We are proud to be partnering with an educational body based in South West London, who are currently recruiting for a permanent Finance Officer to join their team.

The position is due to start in March / April 2025 subject to notice and satisfactory checks. The salary is between £28,000 - £33,000 depending on skills and experience.

The ideal candidate will be AAT qualified or equivalent, or be actively working towards a finance qualification. This role offers generous study support!

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Duties will include (but are not limited to):

• Manage the purchase ledger, ensuring that invoices are processed promptly and payments are made accurately

• Manage the nominal ledgers, ensuring all journals are posted correctly, accounts are reconciled and maintained appropriately

• Process the weekly BACS run, ensuring all invoices are correctly authorised and coded including staff expenses

• Set up new supplier accounts and maintaining existing account details and relationships

• Reconcile all key accounts on a monthly basis, including bank reconciliations

• Manage the accounting and record keeping for capital projects, liaising with external project managers where necessary, to ensure accuracy and monitoring spend against budget

• Ensure correct processing of monthly catering journals, including the accounting for tuck shop and sixth form café sales

• Provide all budget holders with support regarding their yearly budgets as appropriate

• Assist with the external audit process

Skills, knowledge and expertise required:

• Working on Excel at intermediate level - Vlookup and pivot tables

• Good attention to detail, organisational and time-management abilities

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Personal competencies and qualities:

• Understanding of importance of delivering outstanding customer service internally (to budget holders)

• Team player with a positive attitude, and ability to work to deadlines and under pressure

• Ability to organise and prioritise work as well as work on own initiative

Working hours:

• 8:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday during term time

• 9:30am to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday during school holiday periods

Benefits:

• Study support, including loans and time off

• A generous annual leave allowance of 33 days plus UK bank holidays

• Defined pension contribution scheme, with up to 14% employer contribution and life insurance cover

• Free lunches

• Free onsite/off street parking

• Simply Health healthcare plan, including flu jabs, online GP service and counselling

• Discounts in local shops, restaurants and businesses

• And many more!

James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role.

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