Finance Officer - Rainham, United Kingdom - LeighAcademiesTrust

LeighAcademiesTrust

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Rainham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Leigh Academies Trust has a great opportunity to appoint a
Finance Officer to join our team
as soon as possible which will be based at Leigh Academy Rainham.

The main responsibilities of this role are as follows;

Process purchase orders, delivery notes and manage invoice and payment according to Trust policy.
Process sales ledger transactions
Reconcile corporate card and post into the account system as per Trust policy.
Reconcile and post all direct debit payments and complete bank reconciliation.

The Finance Officer will operate and support a comprehensive financial support service to the Principals, Governors and staff of the academies as well as other duties as requested by the Principals and Finance Managers of the Trust.

They will have to raise and process purchase orders, delivery notes, and manage invoices and payments according to Trust Policies.

Being part of Leigh Academies Trust: As of 1st September 2022, our Trust comprises 31 geographically organised academies (15 secondaries, 14 primaries and 2 special) educating 20,000 students, and employing 3,000 talented staff.

The Trust is establishing four clusters of academies:
North Kent; Central Kent; South East London; Medway.

In addition, the Trust is responsible for one of the regions biggest initial teaching training organisations, a large teaching school hub and is an accredited apprenticeship provider.

Our future plans are found in our Vision 2030 document available on our website.

As part of Leigh Academies Trust, you will have ample opportunity to collaborate with your peers both within the academy and across the whole Trust.

This is an important part of our vision as we know through experience that we perform better when we work together.

You are supported to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within the organisation.

Our commitment to equality and diversity:As a Trust, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not discriminating on any grounds.

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