Access Education Finance
Finance for MATs
Our finance for MATs solution helps large and small trusts to confidently manage their accounts at a school, group or trust level.
Maintaining financial control at a trust level allows you to streamline your processes, save costs and enhance efficiencies. Create reports for single schools, groups or the entire trust. Completing and submitting your academies accounts return (AAR) for the DfE and conducting your annual audit is made easier with Access Education Finance.
Trusted MAT finance software
Why choose our financial software for multi-academy trusts?
Central control
Central control allows permissions to be set at a trust level for individual users and for schools. Central payments and central bank reconciliations also gives trust finance teams more control over processes and payments.
Trust wide visibility
Gives a complete view of the organisation at the trust level with the option to drill down into individual schools at the click of a button.
Consolidated reporting
A consolidated reporting suite allows you to create reports on single schools, groups or the entire trust.
Reduce admin burdens
Ensuring there is an efficient and effective financial layer at the MAT level gives central staff time to focus on other important tasks.
MAT financial management - key features
Increase accuracy and improve financial decision making across your trust
Whether you’re a trust with multiple bank accounts or you’ve centralised your services and have a single bank account, reconciling your transactions every week or month can be a time-consuming task.
You can reconcile your account(s) by uploading a .csv version of your statement, the system will then attempt to auto match the transactions from that bank statement to unreconciled transactions in Access Education Finance.
Inter-school transactions allow MATs to post one journal to various schools, while central payments and central bank reconciliations give trust finance teams more control over processes and payments with options to manage accounts individually, as a central account with sub-branches or as a single, central account.
Reporting dashboards for powerful communication
Our financial software for multi-academy trusts is delivered through Access Workspace, giving you powerful collaboration and communication tools, boosting efficiency, productivity and engagement.
The analytics and real-time information dashboard gives an up-to-date picture of your trust’s financial performance. Reporting solutions and KPI tools highlight the most important issues and trends. A fully customisable interface and drag-and-drop personalisation means you can stay on top of all your different applications from one place.
The secret to smarter financial management across your MAT
Simplify complex financial management with our Financial Management solution, purpose-built for MATs. By integrating Access Education Budgets and Access Education Finance, we provide one powerful system to keep your finances organized, accurate, and stress-free.
Ready for even more efficiency? Introducing the ALL NEW Access Education suite bundles:
- Centralise operations with one platform, one contract, one price across your entire trust.
- Customise bundles to match your MAT’s unique needs and benefit from tailored discount schemes.
- Move beyond per-school or per-pupil pricing with a clear, scalable ‘per school’ rate.
Designed with MATs in mind, Access Education empowers you to manage finances with confidence and focus on what truly matters - delivering excellence in education.
Gain control with financial software for multi-academy trusts
Why customers love our financial management solutions for MATs
Access Education Finance is far more user friendly and much easier for staff to get to grips with
Now, if we have a new starter, it takes a matter of hours to get them set-up and trained to use the system and they can pick-up the navigation really quickly.
Annual audit used to take 40 days and last year it was closer to 25
As CFO, I can also manage permission levels to ensure that the right members of staff can access the required information. With our old system it was all or nothing, which created issues around data security and privacy.
Since implementation, the number of queries from schools has reduced significantly
The new system is far more intuitive and much easier to navigate. Also, the level of support we received throughout the implementation really was second to none and the team knows that if they have any problems, they can easily contact the Access help desk and will receive a quick and thorough response.
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Solutions created by educators, for educators
At Access Education, we believe in simplicity. Our suite of integrated solutions is designed to seamlessly work together, creating a unified experience that transforms how you manage your school or trust.
- Financial Management: Optimise budgeting and financial management with real-time insights and simplified reporting.
- People Management: Manage recruitment, payroll, and staff well-being effortlessly.
- Parental Engagement: Consolidate communications and administrative tasks into one intuitive system.
- Curriculum & Assessment: Enrich learning with Access GCSEPod and Key Stage 3 resources, offering comprehensive content and insights.
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Experience effortless integration, enhanced efficiency, and a unified user experience. Our solutions work together to simplify your processes, so you can focus on what truly matters: delivering exceptional education.
