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Finance Officer - Manchester, United Kingdom - WILLIAM HULME'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL

WILLIAM HULME'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL

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Manchester, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Full time, all year round, permanent contract commencing as soon as possible

Salary - United Learning Support Staff Pay Scale (Band 2 - £22,913 - £31,012)

William Hulme's Grammar School (WHGS) is a well-established 3-18 Academy and is one of the most over-subscribed schools in Greater Manchester with a long and distinguished history.

It has a very inclusive and diverse community with over 40 languages spoken and our school is truly representative of Manchester's rich multi-cultural heritage.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and particularly those committed to diversity and inclusion.

A vacancy has arisen for a
Finance Officer to work full-time within the school finance team. The role is for 37.5 hrs per week all year round.

Reporting to the Director of Finance as part of the Finance Department, initial responsibilities will include:

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Purchase Ledger:

Processing of purchase requisitions, chasing up orders and managing deliveries;
Processing of invoices including coding up, checking for authorisation to pay etc.

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Cash Management:

Processing of petty cash claims;
Preparing the takings for banking
Bank reconciliation.

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Managing the Hiring Out of School Facilities:

Taking enquiries about hiring the schools facilities from the general public
Costing up potential hirings, issuing invoices and following up for payment
Dealing with any queries arising from hirings

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Query Handling & Filing:

Dealing with pupil and parent queries
Querying and updating the school's online payments system, ParentPay;
Querying and updating the school's pupil lunch accounting software;
Maintaining the financial archive records, scanning documents, filing and other general office duties.

There is the opportunity for the right person to grow and develop in the role with the possibility of help with study towards a recognised accountancy qualification and further responsibilities will be added to the role as training progress.

Areas of growth (dependant on study areas/progress) may include:

- analysing management accounts
- budgeting
- forecasting
- payroll
- dealing with aspects of school funding.

We are looking for someone wishing to progress a career in Finance who is willing to commit to studying towards an accountancy qualification and grow the role to match their study progress.

They should have the ability to work under their own initiative, prioritise their workload, and multitask. Confidentiality and good customer service are also essential.

The person should be comfortable with learning and using a variety of software packages, have purchase ledger experience and be familiar with online ordering and cash handling.

Some understanding of payroll preparation is also desirable, as is a commercial acumen.

William Hulme's Grammar School is Greater Manchester's Second most oversubscribed school and one of the most successful comprehensive schools in the country. It is an allthrough Academy of over 1600 pupils with a wide range of abilities, ethnicities and backgrounds and is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England._
As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing groupwide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call 'the best in everyone'._