Finance Business Partner

Star Academies, Blackburn, BB1 2HT

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  28 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  15 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 Hours per week All Year Round
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £60,208.00 to £66,236.00 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

Who we’re looking for

We are looking to appoint a Finance Business Partner to provide financial leadership and management support across designated schools across the West Midlands area and support the Trust’s Central Finance Team. You will lead the on financial operations, processes, reporting and planning in your designated areas.

You will have:

• Have a sound understanding of the budgeting & financial management processes, preferably in an educational establishment
• Have a sound understanding of how purchase to pay process and procurement policies, can provide value for money, efficiency and control
• Have experience of system & process development within a finance team
• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience of developing constructive relationships with non-financial stakeholders

What the school offers its staff

The role will be based across the West Midlands area, but you would be part of the Star Central team. The post holder will be required to travel between the designated academies or to any other reasonable location where the Trust is undertaking its business.

The Star Central team includes experts from a range of professional backgrounds, who work together to provide an outstanding support service to the Star community. We support our schools to provide educational and operational excellence and to cultivate a strong Star community, with the aim of nurturing today’s young people and inspiring tomorrow’s leaders.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

JDPS - Finance Business Partner (June 2026).pdf - 805 KB (opens in new tab)

About Star Academies

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Star Academies website
• Email address: info@staracademies.org
• Phone number: 0330 313 9800
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/star-academies

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