School Finance Officer

Finance Officer - part time 20 24 hours per week over 3 days.

£12 to £16 p/h depending upon experience.

Less hours in the school holidays, but hours will be required to be complete month end tasks.

Tilehurst School to start ASAP.

Experience of using Access Finance would be preferable, but not essential.

A small and friendly school require a temporary Finance Officer to support over 3 days per week. This will be an ongoing role and will provide effective support as required on school finance and administration activities.

You will To liaise with school staff, relevant staff of the Trust, parents, suppliers and other agencies as appropriate. To deputise for the School Business Manager on financial matters when appropriate. To help and support other school office staff and to cover for them in their absence.

Main duties:

To promote equality as an integral part of the role and to treat everyone with fairness and dignity.

To recognise health and safety is a responsibility of every employee, to take reasonable care of self and others and to comply with the Schools Health and Safety policy and any school-specific procedures / rules that apply to this role.To promote the welfare of children and to support the school in safeguarding children though relevant policies and procedures.

To review this job description with Line Manager annually.

Budget:

• Help plan and monitor the school budget
• Produce reports for Budget Holders, SLT and governors of expenditure and remaining budget

Payroll:

• The administration and submission of timesheets for supply and contract staff to payroll
• Deal with staff payroll queries
• Posting Payroll reconciliation to accounts

Expenditure:

• Purchase order processing and checking outstanding orders on a regular basis
• Process order related invoices, credit notes and authorise for local and central payments
• Processing BACS payments
• Maintain supplier and customer details
• Complete and submit Internal Transfer forms
• Compare/check prices when ordering supplies for the office (paper, ink, cartridges, consumables etc)