Finance Officer

*Permanent 37 hours per week (Monday to Friday)

**Term Time only (plus 3 weeks during school holidays)

Based at *Swavesey Village College, Gibraltar Lane, Swavesey, CB24 4RS

Pay Range: PCC Grade 7 (12-19) - Pro Rata'd   £19,350 - £22,227.34 (FTE £21,589- £24,799)

Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust is a multi-academy trust with 12 academies, colleges and Primary schools across Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire in four different Local authority regions. There may be a requirement to travel to these academies across the Trust.

The role is to support our Teacher Training business unit (The Cambridge Partnership) and post qualification business unit (Leadership East) based in Swavesey Village College.

The ideal candidate for this role will be an innovative Finance professional who will work as part of proactive Finance team providing business focused financial services to our senior leaders across the Trust, supporting them to secure positive outcomes for our students.

You will be educated up to GCSE level and have knowledge of general accounting and book keeping procedures with working familiarity of PSF accounting software or equivalent and be proficient in data entry and management. It is desirable that you have experience of working within a school or college environment, but this is not essential.

You will be a highly organised and self-motivated person with problem solving skills and high attention to detail and accuracy. You will have demonstrable good verbal and written communication skills with an ability to meet deadlines whilst being adaptable to changing work patterns and practices.

You will be able to build relationships with key stakeholders at all levels to offer education focused solutions, putting students at the heart of all decision making.

Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check. We expect all adults who work for the Trust to share our commitment to safeguarding and the health and wellbeing of our students.

For any queries please contact Sara Parsons, HR Advisor - SParsons@cmatrust.net or Tara George, HR Business Support Adviser - tgeorge@cmatrust.net

Benefits include: competitive pension, free parking, (EAP) Employee Assistance Programme

Closing Date: 9am 30 March 2020

Interview dates: To be confirm