Finance Officer – Full Time/Term Time

Corby & Kettering/Northampton/Bedford areas                                               

£28,624 - £32,115 (FTE) (NJC scp 14 – 21)-

(Actual salary will be pro rata the Full Time Equivalent salary- FTE)

Permanent, Full Time (37 hours per week), Term Time (40 weeks worked during term times but paid for 46 weeks per year)

 Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Academies Trust is a large Catholic Multi Academy Trust situated in the northern half of the Catholic Diocese of Northampton. The Trust leads and manages ten Catholic primary schools located across the geographical area of Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire and, two Catholic secondary schools, Thomas Becket in Northampton and St Thomas More, Bedford. 

 The Trust is seeking an experienced Finance Officer as part of a central finance team of 3 Finance Officers each supporting a Regional Finance Manager; this role will support 4 of our Primary schools located in Kettering and Corby.

The role will be responsible for the maintenance and administration of the financial and accounting services for the schools in compliance with agreed regulations and procedures.

You will be experienced of working with excel, financial management systems and administrating high volume budget and financial processes in a large, complex organisation.

You should thrive working part of a team, have pride in your own work with high standards and be keen to obtain the best learning environment for our pupils with limited resources. The role will be based at the Bedford Trust offices but the role will involve travel between school sites in Kettering and Corby on a regular basis and to the Trust offices in Northampton.

You would be joining a nurturing and caring working environment underpinned by a Catholic ethos and educational focus, whose aim is for every pupil to leave with a strong moral purpose, high aspirations, and immense pride in what they have achieved during their time in our schools. 

We would welcome your application on our recruitment portal, My New Term.

If you wish to discuss this role in more detail, please contact the Finance Director by email: AMorjaria@olicatschools.org.     Closing Date is no later than 12 noon on Friday 11^th April 2025

Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier if there are sufficient applications.  All our appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check in line with our Safer Recruitment Policy.