Finance Officer
| Posting date: | 21 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 January 2026 |
| Location: | Manchester, Greater Manchester, M8 8DT |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 5c5c9ec2-7adc-422c-9bf0-0217ccc2fc86 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for a talented individual to provide an exceptional business support service to our pupils, teachers and wider stakeholders. As a key member of our school’s business support team, your expertise will help to deliver an outstanding learning environment for our young people.
The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and specialist technical skills. You will have extensive experience of delivering outstanding customer service and possess the ability to develop relationships across our school and the Star community.
You will have:
• A degree qualification or equivalent.
• Experience of financial administration within a school setting.
• Experience of working in a financial role.
• The ability to use management information systems; and be able to transfer the experience of using one system to another similar system if needs be.
• The ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with a wide variety of people.
Find out more
This role will provide finance support across both Eden Boys’ Leadership Academy, Manchester and Eden Girls’ Leadership Academy, Manchester, which operate on a single shared site.
We welcome applications on apart-time basis. The post is offered as 1.0 FTE overall, and we are happy to consider two part-time appointments (for example,0.5 FTE per school) where this meets operational needs.
Please download the job description and person specification below for further information about the role. For an informal and confidential discussion about the role please call us on0161 329 7300.
What the school offers its staff
About Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester
Eden Boys’ Leadership Academy, Manchester is a Muslim faith-based secondary school for boys, which welcomes pupils from all faiths and none. We opened in Cheetham Hill in 2017 and moved to a new state-of-the-art campus in 2019. Like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.
We have an exemplary reputation for excellence in every aspect of school life. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.
About Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester
Eden Girls’ Leadership Academy, Manchester is a Muslim faith-based secondary school for girls, which welcomes pupils from all faiths and none. We opened in Cheetham Hill in 2017 and moved to our new state-of-the-art campus in 2019. Like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.
We have an exemplary reputation for excellence in every aspect of school life. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.
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.
Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for a talented individual to provide an exceptional business support service to our pupils, teachers and wider stakeholders. As a key member of our school’s business support team, your expertise will help to deliver an outstanding learning environment for our young people.
The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and specialist technical skills. You will have extensive experience of delivering outstanding customer service and possess the ability to develop relationships across our school and the Star community.
You will have:
• A degree qualification or equivalent.
• Experience of financial administration within a school setting.
• Experience of working in a financial role.
• The ability to use management information systems; and be able to transfer the experience of using one system to another similar system if needs be.
• The ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with a wide variety of people.
Find out more
This role will provide finance support across both Eden Boys’ Leadership Academy, Manchester and Eden Girls’ Leadership Academy, Manchester, which operate on a single shared site.
We welcome applications on apart-time basis. The post is offered as 1.0 FTE overall, and we are happy to consider two part-time appointments (for example,0.5 FTE per school) where this meets operational needs.
Please download the job description and person specification below for further information about the role. For an informal and confidential discussion about the role please call us on0161 329 7300.
What the school offers its staff
About Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester
Eden Boys’ Leadership Academy, Manchester is a Muslim faith-based secondary school for boys, which welcomes pupils from all faiths and none. We opened in Cheetham Hill in 2017 and moved to a new state-of-the-art campus in 2019. Like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.
We have an exemplary reputation for excellence in every aspect of school life. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.
About Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester
Eden Girls’ Leadership Academy, Manchester is a Muslim faith-based secondary school for girls, which welcomes pupils from all faiths and none. We opened in Cheetham Hill in 2017 and moved to our new state-of-the-art campus in 2019. Like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.
We have an exemplary reputation for excellence in every aspect of school life. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.
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.