Finance Business Partner

**Salary**:
£58,341 to £64,182 (M4 SCP 48-53)

**Job type**:
Full Time, Permanent

23 March 2025

**Job overview**:
Are you a passionate, self-motivated and ambitious Finance professional looking to make an impact in a vibrant and thriving Multi-Academy Trust?

**About Star Central**

Star Central, which is based at our head office in Blackburn, Lancashire, provides leadership, strategic direction and support to Star Academies, Star Institute and our schools.

The Star Central team includes experts from a range of professional backgrounds, who work together to provide an outstanding support service to the Star community. We support our schools to provide educational and operational excellence and to cultivate a strong Star community, with the aim of nurturing today’s young people and inspiring tomorrow’s leaders.

**Who we’re looking for**

We are looking to appoint a **Finance Business Partner** to provide financial leadership and management support across designated schools across the Greater Manchester & Lancashire area. You will lead the development of financial operations and take responsibility for financial matters in the designated schools.

**You will have**:

- A sound understanding of the budgeting & financial management processes, preferably in an educational establishment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience of developing constructive relationships with non-financial stakeholders

**You will find an organisation that**:

- Is passionate about its vision of ‘Nurturing Today’s Young People, Inspiring Tomorrow’s Leaders’
- Has a supportive ethos and concern for the well-being of all members of our community
- Has high ambitions for all and provides excellent opportunities for professional development
- Is well-ordered with high standards of commitment

The role will be based across Lancashire & Greater Manchester area and the post holder will be required to travel between the designated academies or to any other reasonable location where the Trust is undertaking its business.

**About Star Academies**

**Star Academies**

is a high-performing multi-academy trust that runs more than 30 primary and secondary schools. We are a values-based organisation that works to improve the life chances of young people in areas of social and economic deprivation to help them succeed at the highest levels of education, employment and the professions. Every single day you’ll be rewarded with the opportunity to shape a young person’s future - our
**STAR values**

embody what we believe is needed to succeed.

Professional development is key to our ongoing success, so we continually invest in our employees through our professional development hub,
**Star Talent Academy**
- With a wealth of training, mentoring and progression opportunities across a large, growing group of academies, joining our team of leading education experts could propel your career to the next level.

We can also offer you a range of
**rewards and benefits**

, including competitive salaries and pension schemes, generous holiday entitlements and healthcare cash plans.

**Find out more**

**Key Dates**

**Closing Date**: Sunday 23 March 2025 at midnight.

**Interview Date**:Wednesday 02 April 2025

**Proposed Start Date**:01 July 2025

**Application Process**

**Our Commitment**
- We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity. We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination._

**About**Star Academies**:
**Star Academies**
- Shadsworth Road, Blackburn
- Lancashire
- BB1 2HT
- United Kingdom

+44 330 313 9800

Nurturing Today’s Young People I Inspiring Tomorrow’s Leaders

WeAreStar

At Star, it is our mission to create outstanding schools that deliver the very best education to young people. We run a growing network of primary and secondary schools, with clusters in Lancashire, West Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, the West Midlands and London.

Our culture is one of aspiration and high expectations. The whole of the Star community - pupils, parents, staff, the governors and partners - are united in a pursuit of excellence and a shared ambition to ensure every child has the opportunity to go as far as their talent and their hard work will allow.

We are a values-based organisation, driven by a sense of greater social purpose. Our vision of ‘nurturing today’s young people and inspiring tomorrow’s leaders’ is at the heart of our education model. We passionately believe that schools have a transformational impact on society and have seen the difference that a rounded, high quality educational experience can make to individuals and communities.