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Finance Manager - Central (3 days / 22.5 hours per week)

Cumbria Education Trust, Brampton, CA8 1AR

This job expired on 22 July 2024

• Start date details

  asap

• Closing date

  22 July 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  19 July 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £21,736.00 - £23,829.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 11 to 12 (pro rata to hours with pay award pending)

Finance Manager - Central (3 days / 22.5 hours per week) job summary

This post offers a new and exciting opportunity for an ambitious and enthusiastic finance professional to join the highly acclaimed Cumbria Education Trust, the largest school-based multi-academy trust in Cumbria.

Reporting to the Head of Finance (Chief Finance Officer), this role is a key member of the Trust’s finance team who will assist in the development of financial management arrangements for academies, whilst providing technical advice and expertise on central financial and system matters.

As a key member of the Trust’s wider central support team, the postholder will play an important role in supporting the direction of the Trust at a time of expansion and growth.

This role will be suited to a accountancy professional with strong financial and technical accounting knowledge gained in a multi-complex organisation. Experience of the education and /or not for profit sector would be beneficial to the role but more importantly, the successful candidate will have:

• A proven track record in managing finance operations to the highest standard, constantly striving to seek improvements in systems, controls and processes
• Excellent leadership and communication skills, with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to engage with staff at all levels and build strong working relationships
• Strong IT skills and the ability to manage, manipulate and interpret data, with experience of managing and operating key financial systems
  

The ability to manage time and working to tight deadlines, delegating as appropriate, whilst guiding and influencing the work of others.

In return the Trust can offer you

• forward looking, positive working environment in an organisation which is committed to providing the best learning opportunities for all pupils and students in our academies
• the opportunity to work with professional, committed and ambitious colleagues in a financially secure and innovative organisation
• a comprehensive staff package including an excellent salary and access to the local government pension scheme and generous progressive holiday entitlement
• flexible working arrangements
• continuing professional development opportunities

For more information about the role and how to apply, please see our website

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Gill Martin, Head of Finance Tel: 016977 45375 gmartin@cumrbiaeducationtrust.org

Commitment to safeguarding

Cumbria Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applicants for all posts must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post.

All staff members are required to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure.

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About Cumbria Education Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Cumbria Education Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cumbria-education-trust

Cumbria Education Trust (CET) is a growing multi academy trust for primary and secondary schools in Cumbria. It was formed in September 2015 in response to an invitation from the Department for Education and is a not-for-profit charitable organisation.

In Cumbria Education Trust pupils and students are at the heart of all decision making – they always come first. We know that a first class education improves the life chances and choices of our young people and we are committed to providing a quality education for all, equipping them for the future.

Our aim is for each Cumbria Education Trust academy to demonstrate consistent year-on-year improvement. Collaboration is key to this; we believe in the importance of working with others to share knowledge and best practice.

By achieving our aim, we can enable every young person to reach their potential and achieve the success they deserve.

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