Trust Finance Manager

Aletheia Academies Trust, Gravesend, DA11 7LS

32 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  To be advised

• Closing date

  4 May 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  2 April 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: AAT H (£41,782 - £46,606 Per Annum)
• Additional allowances:

  AAT H (£41,782 - £46,606 Per Annum)

Trust Finance Manager job summary

Trust Finance Manager

Full-time (Part time considered)

Permanent

Salary: AAT H (£41,782-£46,606 Per Annum)

Ready to start: To be advised

This is a new and exciting role to join our expanding Multi Academy Trust Central Finance Team. The Trust Finance Managers work as part of the team, however, are specifically responsible for the financial strategy of a group of Schools within the Trust.

This role reports to the CFO who is responsible for the overall direction and coordination of the financial activities of the Trust. You will be a key member of an expanding Central Finance Team which currently maintains the finances for the Trust Central Fund, 2 All-Through, 2 Secondary Schools and 12 Primary Schools.

The central team consists of two Management Accountants and a team of Finance Officers who have responsibility for ensuring all reconciliations and control accounts are up to date and accurate. A Purchase to Pay Manager and a team of Finance Assistants who are responsible for timely ordering, invoicing and supplier payments. Plus a team of Trust Business Managers who take responsibility for budgets, monitoring and payroll for their specifically allocated Schools.

You will assist the CFO by managing the budgets, monthly monitoring and monthly payroll process for 3-4 Schools within the Trust. Ensuring all systems and processes are accurate, plus reporting is timely in line with Trust deadlines.

For more information, including the key responsibilities of the role, please download the Vacancy Pack and apply online via MyNewTerm.

Why work at Aletheia Academies Trust? Some of our Trust benefits include:

• Trust-wide commitment to your ongoing Continuous Professional Development (CPD) including secondment options and mentorship opportunities
• Unlimited access for you and your family to 24/7 GP telephone consultations.
• Access to a wide array of discounts including Motorfinity, Kent Rewards and Blue Light Card.
• Free access to mental health and wellbeing support including counselling, mindfulness and physiotherapy sessions
• Free annual eye tests

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a suitable candidate apply.

Aletheia Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

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 Aletheia Academies Trust

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

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