Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner (Northern Star Academies Trust Central)

Location: Skipton, North Yorkshire (working with schools in Bradford, Keighley, Skipton & Harrogate), UK

Contract Type: Permanent

Job Roles: Other Support;

Application Deadline: Sunday, 11th January 2026

Expected Working Start Date: As soon as possible

Is a Shared Job: No

About us

How to Apply

To apply to work with Northern Star Academies Trust, please complete your candidate profile via the Every Portal. If you are accessing our Every portal for the first time, you will need to register to add and save your candidate profile information, before adding your profile to this vacancy.

Why work for Northern Star Academies Trust?

We are a mission-driven Multi-Academy Trust, with an unwavering commitment to nurture learning in a sustainable environment so that our whole community can thrive, aspire and succeed. We are passionate and highly committed to environmental sustainability and climate change education and are seeking new solutions to delivering inclusive and adaptive education to support our most vulnerable children.

We offer access to high quality professional development and a connected and supportive community of academies, fellow senior leaders, and mentors to help develop and progress your career.

Please refer to our child protection and safeguarding policy and our policy on the employment of ex-offenders (included in the Safer Recruitment Policy)

Hours of work

Hours of work: 37 hours per week, all year round. Monday – Thursday 8:00am – 4:00pm & Friday 8:00am – 3:30pm (there may be flexibility for the right candidate)

Northern Star Academies Trust seeks an exceptional Finance BusinessPartner to provide strategic financial leadership across the Trust. Working with the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Finance Officer (CFO), the postholderwill drive Integrated Curriculum Led Financial Planning (ICFP), manage theTrust-wide budgeting system, and deliver financial modelling, procurement andtransformation work with Headteachers and the Executive to secure demonstrablevalue for money and long-term sustainability.

As Finance Business Partner you will:

• Support the CFO, Trust leaders and Hub Business Leaders to manage Trust finances in line with DfE financial regulations.
• Develop and supervise the implementation of internal budgeting, monitoring and reporting systems.
• Responsible for preparing budgeting and forecasting reports
• Work alongside the CFO and Hub Business Leaders in the preparation of annual school budgets, generating an overall Trust budget for approval by Trustees.
• Support the monitoring of school budgets, investigate variances and recommending corrective actions.
• Ensure schools operate within approved budgets and financial policies.
• Responsible for ensuring consistency and accuracy across the budgeting system (IMP) including inputting and monitoring underlying assumptions.

Please download the Job Description and Person Specification for more information and to check your eligibility for the role.

If you have any questions, please contact us at recruitment@nsat.org.uk

Safeguarding

Northern Star Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post requires an enhanced DBS check. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Maternity, Shared Parental, Paternity, and Adoption pay.
• A huge range of discounts to help you save money across hundreds of the UK’s favourite high-street and online retailers through our lifestyle benefits provider Vivup.

Finance Business Partner – Job Description.pdf

Finance Business Partner – Personal_Specification.pdf