School Finance Officer | Merton

Are you a looking for a finance opportunity in a school setting and have relevant school finance experience?

We are looking to appoint a passionate and highly driven individual who is an ambitious and passionate professional and who will support the school with their finance processes ensuring the schools deliver a high-quality education to the learners that attend the schools. You will manage the day-to-day financial processes and administrative procedures required of the school.

School Finance Officer responsibilities:

• Issuing order request forms to budget holders and ensuring that all requests, once complete, are processed through the academy's accounting system
• Obtaining authorisation, coding and posting all purchase orders and purchase invoices
• Posting monthly sales invoices, ensuring the collection of associated revenue in a timely manner
• Preparing and managing payment runs
• Reconciling ‘Statement of Accounts’ to ensure suppliers are paid correctly and in a timely
• manner
• Further duties
• £27,500 – £32,000 per annum
• Full Time, Permanent, Immediate Start

School Finance Officer Requirements:

• Educated to A-Level, preferably in a related subject
• Previous experience of using SIMS, FMS and Parent Pay
• Preferably with previous experience working within a finance team in a school setting
• Experience of working within financial control environments
• An understanding of financial systems and procedures
• Working and communicating effectively with relevant stakeholders

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School Finance Officer | Merton | INDNCB