Job Introduction
Assistant Management Accountant
Band 9
£39,151 - £42,838
37 hours, 52 weeks (part time hours considered, minimum of 25 hours per week)
Fixed Term until 31st August 2026
Solent Academies Trust is seeking to recruit an Assistant Management Accountant on a fixed term basis to cover staff absence, to be part of their busy and dynamic Central Finance Team based at Acorn Business Park, Portsmouth.
As part of the Central Team, you will work closely with the Management Accountant and Chief Financial and Operations Officer and play an integral part in financial and payroll matters, ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation. This will involve supporting staff based at academies with Solent Academies (SAT).
Ideally you will have recent relevant experience within an Academy, College, Charity or similar, plus be qualified by experience or a Qualified/Part Qualified in ACCA, CIPFA or CIMA.
We are seeking a candidate with immediate availability.
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
- Competitive 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
- Increased annual leave entitlement after 5 years of service from 27 days to 31 days
- CPD opportunities to support Career development
- Employee Referral Scheme
- Salary Extra Staff Benefits Platform
Please complete a Solent Academies Trust application form.
If you have any questions at all or wish to submit an application, please email recruitment@solentacademiestrust.info.
For more details, please visit our website Solent Academies Trust - Our Vacancies
Closing date for applications is Tuesday 7th April 2026, 9am.
Interviews will be held Friday 10th April 2026.
Please note we will only accept applications completed on our Solent Academies Trust form.
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.
