Accounts Assistant

WG060 Witherslack Group Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the UK's highest Ofsted-rated special education and care provider as a Finance Officer. In this varied role within the Group Finance function, you will manage purchase ledger transactions and support financial reporting, all while making a genuine difference to the lives of young people.

Benefits

7 weeks’ holiday

Flexible benefits package

Wellbeing tools and advice

Medical cover

High-street discounts

Beautiful working environments

Qualifications

• Experience of preparing management accounts and data inputting.
• Intermediate knowledge of Excel.
• Ability to work well within a team and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Report costs and manage purchase ledger transactions.
• Review finances for individual homes and schools.
• Support the direct and wider finance team.

Skills

Management Accounts Preparation

Data Inputting

Teamwork

Working to Tight Deadlines

Intermediate Excel

Job description

time left to apply End Date: August 15, 2025 (23 days left to apply)

job requisition id JR102581

Huge Small Victories

We are the highest Ofsted-rated provider in the country for special education and care. Our teams are fulfilled by the idea of making even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things. For children with complex needs the level of care and education we provide must go above and beyond. That’s what drives us here at Witherslack Group. With our high staff-to-child ratio and inhouse clinical teams, we’re proud to have a reputation for excellence and market leading OFSTED ratings.

Get out what you put in

This is a varied role that sits at the heart of our Group Finance function, supporting the direct and wider team. Day to day, you'll be reporting costs and managing purchase ledger transactions, including the use of the Group’s purchase order system. With the chance to help review finances for individual homes and schools, you'll have opportunities to learn, developing your expertise. As a Finance Officer you’ll have worked in a Finance team before and already have some experience inputting data, preparing management accounts and working with excel.

What we do for you

We know you’re going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the care sector. With us, you’ll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get:

Salary: Base salary of between £26,000 - £28,000

Holiday: You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with 7 weeks’ holiday

Flexible benefits package: meaning you can increase/decrease your holiday allowance, pension and life insurance – check out our benefitshere

Wellbeing:a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance

Medical coverso you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host ofhigh-street discounts

Beautiful working environmentswith the very best facilities

Bring your whole-self to work

Here at Witherslack Group, we celebrate everyone’s differences as that’s what makes us the best at what we do. Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs – and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves.

We’ll give you the chance to build an exciting career in a fast-growing organisation, where you’re free to achieve your potential. Here’s what we need from you;

Experience of preparing management accounts, inputting data and working within a Finance team

Intermediate knowledge of Excel

The ability to work well within a team

The ability to work to tight deadlines

A full UK Driver’s License

It is also desirable, but not essential that you have:

Experience with Purchase Ledgers and a Purchase Order system

Experience of working with Workday

Join the UK’s best special education and care provider

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself .

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost). We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

For a full job description and person specification, please click here: https://witherslackgroup.box.com/s/1x6nm5twky2r2kh5n2x3k97qz92q5aos

About Witherslack

We are the highest Ofsted-rated provider in the country for special education and care. Our teams are fulfilled by the idea of making even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.

There’s lots of ups and downs, and to some of our young people, just sitting through a lesson can be a big win. We call these huge small victories and whilst they may seem small on the surface, they add up to make a big difference.

We live and learn with children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs, communication difficulties (such as Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, or speech, language and communication needs), ADHD or complex learning needs. We have the most joined-up model in SEN, the best environments and we are proud of what we do.

Mission: We are the leading provider of specialist education and care for children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs, communication difficulties (autistic spectrum conditions; speech, language and communication needs), ADHD and complex learning needs.