are scheduled to take place on 29th or 30th April.

Closing date: Wednesday 22nd April 2026 at 12 noon

Insignis Academy Trust operates rigorous ‘safer recruitment’ practices, and the successful candidates will be required to undertake the completion of satisfactory checks including an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, medical report, confirmation of qualifications, documentation to prove Right to Work in the UK and a prohibition from teaching check.

We encourage and value candidates who have varied lived experiences and inclusive mindsets, either due to their engagements in the world or due to their protected characteristics (as set out in the Equalities Act 2010). We are committed to continued development of a community that is representative of the environment in which we work and in nurturing an equitable society.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified deadline if a suitable candidate is found.

The Insignis Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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.

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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 Insignis Academy Trust

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

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