Insignis Academy Trust

We have an exciting opportunity to join our multi skilled, proactive and efficient team as

Finance Assistant

Full time, Permanent

37 hours per week, 52 weeks a year

Bucks Pay Range 1/2 £24,836 - £28,742

Closing date: Wednesday 22^nd April 2026 at 12 noon

Insignis Academy Trust are seeking to appoint an approachable, motivated and conscientious individual to join our friendly team as a Finance Assistant.

The postholder will need to effectively use Trust parent payment system(s) to ensure trips, visits and activities are properly recorded and parent payments are fully collected, reconciled and reported and that the income is coded to SAGE correctly.

The Finance Assistant will work under the Finance Team Leader and work with other Finance staff.

As Finance Assistant you will be a key member of our Finance team. You should have some accounting experience and have a general understanding of financial processes, controls and finance systems. Ideally you will have some experience of using parent payment system(s).

The Finance Assistant will be headquarters based.

You may be required to work at premises occupied by the employer or any of the employer’s Academies, within a 25-mile radius, as directed by the employer. You will also be required to travel to the other schools in your hub as and when required by the Finance Team Leader.

For any enquiries relating to the position please contact the Trust’s Human Resources Team, either by email recruitment@insignis.org.uk or by telephone 01296 744351, who will be happy to help.

Interviews are scheduled to take place on 29^th or 30^th April.

Closing date: Wednesday 22^nd April 2026 at 12 noon

Insignis Academy Trust operates rigorous ‘safer recruitment’ practices, and the successful candidates will be required to undertake the completion of satisfactory checks including an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, medical report, confirmation of qualifications, documentation to prove Right to Work in the UK and a prohibition from teaching check.

We encourage and value candidates who have varied lived experiences and inclusive mindsets, either due to their engagements in the world or due to their protected characteristics (as set out in the Equalities Act 2010). We are committed to continued development of a community that is representative of the environment in which we work and in nurturing an equitable society.  

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified deadline if a suitable candidate is found.

The Insignis Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.