Financial Controller

Marlow Education Trust, Marlow, SL7 2BR

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  2 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  11 February 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: £56,316.00 - £62,202.00 Annually (FTE)

Financial Controller job summary

Financial Controller

Department: Central Trust Team

Salary Range: £56,316 to £62,202 (Full Time equivalent)

Hours: Full/Part Time (minimum 30 hours per week) and 52 weeks per year

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Hybrid/Marlow Office, Buckinghamshire

The Trust

The Marlow Education Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust committed to excellence in education, ensuring the highest possible quality of education for all children in our community. The Trust was founded to support education in schools in the local community in and around Marlow, Buckinghamshire.

The Marlow Education Trust currently includes three schools: Sir William Borlase's Grammar School, Beechview Academy and Great Marlow School.

The Role

This is a newly created role which is being introduced to support the centralisation and future growth of the Marlow Education Trust . This hands-on role will be responsible for preparation of monthly management accounts, ensuring all transactions and month-end processes are carried out, preparation of balance sheet, capital projects and fixed assets reconciliations , line management as required, as well as oversight of accounts payable, accounts receivable and VAT returns. You will be involved in cash flow forecasting, treasury/banking processes, budgeting/forecasting process, monthly reporting, variance analysis and more. You will support the CFO, and work closely with all schools’ leadership teams and Headteachers.

The successful candidate will have previous financial experience ideally in a school environment and a recognised accounting qualification,, and will be flexible and able to demonstrate an ability to adapt to a changing environment. You will be professional in your approach to all aspects of the role, extremely well organised, a team player and competent with accounting and procurement software, MsOffice and Google Suites.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further information.

If you have any queries or if you would like to discuss your situation with us first, please contact HR at hr@marlowet.org

The Marlow Education Trust is fully committed to the DfE guidance on Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education and all candidates for the post will therefore be subject to vetting procedures following Buckinghamshire Council’s guidance and the Trust’s Safer Recruitment Policy.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent cautions and convictions cautions
• All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

The post is subject to an enhanced DBS including the children's barred list check and qualifications check.

As part of the Marlow Education Trust's Safer Recruitment due diligence checks, online searches may be conducted for shortlisted candidates.

We recognise the value of a diverse and inclusive workplace and are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to ensure that our staffing at all levels and in all roles is diverse and we welcome applications from all backgrounds and all sections of the community.

Early applications are welcomed, and we reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the stated closing date

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 Marlow Education Trust

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

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