Assistant Accountant

We are looking for a driven and highly organised Assistant Account to work within our central Finance team within the trust. The role will be supporting the accountant with preparing the day-to-day accounts for the trust and provide reliable, accurate and high-quality financial information and analysis and support monthly reporting to the CFO. The successful candidate will be qualified to AAT Level 4, or part qualified CIPFA, CIMA, ACCA or other equivalent qualification in finance and ideally have working knowledge of SAGE and PS Financials Accounting Systems. Shaw Education Trust offer the following benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment: An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff) Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays) Access to health and wellbeing support via Occupational Health Cycle to work scheme Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust. We know our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one.Shaw Education Trust are a thriving mix of diverse and growing schools including Primary, Secondary and Special Schools all working together to improve the lives of young people in our communities. We are sponsored by Shaw Trust a charity organisation that focuses on transforming lives. We’re a growing group of dynamically awesome academies providing education to children of all ages and abilities. Staff across our team of schools are dedicated to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to be successful, whatever their starting point in life. Our schools span from Birmingham to Bury, meaning that we can support students from all walks of life, no matter their background or socioeconomic status. In doing this, we are able to help ensure all children are able to access a high standard of education, with all being treated equally. Unlike other MATs, we don’t enforce a curriculum for all our schools to follow. Instead, we support each individual school to offer a programme that enables our students to deepen their knowledge, develop their skills, sparks their imagination and fires their curiosity. We also encourage collaboration within and between our academies, creating a community of professionals who share a wide range of valuable experience and specialist knowledge. This is supported through our creation of a network of ‘hubs’ across our schools, covering all teaching subjects and operational areas. Our regular hub meetings enable staff members to stay up-to-date with latest guidance and skills, as well as collaborate and practice share with others from different school settings.
Working hours: 37 hours per week, full time, all yearLocation: Head Office (Kidsgrove)