Finance Officer Required

Finance Officer RequiredGipsy Hill Federation - Kingswood Primary SchoolImmediate start until end of Academic yearFull TimeAre you an experienced Finance Officer?Do you live in or around South London?The Supply Register is currently working in partnership with the Gipsy Hill Federation, and we are looking to recruit an experienced Finance Officer with an ASAP start until May with the possibility of extending.As Finance Officer your role is an integral part of the schools in the region, responsible for ensuring high standards of financial integrity. You will have a home school (Kingswood Primary School) where you will manage the daily and monthly financial processes in the school, ensuring compliance with the requirements of the School's Financial Handbook. You will work closely with (and report to) the Finance Manager as well as the Principal and Operations Manager. As a Regional Finance team member, you will also provide support to other Finance leads across the Region. Your duties in each school may vary slightly as you may be required to support the current Finance team(s) in place.Key Responsibilities: Working closely with the Finance Manager and other finance and operations leads to ensure the continuing financial stability of the schoolPlacing orders, receiving goods, and maintaining a professional relationship with suppliersEnsuring accurate and timely processing of purchase invoices and other documents using the current systems such as Approvemax and Xero, reconciling supplier statements, and preparing payment runs for authorisation with support from school finance teams where appropriateReconciling schools bank accounts, credit card statements and financial ledgersOperating petty cash; receiving, recording and banking monies paid into the school, ensuring all monies outstanding are collected.Assisting the Finance Manager with the preparation of month end and year end accountsWorking with the Operations leads to ensure goods and services are processed in compliance with current and relevant procurement legislation, ensuring best value is achievedAssist with the administration of school's parent payment system OtherCarry out other reasonable tasks as directed by the Finance ManagerTo be willing to undertake appropriate training in line with contractual dutiesRequirementsHold Right to Work in the UKHold an enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new applicationProvide a minimum of two professional referencesExperience within a similar role.Experience using Approvemax and Xero is essential.Please apply now and a member of The Supply Register Team will be in touch
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