School Finance Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Reed Business Support

Reed Business Support

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Are you an experienced Finance Assistant with experience of the below duties and responsibilities?Have you worked in a school, or would you like to?
Thisis full time, Term Time Only position, to start ASAP until end of Summer term, 2023.The school is based in South East London

Temporary Finance Assistant Duties

Dealing with financial correspondence and telephone queries.
Resolve financial problems that arise including:

i. the ordering, processing and payment of all goods and services provided to the school,
ii. the preparation of invoices and collection of fees and other dues.

Ensure all expenditure is correctly coded to ensure maximum use of all budgets and grants
Liaise with Suppliers regarding purchase orders including matters arising from deliveries, returns, delayed orders and invoice queries.
Process purchase orders using the purchase order register and computerized accounting system and dispatch purchase orders to suppliers ensuring appropriate records are maintained.
Input invoices and credit notes, prepare and make payments to Suppliers by completing BACS runs ensuring all payments are correctly entered onto the accounts system.
To file paid computerised and manual invoices according to the office system for filed invoices.
Maintain an up to date and accurate cashbook for the school's main current account.
Reconcile supplier statements on a monthly basis. Liaise with Suppliers regarding all matters arising from outstanding/unpaid/query invoices, request copy invoices as required and resolve matters as quickly as possible.
Ensure all manual cheques are posted on the cash accounts system and all unpresented cheques which are older than 6 months are written back on the cashbook and on the cash accounts system. To raise manual cheques as required.
Maintain appropriate and adequate accounting records for income and expenditure ensuring there is an established audit trail.