Finance Officer - Maternity Cover

Central Region Schools Trust, Birmingham, B3 1SF

7 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  31 July 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £28,142.00 - £32,062.00 Annually (Actual)

Finance Officer - Maternity Cover job summary

Central Region Schools Trust is delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to join our Central Finance Team as a Finance Officer on a fixed term period of maternity cover, expected to last 12 months.

Reporting to the Senior Finance Officer, and accountable to the Head of Finance and Chief Finance Officer (CFO), this role is integral to the efficient operation of the Trust's finance function. The successful candidate will support the delivery of high-quality financial services across the Trust, ensuring the accurate and timely processing of financial transactions while maintaining compliance with Trust policies and financial regulations.

Working closely with colleagues across our academies and central services, the Finance Officer will be responsible for managing day-to-day finance activities, including accounts payable and receivable, invoice processing, bank reconciliations, credit control, and financial record keeping. The role also involves responding to finance queries, supporting month-end and year-end processes, and helping to maintain excellent standards of financial administration and customer service.

As part of Central Region Schools Trust, you will work alongside a dedicated team committed to supporting our academies and enabling excellent educational outcomes for pupils. This is an opportunity to contribute to a values-driven organisation that places continuous improvement, collaboration and service excellence at the heart of everything it does.

If you are looking to enhance your finance career for a fixed term period within a supportive and ambitious Multi-Academy Trust, we would be delighted to hear from you

Application Process

Interested candidates who wish to have an informal conversation about this role, and/or a tour of the Site are welcome to contact HR@crst.org.uk for further information.

Our ideal candidate should possess a commitment to working with children, a willingness to be reflective, be committed to continual improvement through professional dialogue and exploration and enjoy working flexibly as part of a team.

Closing date for applications: Friday 31st July 2026

Central Region Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory pre-employment checks in accordance with Safer Recruitment practices. All candidates shortlisted for interview will be subject to an online check and will be required to declare they are suitable to work with children

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate is required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check with Children's barred list

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 Central Region Schools Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Central Region Schools Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/central-region-schools-trust

Our mission is to be an organisation that champions 'social justice through exceptional schools'.
We achieve this through the values shared by all schools within the Trust.

We have a proud, strong association with our founding partner, the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (known as the Royal Society
of Arts, the RSA). The RSA supports us with our distinctive culture. Our schools are rooted in the heart of their community, truly inclusive, building resilience, confidence
and cultural capital for all. We foster a culture of innovation and creativity, and advocate that physical and mental wellbeing are essential for life at school and beyond.

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