Location: West Yorkshire Hub office, Old Park Road, Bradford, BD10 9BG 

Salary: Annual FTE £41,119 to £46,473; Pro-rata actual salary £33,340 to £37,691

Contract: 12 months Fixed term, 30 hrs, pattern to be agreed

We are seeking an Assistant Finance Manager to join our team!

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is either a qualified accountant  or part- qualified  (and working towards completion), willing to continue their professional development and who has strong financial and technical experience. Reporting to the West Yorkshire Finance Manager you will provide support to the academies within West Yorkshire region. You will be a good team player, a highly effective communicator, with great attention to detail and strong IT skills.

Hybrid working with the opportunity to work from the West Yorkshire Hub at Co-op Academy Parkland.

Key Responsibilities

To support the Trust’s West Yorkshire Finance Manager and ensure the Trust’s finances are managed efficiently, ethically, professionally, with integrity and conforming to all internal and external regulatory requirements and in a sustainable sound manner. 

To assist with all aspects of development and effective operation of financial systems and procedures. To assist with financial accounting, budget setting and monitoring, costing activities and development of budget profiles. This will involve working with the primaries within the West Yorkshire hub and being the lead contact for 2 primary academies but may be asked to assist with the other primaries within the West Yorkshire Hub.  

To be the catalyst for driving efficiencies across all areas of the Trust both centrally and with each of the Academies. To be responsible for the coordination of all financial and management reporting across 3 primaries and may be asked to assist with the other primaries within the West Yorkshire Hub and report in a timely basis.

To apply - please click: https://co-opacademiestrust.face-ed.co.uk/Emp/Campaign/View/12164

Why us?

All our values are based upon the values of the Co-op Group, which will inform our behaviours.

Self-help: We do not expect to be spoon fed – we will try to do things for ourselves in the right way and at the right time.

Self-responsibility: Everyone should act in a responsible way around the academy site and in the local community. We take responsibility for our own learning; we want to become independent learners.

Equality: We are proud to be part of a very multicultural academy, with students from all over the world; it is important that we treat each other with respect and accept that others may be different from ourselves. We should all of us have equal chances to succeed.

Equity: We want to look for the best in each other. Rewarding others fairly to encourage all types of achievement.

Democracy: We will contribute our ideas to make the academy a success.

Solidarity: We can achieve more by working together, rather than as individuals.

Our Values

Being part of the Co-operative Group, we are both guided and driven by the Co-op values which are embedded in everything that we do within our Academy - We strive to demonstrate the following ethical values in everything we do - they are our ‘Ways of Being’:

Succeed together

Do what matters most

Be yourself, always

Show you care

So, if you believe in our values, we would love to hear from you! 

We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards to recognise the part you play in our success:

Benefits include:

Our employee benefits package includes:

• As well as 5% cash-back you’ll get being a Co-op member, you’ll get a Co-op colleague discount card. This gives you a 10% discount in our Co-op Food stores. Staff also receive double discounts every month!
• Co-operative flexible benefits (discounted line rental and broadband package, family care advice and cycle to work scheme)
• Discounted gym membership and leisure activities which includes discounts on Merlin Entertainments (Sea Life, Legoland etc), Virgin Experience Days, SuperBreak and many more!
• Co-operative Credit Union: save directly from your salary and receive a competitive dividend. Borrowers can benefit from very competitive interest rates & terms (in comparison with other high street lenders)
• Co-op Funeralcare benefit
• Season ticket and rental deposit loans

And More! 

For more information about the Co-op Academies Trust, please visit: www.coopacademies.co.uk

The Trust is also committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnerships.