Finance Manager

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Finance Manager to join our central finance team. This pivotal role supports financial operations across 22 academies, ensuring robust financial management and insightful analysis. The Finance Manager will report directly to the Financial Controller and lead a team of 5 Finance Assistants and a Senior Finance Assistant responsible for raising and managing operational (OPEX) and capital (CAPEX) orders.

At Academy Transformation Trust, we’re on a mission. We want to transform education, performance and lives, and we’re giving young people the best possible start to their careers across our fast-growing network of academies. A not-for-profit trust, we focus on our students’ interests in everything we do, and we are passionate about using innovative technology to accelerate learning. We work inclusively within our communities, embracing the varied localities we serve while sharing our common vision and values.

Our ATT
2030 Vision means we meet our young people where they are at and refuse to leave them there. Our pupils will leave us capable, competent and confident and take their place in the community of educated people. Our staff will be cared for, developed and they too will be capable, competent and confident. We would love to hear from those who want to join us in that mission.

ATT Central, which is currently based at our head office in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham B73 6AZ
, but will be moving to Westpoint, Lynch wood, Peterborough, PE2 6FZ
in January 2027, provides leadership, strategic direction and support to ATT academies. The Central team includes experts from a range of professional backgrounds who work together to provide educational and operational excellence and to foster a strong ATT community.

The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE 2026. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.