Are you an experienced School Finance Officer currently looking for an exciting, new opportunity in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent?
Twenty4Seven Education are working closely with a secondary school in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent with the recruitment of a School Finance Officer to be responsible for supporting the Finance Manager in providing an effective financial and administrative service to support and enhance the running of the school in accordance with Financial Regulations. This is a full-time, permanent position and the Finance Officer is required to work 52 weeks per year 37 hours per week. This is a fantastic opportunity for somebody who has a finance background in a school setting or for somebody who has a strong background in finance and is looking to break into the education sector. However, it is desirable that applicants have experience within School Finance but not essential.
As the School Finance Officer, you will be required to:
- Process purchase orders, delivery notes and manage invoice and payment according to Trust policy.
- Receive and receipt all income, process through the financial management system, ensuring secure banking.
- Reconcile corporate card spend and post into PSF as per Trust policy.
- Raise invoices for goods and services supplied to other academy partners and any external users of the academy.
- Reconcile and post all direct debit payments to the bank account.
- Upload bank statement information to PSF and complete bank reconciliation to be reviewed by Finance Manager
- Assist Finance Manager in operational areas of budget planning and setting according to Trust policy.
- Assist Finance Manager with processing variations to payroll information.
- Chase debts and process refunds for dinner money, trips and music lessons using our ParentPay software.
- Undertake a diverse range of administrative duties within the Academy, to ensure well presented and accurate correspondence, reports and other documentation as directed by Line Manager and Senior Leadership
- Cover absences across the wider Trust if required
We would love to hear from experienced School Finance Officers so to find out more about this fantastic Kent based School Finance Officer role then apply today!