Trust Business Manager
Asset Education, Ipswich, IP4 2LT13 days remaining to apply
Closing date
31 August 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
28 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
- £32,597.00 - £35,412.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 5, Point 20 to Point 24
Trust Business Manager job summary
ASSET Education is an established primary multi-academy trust based in Ipswich and currently running 16 schools in Suffolk. We have a growing central team and work closely with staff in schools to enable support through collaboration and to build consistency across the trust. We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join our central finance team to help support our schools with their business management needs. This role will involve directly supporting our schools with their budget setting and monitoring as well as liaising with the headteacher and other stakeholders to ensure the business success of the school. The role will also include some central finance team support as detailed in the job description. The successful candidate will need to be accurate, analytical, a good team player and motivated to provide great value to our schools.
This is a new post to develop and deliver an excellent finance provision for schools.
The person that we are looking for needs to:
Have practical experience of using a computerised accounting system
Be able to learn quickly and share knowledge
Have a flexible and reliable approach
Be an excellent communicator
Have a pragmatic approach to problem solving
Holding or working towards an AAT qualification would be desirable
This post will be reporting directly to the Chief Finance and Resources Officer and will be based primarily in the central office at Cliff Lane in Ipswich but will involve travel across the county to our other schools on a regular basis.
For further details, or to arrange an initial discussion with the CFRO, please contact:
Chris Heath - chris.heath@asseteducation.co.uk
Please also see our website - www.asseteducation.co.uk
ASSET Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the job description and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and children's barred list check, health check, online search and satisfactory references. Copies of our safeguarding and safer recruitment policies are available on request.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Asset Education
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
Head office location
Similar jobs nearby
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed
Find more school jobs in Ipswich