Job start date: 3 April 2025 Hours per week: 37 all year round Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust Smiths Wood Academy Windward Way Smiths Wood Solihull B36 0UE Telephone number: 0121 788 4100 Contact email: recruitmentfmat.co.uk Contract type: Permanent We have a fantastic opportunity for a Finance Manager to join our Central Finance Team to oversee and manage the financial policy and procedures for the Trust. Trust Central Services are based at Smith’s Wood Academy and include HR and Finance : Smith’s Wood Academy Windward Way Smith’s Wood Birmingham B36 0UE The Finance Team are a key part of FMAT's centralised function providing invaluable support to senior leaders across the Trust allowing them to focus on transforming the futures of all our students. Main responsibilities of this role include: providing timely and accurate information which will support in strategic decision-making and reporting line management of the Finance Officer, Procurement Administrator and Finance Assistant ensuring that financial systems and controls are robust, that financial compliance and best practices are maintained, and that all Trust financial activities are carried out in alignment with strategic goals and regulatory requirements ensuring effective financial operations, and promoting continuous improvement in financial processes The ideal candidate will have the following knowledge and experience: fully or partly qualified with an accounting qualification ( eg ACCA / ACA / CIMA or equivalent) experience of working in the education sector have a full knowledge and understanding of the financial legislative framework for schools and in education This is a truly exciting time to join an ambitious trust, whose aim is to transform the lives of some of the most vulnerable pupils in the region. This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role. How to apply: Please follow this link This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates. This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.