Finance Assistant - Sutton, United Kingdom - Greenshaw Learning Trust
Description
About Us:
Greenshaw Learning Trust is a successful multi academy trust and currently comprises thirty schools: seven in South London, five in Berkshire, one in Surrey, 14 in Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, and three in Plymouth.
The Role:
We are seeking to fill a full time OR part time finance assistant position, due to the extension of the schools joining the Trust, based in one of the three shared service offices within Greenshaw Learning Trust.
The Finance Assistant will be working within a team of finance professionals and the team will be responsible for producing accurate and timely financial statements for a number of schools.
Each team is the responsibility of a Finance Manager and will support the manager to deliver the effective operation of the finance function within the Shared Services Team and our schools, ensuring compliance with legal and financial regulations and the Trust's financial policies and procedures.
To support the work of our Head of Finance, to ensure the effective operation of the finance function within the Shared Services Team and our schools, ensuring compliance with legal and financial regulations and the Trust's financial policies and procedures.
- Process all orders
- Process all goods received notes
- Post all invoices ensuring compliance with Value for Money and following Trust procurement policy including budget monitoring
- Ensure credit card transactions are authorised and posted on PSF
- Post entries and confirm reconciliation of Petty Cash
- Post entries for trips
- Post staff expenses
- Ensure timely payment of Bursaries
- Raising of sales invoices
- Accurate coding and recording of VAT
- Ensuring compliance with legal and financial regulations and the Trust's financial policies and procedures
- Other task as may be required from time to time
The duties and responsibilities in this job description are not restrictive and the post holder may be required to undertake any other duties that may be required from time to time.
Person Specification
Essential:
- Educated to GCSE level (maths & english) or equivalent
Desirable:
- Experience of using financial systems and double entry bookkeeping
- Sound knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
- Experience of using PS Financials
- Experience of working in a school or academy finance office
Ability, Skills and Knowledge
- Excellent communication and presentation skills orally and in writing
- Ability to establish positive relationships and work as part of a team
- Ability to demonstrate understanding of safeguarding and equal opportunities
- Ability to deal with confidential information appropriately
- Ability to travel to other schools within the Trust
- A flexible approach to working hours
What's in it for you
-
£27,855 to £29,583 per year FTE
- Hybrid / remote working
- Generous pension scheme
- An Employee Assistance Program
- Free eye tests
- Cycle to work scheme
- Being part of a great team and expanding organisation
Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent
Salary:
£27,855.00-£29,583.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location:
Hybrid remote in Sutton
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