Transactional Finance Manager

Minerva Learning Trust, Sheffield, S9 1XU

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2027

• Closing date

  30 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  12 November 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: £48,738.00 - £53,051.00 Annually (Actual) NJC Grade 9 point 36 to 40

Transactional Finance Manager job summary

Minerva Learning Trust is a growing multi-academy trust committed to providing an outstanding education for students from a wide variety of backgrounds across Sheffield and Derbyshire.

This is a newly created leadership role within our Central Finance Team and presents an exciting opportunity to shape and develop a modern transactional finance function across a growing multi-academy trust. Reporting to the Senior Finance Manager, you will lead a team responsible for procure-to-pay, income collection, cash management and treasury operations, driving efficiency, consistency and excellent customer service across the Trust.

You will be responsible for ensuring the day-to-day operations of the finance team are efficient, follow best practice and are accurately reported. You will primarily oversee the transactional finance functions but this is a real opportunity to drive process improvements and improve efficiencies. We are looking for someone who can operate financial controls across the trust that are robust and applied consistently, suggesting and implementing improvements where appropriate to keep in line with sector best practice.

We are looking for a proven team leader who can build on existing strengths to create a high-performing, customer-focused transactional finance team. You will be passionate about developing colleagues, embedding best practice and delivering continuous improvement.

You will hold a recognised professional accounting qualification (such as ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or equivalent) and have significant experience leading finance operations within a complex organisation. You will need to be comfortable with delivering change at pace and engaging other team members in the process. You will also need to be able to engage stakeholders from around the organisation to ensure robust controls are followed.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment, further information can be found in our child protection and safeguarding policy on our statutory information page on our website
Minerva Learning Trust. The successful candidate will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In line with KCSIE, the trust/school will be carrying out online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of their due diligence.

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 Minerva Learning Trust

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

Minerva Learning Trust is an expanding Sheffield based multi-academy Trust with a vision of
providing outstanding education for all the students within our schools. The Trust is passionate that
all students should see their time at school as happy and fulfilling with their potential developed to
the utmost. High Storrs School joined the Trust in March 2018.

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