Accounts Payable Finance Officer

Emanuel School; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Emanuel School seeks a dedicated Accounts Payable Finance Officer to join their dynamic finance team. This full-time role offers the opportunity to enhance your accounting skills while ensuring the accurate management of purchases and financial records in a nurturing school environment.

Benefits

Healthcare plan

Salary sacrifice childcare vouchers

Pension provision

Free lunches

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Significant experience in bookkeeping or accounts payable.
• Excellent financial knowledge of accounting standards and VAT.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of the purchase ledger.
• Process payments, invoices, and expense claims accurately.
• Assist the Head of Finance with record-keeping for capital projects.

Skills

Attention to detail

Numerical accuracy

Time management

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Excel (intermediate)

Education

Part-qualified in ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent

Job description

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This range is provided by Emanuel School. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Salary: £30,000 - £38,000 pa depending on skills and experience

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time

This is an exciting opportunity to further develop your accounting skills and finance experience within a dynamic and forward-thinking finance team at one of the leading schools in London.

As Accounts Payable Finance Officer, you will play a key role in the finance team, taking responsibility for all aspects of the purchase ledger.

This varied role will include setting up supplier accounts, processing payments, ensuring the accurate processing of purchase invoices, expense claims and payment runs, as well as managing the finance inbox and responding to queries promptly and professionally.

You will also assist the Head of Finance with the record keeping for capital projects, liaising with external project managers where necessary to ensure accuracy and monitoring spend against budgets.

About You

You will be part qualified or working towards a professional qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent) and will need excellent financial knowledge of accounting standards, software and VAT.

Significant experience of bookkeeping or working in an accounts payable role, adhering to financial controls and monitoring budgets is essential.

You will also need strong attention to detail and numerical accuracy, with good time management and organisational skills, as well as excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a high standard of computer literacy, including intermediate Excel skills.

Experience of working within a school is not an essential requirement and we welcome applications from exceptional candidates from other sectors.

Working at Emanuel

There is always a buzz at Emanuel. Colleagues enjoy their work and, like the pupils, are ambitious for the school. With a weekly staff briefing, half termly staff meetings, termly consultative group meetings and a common room committee, all of us are engaged in a lively ongoing dialogue about the school’s aims and aspirations.

Everyone works hard here, and anyone joining us should expect to do the same and share our commitment to the highest standards. At the same time our ethos remains unpretentious, kindly and practical, and there’s a strong sense of community and friendship at the school.

We aim to look after our staff well: we have an appraisal scheme with a focus on employees’ professional development; we sponsor postgraduate courses and a range of training opportunities; we offer salary sacrifice childcare vouchers through TEDS Premier, we offer a healthcare plan via Simply Health that includes counselling and medical support; and we’re committed to supporting staff wellbeing. Financially, all staff benefit from good pension provision and free lunches.

For further details and to apply please click the apply button.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 22 June 2025.

Do note that interviews may be held at any stage after applications are received, so candidates are advised to apply as soon as possible.

Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. Emanuel School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing and Finance

• Industries

  Primary and Secondary Education

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