FINANCE ASSISTANT

FINANCE ASSISTANT FOR POPULAR NEWHAM BASED SCHOOL

This excellent secondary school in the heart of Newham are looking for a Finance Assistant to join their fantastic Finance office in a post which could start right away (negotiable). You will provide a support to the whole school staff, students and parents and therefore a friendly and efficient attitude is essential. Experience of working in a finance office is essential as well as confidence in using computerised finance systems.

• Newham, East London
• November 2024 - start date.
• Full time Finance Assistant post
• Term Time Only
• Hugely supportive team / school environment.
• Extremely forward-thinking school

About the Finance Assistant post: Main responsibilities

• Administration of financial records for school visits, FSM and all other student income.
• Raising invoices, reconciling payments received and following up outstanding invoices
• Raising and issuing purchase orders, negotiating with suppliers and investigating discrepancies.
• Checking and processing payment of invoices
• Checking, processing and reconciling petty cash
• Maintaining various spreadsheets to record items of expenditure and income
• Counting and preparing cash/cheques for banking

About the School - Finance Assistant

This is a successful, oversubscribed comprehensive school providing consistently high-quality education. This is a successful school where achievement and well-being are at the centre of everything they do. The school has a great track record for teaching in an innovative and engaging way and this has an impressive impact on progress.

The school facilities are excellent with well-resourced classrooms that motivate and support students and staff.

All staff are encouraged to be committed to their own professional development and the school take pride on designing a programme of professional learning that supports everyone to improve their practice and develop their leadership skills.

The School can offer you: - Finance Assistant

• A rewarding and challenging position within our friendly school environment
• A committed, supportive and successful team
• Encouragement for professional development, innovation and creativity
• Previous experience of a role in an educational setting is ideal. The successful candidate will have to meet the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Would you like to work in this brilliant school?

• Excellent student behaviour and highly supportive Senior Leadership Team.
• An achievement-oriented culture where students work hard and it is cool to be smart.
• A warm/strict approach, meaning that our high standards do not come at the expense of inclusion.
• Guest speakers on well-being
• Frequent opportunities for feedback and solutions

Please apply for this role ASAP

Reeson Education:

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Please note that all daily/hourly rates quoted are inclusive of holiday pay at 12.07%