Finance Assistant

Role: Finance Assistant

Location: Halton Lodge Primary School

Salary: Grade 4 SCP 4

Hours: 22.5 per week (44 weeks per year, so term time plus 5 weeks)

Actual Salary Pro-Rata: £14,464.59 (FTE: £24,404)

Contract: Permanent

The headteacher and governors of Halton Lodge Primary School would like to appoint a Finance Assistant to join our committed and enthusiastic team. This position is to commence as soon as possible.

As always, we are looking for a friendly, caring person who has the necessary skills to join our hardworking team in helping to provide financial support – taking responsibility for designated areas so that financial processes related to the work of the school are effectively executed.

At Halton Lodge Primary School, we can offer you:

 A friendly, hardworking team of staff;

 A welcoming and vibrant school;

 Happy children who enjoy learning;

 A designated office space;

 Free parking at your place of work;

 The necessary training to become familiar with the school specific IT and finance systems;

 Support from a network of colleagues who carry out very similar roles in the other schools that are part of Weaver Trust.

 

The successful candidate will:

 Input orders onto the Trust ‘PS Online’ System;

 Receive and check goods when these are delivered;

 Process and raise invoices, using the Trust finance system, to ensure that bills are paid on time and accurately;

 Ensure up to date financial records are maintained;

 Administer the finances associated with school activities, including online payment systems, before and after school club fees, trips and residential visits, and (potentially, in the future) nursery fees – and ensuring that necessary information is readily available to the school, parents and other stakeholders.

 Maintain oversight of the school budget records – to ensure accuracy of information.

 Collect and count any cash (or cheques) received, including snack money, lunch money, charity donations, etc – and maintain accurate records of all monies received (to ensure that all monies are accounted for).

 Undertake debt recovery, with a firm, but sensitive approach.

 Liaise with other stakeholders (including members of the Trust’s Central Team), work colleagues, parents, visitors and contractors in a polite, professional and courteous manner.

If you have the necessary skills and experience to successfully do this job - as well as the energy and enthusiasm to work in a primary school environment - we would be delighted to hear from you. Equally, if you have experience of securing extra money or making successful grant applications on behalf of organisations, we would be keen to learn more about each of these – and any other expertise that you could bring to the role.