* Trust Finance Business PartnerNEWFast Apply# Trust Finance Business PartnerEmployerLocation: Leicester, LeicestershireContract Type: PermanentHours: Full TimeSalary: Grade 10, Points 31-34 (£47,181 - £50,269)Posted: 11th May 2026Start Date: As Soon As PossibleExpires: 1st June 2026 08:59 AMContract Type: PermanentStart Date: As Soon As PossibleJob ID: 1552278Start Date: As Soon As Possible* Contract Type :Permanent* Job ID: 1552278* Share :**Learning without Limits Academy Trust - Trust Finance Business Partner****Hours:** 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year**Closing date:** 31st May 2026, interviews to be held on 9th June 2026 at Trust Central Offices.***Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if suitably qualified applicants are identified. Early applications are strongly encouraged.*****About the role**Learning without Limits is a Trust with high ambitions for its learners and we are excited to be appointing a Finance Business Partner to join our team. You will have a critical role in ensuring our learners receive the education, inspiration, and support that our Trust strives to deliver.Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the role will promote a culture of sustainable, evidence-based financial planning with due consideration for regulatory requirements. You will ensure that financial forecasting is accurate, transparent, and objective to allow for key decisions to be taken with a full understanding of the financial implications in the decision-making process.To be successful in this role you will bring with you a proven track record in the setting and managing of budgets and preparing forecasts including integrated curriculum financial planning. As a business professional you will have a high level of emotional intelligence and professional curiosity allowing you to provide high quality support and expertise to a range of stakeholders, ensuring effective and sustainable resource allocation to maximise outcomes and best meet the needs of learners across the trust.You will be working across our Trust. An integral part of our central team, you will be working alongside a variety of people in a fast paced but supportive environment and will demonstrate a willingness to go over and above in support of your colleagues.LwLAT is a small multi-academy Trust based in the heart of Leicester City, serving diverse and vibrant communities. Our strength comes from collaboration, with an emphasis on winning hearts and inspiring minds. We know that by positively celebrating and sharing the great work we are doing, through our vision and values, there are no limits to how high we can aim, and to what our learners, staff and communities can achieve.You will be given the opportunity to grow professionally and personally in this role.As a Trust we value inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you’d prefer to work part-time or as a job-share, please let us know on your application and we’ll facilitate this wherever we can.**We can offer:**• Access to the highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme• Favourable annual leave entitlement, above the statutory minimum, plus bank holidays.• Access to extensive, free and confidential wellbeing services, including counselling sessions, physiotherapy, GP phone and video consultations, menopause support, manspace and mindfulness programmes.• Staff Benefits Package - Access to a huge range of savings from retailers such as Currys, Halfords, Wilko, Asda, Tesco, M&S, Morrisons and many more!• Cycle to Work – In partnership with Pluxee, this initiative allows you to make Tax and National Insurance savings on the cost of a new bike and safety accessories. Savings are achieved via salary sacrifice which is managed by the Trust and lets you spread the cost to make payments more convenient.• Free Financial Support Service from Barclays - support with all aspects of your financial health and wellbeing, and you don't need to be a Barclays customer to use the service.• Eye Test Vouchers – Free SpecSavers voucher for eligible staff• Annual Flu Vaccine – Free flu vaccine voucher for eligible staff• Free onsite parking• Free tea and coffee**This post is subject to a successful Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check and satisfactory references.****How to Apply:**For safer recruitment purposes we will only accept fully completed LwLAT application forms. CVs and resumes will not be considered.### Attachments### Safeguarding Statement:The Learning without Limits Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS with barred list check, and a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013, 2020 and 2023). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:**Social Media Checks**As part of the shortlisting process, in line with measures identified in statutory guidance relating to safeguarding practice, the Trust will conduct searches on candidates selected for interview, through a third party, on social media in order to identify anything that could give rise to a safeguarding concern in what has been said or done online. Only information relevant to safeguarding concerns obtained from the search will be passed over for consideration during the recruitment process.**Diversity Statement**As an equal opportunities employer, the Learning without Limits Academy Trust is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.### Learning Without Limits
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