School Finance Business Manager

More than one location, Pathfinder Multi Academy Trust

15 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  3 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  18 July 2025

Important

This teaching role is at more than one school in the trust. You can find out more in schools overview.

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 22.2 hours per week. Permanent (Flexibility around hours and days for the right candidate). Full Year.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade 9 Levels 1-4 (£38,212 - £42,849 Pro Rata)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Trust as a School Finance Business Manager, initially working across two of our schools, to provide high-quality financial management and oversight.

Working as part of Pathfinder’s central team you will provide financial and administrative oversight of school finances, HR and Health and Safety across multiple schools within the Trust. The School Finance Business Manager will work collaboratively with school leaders and the central team to enable the schools to operate effectively and efficiently.

Initially, the postholder will be deployed in Archbishop Holgate's School and Tang Hall Primary School however a flexible approach to working locations will be required.

Formed in August 2016,Pathfinder is a well-established Multi Academy Trust comprising two secondary schools and 16 primary schools across York and North Yorkshire. Collectively, our schools serve more than 6,600 children and young people and we have over 900 members of staff. We are looking forward to Applefields School joining Pathfinder in September and we are also speaking to several primary schools who are exploring academisation.

What the school offers its staff

Pathfinder Multi Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Enhanced DBS check required. As part of our due diligence process, an online search will be conducted on all shortlisted candidates. These checks are carried out in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance to determine suitability to work with children and young people and keep them safe

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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

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About the schools

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Email address: recruitment@pmat.academy
• Phone number: 01904 806000
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/pathfinder-multi-academy-trust

School Details

Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1818 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Archbishop Holgate's School, A Church of England Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/archbishop-holgate-s-school-a-church-of-england-academy

Tang Hall Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 245 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Tang Hall Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/tang-hall-primary-academy

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