Finance Business Partner
| Posting date: | 11 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 January 2026 |
| Location: | Skipton, Not recorded, BD23 1QN |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 04c58f4c-7067-42a8-9013-01b83f24accd |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Northern Star Academies Trust seeks an exceptional Finance Business Partner to provide strategic financial leadership across the Trust. Working with the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Finance Officer (CFO), the postholder will drive Integrated Curriculum Led Financial Planning (ICFP), manage the Trust-wide budgeting system, and deliver financial modelling, procurement and transformation work with Headteachers and the Executive to secure demonstrable value for money and long-term sustainability.
Essential Requirements
• professional accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent
• significant experience in financial management and budgeting within a complex organisation
• experience in preparing budgets, forecasts, and financial models;
• experience in working with senior leaders;
• experience in working in procurement and contract analysis
Desirable Requirements
• Experience in education or public sector finance
• evidence of CPD in finance and leadership
What the school offers its staff
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)
https://www.nsat.org.uk/information-policies/item/5/policies
Further details about the role
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.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Northern Star Academies Trust seeks an exceptional Finance Business Partner to provide strategic financial leadership across the Trust. Working with the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Finance Officer (CFO), the postholder will drive Integrated Curriculum Led Financial Planning (ICFP), manage the Trust-wide budgeting system, and deliver financial modelling, procurement and transformation work with Headteachers and the Executive to secure demonstrable value for money and long-term sustainability.
Essential Requirements
• professional accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent
• significant experience in financial management and budgeting within a complex organisation
• experience in preparing budgets, forecasts, and financial models;
• experience in working with senior leaders;
• experience in working in procurement and contract analysis
Desirable Requirements
• Experience in education or public sector finance
• evidence of CPD in finance and leadership
What the school offers its staff
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)
https://www.nsat.org.uk/information-policies/item/5/policies
Further details about the role
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.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.