Senior Finance & Systems Business Partner

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: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £55,611.00 - £59,006.00 Annually (Actual)

Senior Finance & Systems Business Partner job summary

Reporting to the Head of Finance, and accountable to the Chief Finance Officer (CFO), this strategic role plays a key part in supporting the Trust's financial sustainability, operational efficiency and digital development.

Working closely with Senior Leaders, Principals and Operational teams, the successful candidate will provide expert financial business partnering, deliver high-quality management information and lead the ongoing development and optimisation of finance systems and reporting processes. The role combines strategic financial leadership with responsibility for driving continuous improvement, system integration, data quality, automation and business intelligence across the Trust.

We are seeking a proactive, analytical and collaborative finance professional who is fully or part-qualified (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CIPFA), with significant experience in finance business partnering, management accounting, financial planning and systems development. The successful candidate will have excellent stakeholder management skills, strong financial modelling capability and a passion for using technology and data to improve decision-making and organisational performance.

As part of Central Region Schools Trust, you will work alongside colleagues across our academies and central services, contributing to our mission of delivering high-quality education and positive outcomes for pupils through robust financial leadership and continuous improvement.

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

We encourage early applications, as the Trust reserve the right to close this campaign once we have received a sufficient number of suitable applications.

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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