Senior Trust Finance Officer

Osborne Co Operative Academy Trust, Stanford-Le-Hope, SS17 0NW

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  10 December 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  28 November 2025

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: £40,062.00 - £45,623.00 Annually (Actual) Thurrock Band E Point 26 - 31

Senior Trust Finance Officer job summary

37 hours per week - Monday - Thursday 8:00am - 4:00pm, Friday 8:00am - 3:30pm (30-minute unpaid break)

52 weeks of the year

25 days annual leave per annum plus bank holidays, increasing to 30 days on completion of 5 years’ continuous service.

Start Date: 1st January 2026

We’re looking for a Senior Trust Finance Officer to join our dynamic finance team and support our schools in delivering excellent education for all.

In this vital role, you’ll ensure accurate financial accounting across the Trust, maintain robust systems, and provide clear, timely reports to senior leaders. You’ll champion best practice, uphold statutory guidance, and make sure our co-operative values shine through in everything we do. From managing reconciliations and fixed asset registers to supporting budget cycles and audits, you’ll be at the heart of our financial operations.

What You’ll Do:
✔️ Support the Trust Chief Finance Officer with accurate financial reporting and compliance.
✔️ Carry out monthly reconciliations and maintain internal controls.
✔️ Manage the Trust’s fixed asset register and supplier database.
✔️ Assist schools through budget planning and monitoring cycles.
✔️ Prepare documentation for audits and government returns.
✔️ Oversee payroll reconciliations and VAT submissions.
✔️ Collaborate across the Trust to ensure transparency and value for money.

What we’re looking for in you:
✅ A confident finance professional with AAT or equivalent qualification.
✅ Strong ICT skills and experience with financial systems.
✅ Highly organised, with excellent attention to detail and a passion for accuracy.
✅ A proactive problem-solver who can work independently and as part of a team.
✅ Committed to upholding the Trust’s co-operative values and ensuring fairness and consistency.

Why join us?

💼 Hybrid working - working two days from home each week!
💻 Trust-issued laptop to support your work-from-home days.
🌱 Continuous professional development to support your career growth.
📞 Access to the Employee Assistance Programme for wellbeing support.
💰 Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme.
📜 Recognition of continuous service

📌 Ready to apply?

We welcome applications from all backgrounds. Please refer to our recruitment and selection policy statement (www.osborne.coop/working-with-us) for more information.  

Application Deadline: Wednesday 10th December 2025

Interview Date: Wednesday 17th December 2025

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 Osborne Co Operative Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/osborne-co-operative-academy-trust

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