Finance Business Partner

Location: The Harmony Trust
Hours: 36.66 hours a week, full year

Our Vision and Values

The Harmony Trust has the highest aspirations for its pupils, parents and staff members. Our vision is to provide an excellent primary education so that every academy is a ‘GreatPlace2Learn.’ Our aim is to ensure that children at our academies enjoy the best education from the early years to the end of the primary stage. Parents are very important to achieving this vision and we aim to work in partnership with them to ensure that all our children achieve our motto: ‘Believe Achieve Succeed’. We believe that school should be a place where every child makes progress in a safe and supportive environment. We believe in the importance of children developing well-being and high self-esteem if they are to learn and do well.

We also believe in The Harmony Trust being a ‘GreatPlace2Work’ where staff are supported to thrive by a trust that is committed to learning and education. We have a great team of people working in our Academies. We aim to retain them by investing in professional development, offering opportunities to work across the Trust ensuring Harmony is a great place to work.

Employment Opportunity:

The Board of Trustees wish to appoint an enthusiastic Finance Business Partner. We are looking for a highly motivated candidate to become part of the Trust central team. The post holder will be based in our North-West Trust office and will be expected to travel between sites to the Trust’s portfolio of academies, for which a casual car user allowance will be paid.

The Harmony Trust was established in February 2014 and currently has 17 primary academies across the North-West and East Midlands. The Trust continues to grow which brings with it exciting opportunities for career progression and development for existing and future employees.

The successful candidate will:

• AAT Level 4 Diploma in Accounting or equivalent
• Ideally CCAB qualified or equivalent
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience working within a busy finance department ideally in the Education Sector
• Have working knowledge of financial regulations/relevant policies/codes of practice and awareness of legislation relating to MATs and their academies.
• Experienced in the production of management accounts
• Have knowledge of the requirements of the ESFA Academies Trust Handbook and Annual Accounts Direction.
• Have excellent knowledge of financial management systems, spreadsheets and databases.

We can offer you:

The Harmony Trust operates a hybrid working model. For some roles, there is a requirement to work on site a minimum of 3 days per week (two of which will be on identified days) working alongside other members of the Finance team to support development and develop collaborative ways of working, with the opportunity to work from home two days per week. Where the job role supports academies, one day is to be based within an Academy to support leaders with financial management and to further collaborate across the business administration and finance function.

The Harmony Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all our staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS and pre-employment checks.

Full details of the Trust’s recruitment and selection processes can be found in our Safer Recruitment policy: Safer Recruitment Policy
Contact: Sharon Costello (Chief Financial Officer) via [email protected]

Applications are to be made via our website - https://ce0855li.webitrent.com/ce0855li_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC179GF.open?WVID=1880192IPm

The closing date for this vacancy is 26 August 2025. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.

Interview date: week commencing 1st September 2025