Finance Business Partner in Blackburn

Are you a passionate, self-motivated and ambitious Finance professional looking to make an impact in a vibrant and thriving Multi-Academy Trust?

The role will be based across the West Midlands area, but you would be part of the Star Central team. The post holder will be required to travel between the designated academies or to any other reasonable location where the Trust is undertaking its business.

The Star Central team includes experts from a range of professional backgrounds, who work together to provide an outstanding support service to the Star community. We support our schools to provide educational and operational excellence and to cultivate a strong Star community, with the aim of nurturing today's young people and inspiring tomorrow's leaders.

We are looking to appoint a Finance Business Partner to provide financial leadership and management support across designated schools across the West Midlands area and support the Trust's Central Finance Team. You will lead on financial operations, processes, reporting and planning in your designated areas.

What you will have:

• Have a sound understanding of the budgeting & financial management processes, preferably in an educational establishment.
• Have a sound understanding of how purchase to pay process and procurement policies can provide value for money, efficiency and control.
• Have experience of system & process development within a finance team.
• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience of developing constructive relationships with non-financial stakeholders.

Star Academies is a high-performing multi-academy trust that runs more than 30 primary and secondary schools. We are a values-based organisation that works to improve the life chances of young people in areas of social and economic deprivation to help them succeed at the highest levels of education, employment and the professions. Every single day you'll be rewarded with the opportunity to shape a young person's future - our STAR values embody what we believe is needed to succeed.

Professional development is key to our ongoing success, so we continually invest in our employees through our professional development hub, Star Talent Academy. With a wealth of training, mentoring and progression opportunities across a large, growing group of academies, joining our team of leading education experts could propel your career to the next level.

Rewards and benefits:

We can also offer you a range of rewards and benefits, including competitive salaries and pension schemes, generous holiday entitlements and healthcare cash plans.

Key Dates:

• Closing Date: Sunday, 28 June 2026 at midnight.
• Interview Date: Tuesday, 7 July 2026.
• Proposed Start Date: Tuesday, 1 September 2026.

Star Academies is committed to safeguarding, safer recruitment and promoting the welfare of pupils. Our comprehensive recruitment and selection processes aim to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. Successful candidates are subject to rigorous pre-employment checks.

We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity. We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.