Finance Manager

Aston Community Education Trust are a forward thinking and ambitious multi-academy trust, comprising of three secondary academies and nine junior academies across the Rotherham, Sheffield and North Derbyshire areas. ACET is committed to making a real difference to the lives of our young people and will provide excellent learning and enrichment opportunities for them throughout their time with us. To be able to achieve this, we need to have a team of dedicated and outstanding staff, who will contribute to our exceptional learning community.

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and effective Finance Manager who will be based at the ACET Business Hub. This role will attract individuals with previous professional finance experience. The post holder will report to the Chief Finance Officer / Deputy Chief Finance Officer in delivering robust financial management, statutory compliance and high-quality reporting across the Trust. The successful candidate will be an effective communicator and work to a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.

The successful candidate will:

• Have direct responsibility for financial operations across 4 academies within ACET, including line management of School Business Managers
• Be responsible for payroll management and reconciliations.
• Be responsible for VAT and taxation claims.
• Ensure compliance with DfE, ESFA, HMRC and Academy Trust Handbook requirements.
• Ensure effective stewardship of public funds.
• Provide Academy and Stakeholder support.

Application Details: Prospective candidates are invited to contact Paula Corbett, CFO at paula.corbett@astoncetrust.org for further information about the role. You will be based at ACET Business Hub; however, the role may involve working at other sites or academies within the trust.

Safeguarding: ACET is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants should read our safeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy, which are available on the ‘policy’ section of our academy websites. It is an offence to seek employment in regulated activity if you are barred from working with children. This post will involve regular contact with children and therefore is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants are therefore not entitled to withhold information about convictions, cautions or bind-over orders which for any other purposes are “spent” under the provisions of the Act. Any information that is “protected” under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 will not appear on a DBS certificate and does not need to be declared. Guidance on this can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974. Successful candidates will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration related to their criminal record or any information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Additional checks in relation to the Childcare Disqualification Regulations will be undertaken for successful candidates to junior academies. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK, additional information may be required from you to satisfy safer recruitment checks.

Equality: ACET is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity throughout the recruitment process. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and your application will be assessed purely on your ability to do the job. We undertake to make any ‘reasonable adjustments’ to a job or workplace to counteract any disadvantages a disabled person may face. Where required, we will make reasonable adjustments to the selection process for an applicant with a disability.