Finance Lead

**Academy Finance Lead - Montgomery Academy**

Academy: Montgomery Academy

Contract: Permanent, Full time (37 hours), Full Year

**Salary**: NJC, Grade H1, Points 27 to 32 on the NJC Pay Scale, (currently £37,035 to £41,511 per annum)

Start date: ASAP

**Join Team FCAT**

Fylde Coast Academy Trust (FCAT) was established in 2012. Our trust aims to ensure first class learning opportunities for all young people across the Fylde Coast and across Lancashire. The trust has grown to include 10 academies with primary, secondary and all through as well as the Central Services and School Improvement team. Our values of excellence, integrity and resilience guide us to be the _**best we can be**_. Learners are at the heart of what we do and their outcomes and successes are what drive us.

**About Montgomery Academy**

Montgomery has been serving it’s community for over 60 years and supported many local residents through the challenges of the pandemic. We have a proud tradition of both sporting and academic success and we dominate the local sporting competitions. Our standards of achievement have been improving year on year, including in 2023, and are built on high quality teaching and learning.

We want all students within our Montgomery Family to be happy, confident young learners that get the best out of the opportunities that we provide. Therefore, we ask them all to be SMART in both their behaviour and attitudes. SMART stands for Safe, Mature, Ambitious, Respectful and Thoughtful.

Montgomery’s reputation in the community continues to flourish as does demand for places here, though we remain committed to improving the provision for our young people even further.

OFSTED rated us ‘Good’ in all areas in May 2024 covering Quality of Education, Leadership & Management, Behaviour & Attitudes and Personal Development. This is great recognition for the redesigned curriculum we have put in place and the hard work of our excellent staff. The full report is available on our website.

What makes Montgomery special is the people that walk around it. In our Montgomery Family of students, parents and our superb team of staff we all work hard to ‘Inspire Excellence Together’.

**Why choose FCAT?**
- Ongoing CPD including _**New**_ - Developing and Implementing an Outward Mindset
- Term time employment supporting longer holidays
- _**New**_- 25% discount for FCAT in house Breakfast and After School Club provisions
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) - employer contributions above 16%
- Modern school building with excellent facilities for learners and colleagues
- 24/7 access to free health support services via Smartclinic
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free annual flu vaccine
- Blackpool Council travel discount
- Childcare voucher scheme
- Free eye tests
- Commitment to our Team FCAT Work and Wellbeing Charter

**How to apply**:
**Interview and Assessment date is TBC**
- The Fylde Coast Academy Trust is committed to equality of opportunity for all as well as safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners, staff and visitors. All staff are carefully selected using recruitment and selection procedures that comply with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Following shortlisting this may include an online search and following an offer an enhanced DBS clearance._

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £37,035.00-£41,511.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free flu jabs
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person