Trust Finance Manager

NJC Grade PO4 Scale Points 35 – 38

Actual Salary £46,142.00 - £49,282.00 Per Annum (£47,664 - £50,908 NJC pay award pending)

37 Hours per Week

Permanent

All Year Round

PLEASE APPLY AT: https://www.collaborativelearningtrust.com/vacancies.

Collaborative Learning Trust seek to appoint an experienced, knowledgeable, and ambitious individual to join our Finance Team within the Trust.

Recent Trust growth means this is an exciting time to join, and the successful candidate will be expected to partner with the Chief Finance and Operations Officer to ensure the best possible support for our Trust schools, driving the effective management of Trust resources and ensuring the optimal financial processes to support this. Managing the budgets, forecasts and financial reporting for our 9 schools, you will be required to partner closely with specific schools within the Trust, whilst understanding and consolidating the financial budgets and reporting for the whole organisation.

The successful candidate will have:

·         Relevant professional qualifications, ACCA or CIMA

·         Strong ICT skills including training in specific applications such as spreadsheets

·         Ability to communicate effectively to a range of stakeholders and audiences

·         A solution-focused mindset and determined “no excuses” approach to raising standards

For more information on the job description please click on the 'Vacancies' tab at https://www.collaborativelearningtrust.com/vacancies

Please note we do not accept CVs.

Closing Date: Wednesday 8th July 2026

Selection Day: Monday 13th July 2026

Collaborative Learning Trust is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of all children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

In line with KCSiE 2025, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any matters that are publicly available online, which we might want to explore with you at interview.