Director of Finance
12 hours ago
Director of Finance
Full time 37 hrs 52 weeks
Band 14
£68,200 - £74,928
Solent Academies Trust is seeking an experienced Finance Director with a strong understanding of the education and SEN sector to provide strategic financial leadership across our family of academies.
Working closely with the Chief Financial Operations Officer, you will provide strong, credible leadership across the Trust's Finance function. You will lead and supervise the Finance team, modelling a customer-focused approach where trusting relationships sit at the heart of everything we do.
This role requires a leader who is confident in budget management and understands the financial complexities of high-needs provision who is ready to play a key role in shaping sustainable, high-quality SEN services.
At Solent Academies Trust, we are proud to be a community built on connection, respect, and belonging.
Our Relational Culture Charter guides us to work together and support each other through:
- Valuing Difference
- Effective Communication
- High Challenge & High Support to Empower
- Respect for All
- Solution-Focused Approaches
We believe that when relationships thrive, people thrive — and so do the children and young people we serve.
By joining Solent Academies Trust, we offer you:
- Excellent staff induction with a commitment to high quality professional development aligned in relational leadership and HR excellence.
- A culture rooted in relational practice, belonging, and wellbeing
- A workplace where your values, voice, and contribution truly matter
- Local Government Pension Scheme with the option of a 50/50 contribution to build over time
- 17.9% employer pension contribution
- Confidential Counselling & Wellbeing Support Service
- Life Insurance - 3 times annual salary (for members of the pension scheme)
- Wellbeing Inset Day to support the wellbeing of our staff
- Free onsite parking at most of our academies
- Increase of annual leave after 5 years of service from 27 to 31 days
- CPD opportunities to support Career development
- Employee Referral Scheme
- Employee Benefits Platform
For more details, please visit our website Solent Academies Trust - Our Vacancies
If you have any questions at all or wish to submit an application, please email
Please note we will only accept applications completed on our Solent Academies Trust form.
Closing date for applications is Friday 23rd January 2026, 9am.
Interviews will be held Tuesday 3rd February 2026.
Solent Academies Trust welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion. Only applications submitted on the academy's application form will be accepted Solent Academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
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