Job Details
- Role: Trust Accountant (Administration, HR, data and finance)
- Contract: Permanent, Full time
- Location: Support schools across Cambridgeshire & Bedfordshire (may be based elsewhere)
Salary and Hours
- Annual salary: £47,181 (Grade 12, Points 36‑40)
- Hours: 37 per week, 52 weeks per year
Responsibilities
You will play an important role in ensuring the finance team complies with internal and external financial regulations, completing month‑end reports, and developing common financial systems across the Trust. Reporting to the Director of Finance, the postholder will provide financial information to the executive board, academy leaders, and other key business leaders to ensure best value in meeting the Trust’s objectives.
Our Trust Accountants are based largely in the schools they serve; you will be allocated to schools in Bedfordshire and the south of Cambridgeshire.
Travel between these schools and other Trust sites is required.
The Opportunity
- Join a growing Trust with a breadth of opportunities
- Line‑manage a finance team through training and development
- Work closely with leadership to support budget tracking and planning
- Key role in month‑end checks for all school accounts
Ideal Candidate
- Professional accountancy qualification (ACA, CIMA, CIPFA, ACCA or equivalent)
- Knowledge of financial management processes and systems
- Experience with budgetary and forecasting management
- Proficient in data management
- Knowledge of payroll
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Prepared to travel across a small group of schools
About Meridian Trust
Meridian Trust is a values‑led organisation, founded in 2011, regarded as one of the highest‑performing academy trusts. It operates primary, secondary and special schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire.
Benefits
- Apprenticeship and CPD opportunities
- Initial Teacher Training (ITT) program to kick‑start teaching careers
- Employee Assistance Programme for mental health and wellbeing
- Cycle‑to‑work scheme
- Defined benefit local government or Teacher’s pension scheme
- Healthcare benefits including free eye test vouchers and flu vaccinations
- Free on‑site parking
- Discounts on everyday essentials and holidays
Equal Opportunity & Diversity
The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff. Applications from individuals regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnerships are encouraged.
Safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre‑employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) and online searches.
Eligibility and Requirements
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.
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Contact Details:
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