Location: High Wycombe
Overview
Inspiring Futures Partnership Trust (IFPT) is seeking two motivated Trust Finance Officers to join our central team. These roles will support the Trust's growth, ensuring smooth, compliant financial operations. We offer a supportive environment with opportunities for professional development and career progression within an ambitious and expanding organisation.
Hours: 25- 37 Hours per week, flexibility for the right candidate
Salary: Bucks Pay Range 5 (dependent on experience), pro rata to hours and weeks worked. Estimated gross salary:
25 hours per week: approx. £20,245 (Range 5:26) to £21,812 (Range5:30) pro rata
37 hours per week: approx. £29,963 (Range 5:26) to £32,282 (Range 5:30) pro rata
Weeks: 40 weeks (38 term time, plus 2 weeks to be worked flexibly across academy holidays) plus annual leave entitlement
Closing date: 19thJune 2026
Interviews: Interviews will be conducted upon receipt of suitable candidates, with any outstanding interviews scheduled for the week commencing 29th June 2026
Provisional start date: ASAP Pending satisfactory clearance of all pre-employment checks
About us
Inspiring Futures Partnership Trust is a flourishing collaboration of academies, ITT provider and professional development centre working in partnership to secure the best educational provision possible for the children of the communities we serve. Inspiring Futures Partnership Trust is also committed to providing our staff with working conditions and professional support that result in extremely high levels of job satisfaction and wellbeing.
We are driven by a shared passion to do our very best for the children in our care. Every day, each member of staff strives to add value to our academies to ensure they are vibrant, exciting, welcoming and nurturing places for our child to be inspired and excel.
About the role
Job Purpose:
The role of Trust Finance Officer is to work across multiple trust academies, providing financial support and ensuring compliance with Trust policies and statutory requirements. The Finance Officer will play a key role in maintaining accurate financial records and supporting budget holders across different sites. The Finance Officer role will include key monthly management reporting which will form part of the Trusts overall monthly management accounts and reporting to Board of Trustees.
Job Description:
The job description included in the attached recruitment pack is indicative of the role for the current status of the Trust, the role may vary as the Trust develops and grows. The post-holder will be expected to carry out the following but please also refer to the attached recruitment pack for a full job description:
Key Responsibilities:
· Transactional Processing
· Income and Debtor Management
· Month-End and Year-End Support
· Financial Quality Control & Oversight
· Compliance and Audit
· Systems and Process Improvement
· Collaboration and Support
General Expectations
The attached recruitment pack does not form part of the contract of employment, it is an overview of the role. The responsibilities will include but will not be limited to those listed above and it is anticipated that the role will evolve over time and as such the duties may change. The Trust has, at its discretion, the right to ask you to work in different academies locations across the Trust, if the need arises and any such occurrences would be discussed, and agreed in advance.
This job description will be reviewed and updated periodically to ensure that it relates to the job performed, or to incorporate any proposed changes. This procedure will be conducted by the Trust Business Manager in consultation with the postholder. In these circumstances it will be the aim of reaching agreement on reasonable changes, but if agreement is not possible management reserves the right to make changes to the job description following consultation.
Person Specification:
Please refer to the attached recruitment pack
About you
Does this sound like you?
1. A good team player with strong interpersonal skills
2. Self-motivated with the ability to multi-task and prioritise
3. Previous experience in a finance role
4. Excellent IT skills with finance system experience
5. Excellent customer service and communication skills
6. Strong organisational and time management skills
7. Excellent attention to detail.
In turn, we offer you:
8. A chance to directly contribute to the education of amazing children who are keen to learn and have high aspirations
9. An opportunity to work alongside a highly professional, committed and talented team
10. A vibrant and inclusive community
11. An opportunity to work and develop in a Trust with a strong sense of moral and educational purpose, with an embedded Trust culture of learning from one another
12. A commitment to well-being and reduced workload