Management Accountant

The University of Chichester Academy Trust is an innovative Trust and our passion is to improve educational outcomes for children and young people.  We work collaboratively with all our 15 academies (980 staff) based across West Sussex, Portsmouth and Hampshire within our Trust. We all share our key values and have exciting growth plans to grow in the future.  The Central Academy Trust team are located on the beautiful grounds of the University of Chichester Bognor Regis campus, close to the seafront and public transport links. 

You will find a friendly and supportive team and a busy working environment at the Academy Trust. Due to our trust's growth and expansion, we are now seeking a Management Accountant (Budget Management and Reporting) to join our Finance team.

The post holder will lead the provision of management accounting information for the Trust.  As part of the Central Team, you will hold a key responsibility for the production of budget reports, management information, KPIs and other financial information for the Trust as required.

Working in close conjunction with the Finance Director and the Assistant Director of Business and Development, together with other Finance team colleagues, the post holder will have line management responsibilities for other Trust wide senior finance staff providing supervision on high-level accountancy functions.

In addition, the post holder will work alongside the wider teams in HR, Estates and IT to ensure financial compliance and give financial advisory support to the Trust academies on resource planning.

If this new position within our Academy Trust Central team sounds like you, and you have the skills and experience to undertake this role, please refer to the Job Profile, including the Person Specification for full details of the post. 

To discover more about the Trust and the values we share with our academies go to https://www.unicat.org.uk/

To download an application form, go to www.unicat.org.uk/jobs/find-your-job and once completed should be sent to unicathr@chi.ac.uk by the closing date. 

We recommend early applications be submitted as the application process may close early if suitable candidates have applied.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. Any appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of all relevant pre-employment checks.