Trust Finance Manager (12 month FTC)

The Key Educational Trust, Stone, ST15 8JD

16 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  5 January 2026

• Closing date

  31 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  15 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 28 hours over 4 days.
• Contract type: Fixed term - 12 months
• Actual salary: £23,275.18 - £26,630.71
• Pay scale: Grade 8 SCP 22-27

What skills and experience we're looking for

As Trust Finance Manager, you will play a key role in the financial health of the trust and ensuring compliance with financial regulations. The post holder will support the Trust Business Manager in the delivery of financial management and financial administration services across the Trust. They will be supporting the schools across the Trust in all financial matters ensuring the day-to-day financial activities are run with efficiency and probity.

This role advertised is for 28 hours per week, over four days and will initially working 41.2 weeks per year (48.01 weeks paid) primarily to fit with the monthly management accounts timetable. There will be some requirement to work during school holidays and in return some flexibility around time off during term time will be available in agreement with the Trust Business Manager (can be negotiable for the right candidate).

The post holder will be working alongside a small Trust finance team.

The successful candidate will be appropriately qualified with several years’ experience in a similar office environment at an appropriately senior level. We are seeking a self-motivated and driven individual who will be able to make an immediate impact with the team. The role may involve travel between Trust sites within Stone and Staffordshire.

We are looking for candidates who are passionate and ambitious with initiative, drive and commitment to support the Trust vision, ‘Unlocking potential – building futures’.

Further details and an application pack can also be found at: www.theket.uk (vacancies section).

What the school offers its staff

Based in Stone, Staffordshire, The Key Educational Trust serves five academies and is part of the wider Stone School Partnership. Our schools vary in size from 550 children in the largest to 48 in the smallest and cover a wide age range from nursey to Year 8 (age 12-13yrs). All of our schools are Church of England schools.

The Key Educational Trust is a dynamic multi-academy trust with ambition to grow. The Trust is dedicated to providing high-quality education and opportunities for young people. With a strong commitment to financial sustainability and excellence, we are seeking a skilled Finance Manager to join our central team and play a crucial role in managing the trust’s financial operations.

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.

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About The Key Educational Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Email address: j.jones@theket.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-key-educational-trust

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