School Finance Officer

Position: School Finance Officer
Location: London, NW11
Role: Temp to Perm

Start: ASAP

Duration: Ongoing
Rate: £14.64 - £17.02 per hour (FTE £30,000 - £35,000 per annum)
Hours: 24 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

Our client is an independent school based in North London and situated in beautiful grounds. The school takes a holistic approach to education and very much values the al round development of their students.

They are looking for a Temporary Finance Officer to work within their Bursary, It would be 24 hours per week which could be spread across the week or worked over three days, and they could also be flexible on what days are worked as they do not have a preference of how many days are worked, it could be 24 hours over 5 days or 8 hours per day over 3 days, there is flexibility on days and hours. The Finance teams core working hours are between 8am 4pm, so the working hours will need to be somewhere between 8am - 4pm.

This is a newly created role that will need to be filled until the end of the year, there is a possibility it could be extended or be made permanent, but this cannot be guaranteed at the moment. You will report to the Finance Manager and you will ideally be part-qualified or qualified by experience.

The Bursary is made up of a small team manage the financial and administrative activities of the school. Each has their own expertise but work closely together to enable the smooth running of the department.

Part of the role of School Finance Officer is to liaise with the administrative and teaching staff throughout the school.

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting with the maintenance of comprehensive up-to-date accounting records for the school and its trading subsidiary
• Setting up of new suppliers
• Managing the flow of invoices for approval within the Lightyear accounting system
• Processing departmental orders in reference to available budgets
• Reviewing the purchase ledger system for overdue invoice approvals
• Reconciling and posting all expense card transactions to the nominal ledger
• Processing all staff expense claims
• Recording and reconciliation of petty cash for staff expenses
• Reconciling and posting all bank transactions for the Trading Company
• Assisting with the production of lettings and peripatetic room hire invoices for the Trading Company
• Overseeing and managing bursary applications, including sending application forms and processing and recording applications

Experience & Qualifications

• You are part-qualified or qualified by experience
• You have experience in purchase ledger and bank reconciliation
• Ideally you will have previous experience within a school, although this is not essential
• You have excellent IT skills, especially in Excel
• You possess excellent written and verbal communication skills
• You are knowledgeable regarding accounting and administration systems, as well as management reporting

Benefits

26 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

Free lunch

Contributory Pension Scheme

Termly opportunity to participate in car parking permit scheme

Use of School gym facilities

Staff CPD

Cycle to Work Scheme

Flexible working can be considered