Trust Finance Manager

Education Learning Trust, Cheadle, SK8 4NB

26 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  5 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  10 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week, full year
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: NJC 34-40

What skills and experience we're looking for

As the Trust Finance Manager, you will be an integral part of the team responsible for ensuring high standards of financial integrity across the Trust. You will manage the monthly financial processes required of the academies, ensuring compliance with the requirements of the Academies Trust Handbook, play a significant part in the financial planning and partner with the Headteachers and other senior staff to ensure effective strategic decision making.

This role will work closely with schools within the Trust, helping to identify best practice and implement new standardised processes and procedures.Please submit a word-processed letter (maximum 1,000 words) with your application, detailing how you meet the post criteria and the knowledge, skills, and attributes you would bring.

What the school offers its staff

As a Trust employee you will receive excellent benefits, including a highly competitive salary, well-regarded pension scheme, excellent career development opportunities and support for your health and wellbeing, with our award-winning employee assistance programme.

Our vision at ELT is to create an exceptional learning journey for all, by providing:

• exciting, innovative and challenging learning communities
• school improvement strategies arising from evidenced based research and professional enquiry
• opportunities for professional development and leadership
• a celebration of the diversity and uniqueness of individual settings
• innovation in practice by recognising the value of learning partnerships, both locally and nationally

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

ELT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002.
All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

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About Education Learning Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Education Learning Trust website
• Email address: tpayton@educationlearningtrust.com
• Phone number: 01617579333
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/education-learning-trust

Education Learning Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, educating over 3500 pupils from age 2 to 16 in the Greater Manchester area. The Trust is proud of its inclusive ethos to Collaborate, Empower and Achieve and provides its employees with an inspiring and innovative place to work, with exceptional training and development opportunities.

As a Trust employee, you will receive excellent benefits, including a highly competitive salary, well-regarded pension scheme, excellent career development opportunities and support for your health and wellbeing, with our award-winning employee assistance programme.
Our vision at ELT is to create an exceptional learning journey for all, by providing exciting, innovative and challenging learning communities;
school improvement strategies arising from evidenced based research and professional enquiry; opportunities for professional development and leadership; a celebration of the diversity and uniqueness of individual settings; innovation in practice by recognising the value of learning partnerships, both locally and nationally.

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