Finance Assistant

HMC (Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference); Market Harborough; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Bolton School seeks a Finance Assistant to support the Finance Manager. Responsibilities include maintaining the Purchase Ledgers, managing invoices and credit control functions, and ensuring financial accuracy. Ideal candidates should have a strong finance background and demonstrate organisational skills within a reputable educational institution.

Benefits

Attractive salary and benefits package

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing financial records.
• Competence in credit control processes.
• Ability to demonstrate accuracy in invoice checking.

Responsibilities

• Maintain Purchase Ledgers and manage credit control.
• Prepare and check invoices for accuracy and authorisation.
• Monitor billing accounts and contact parents regarding payments.

Skills

Organisation

Attention to Detail

Communication

Education

Experience in Finance Department

Job description

Teaching careers in HMC independent schools

The Finance Department is seeking to recruit a highly organised individual to support the Finance Manager and the wider team.

The Finance Department is seeking to recruit a highly organised individual to support the Finance Manager and the wider team. The main purpose of this role is to maintain the Purchase Ledgers for the School, BSSL, and Nursery, as well as other expenditure records, and to manage the credit control function for Bolton School fee collection.

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring invoices are prepared and checked for accuracy, appropriate authorisation, and correct financial coding prior to processing. Duties include obtaining authorisation from budget holders, processing weekly and monthly BACS payment runs, filing invoices and payment records, and reconciling supplier statements.

In addition, the postholder will manage the school’s credit control function, monitoring billing accounts, proactively contacting parents regarding overdue payments, issuing monthly statements and reminder letters, and maintaining accurate records of all communication.

The successful candidate will have proven experience working in a Finance Department, with a strong background in recording, managing, and reporting financial information, and will be able to demonstrate competence in credit control processes.

An attractive salary and benefits package are available.

With some 2,500 pupils, Bolton School is a large, thriving, academically selective day school. It is situated a mile or so from the town centre in a stunning 32 acre campus and is within easy reach of some of the nation’s finest cities and countryside.

A large Foundation Services Department supports the School operations and within this there is a trading arm, Bolton School Services Limited (BSSL). This includes BSS Weddings and Events, BSS Leisure Services, Kidzone and Patterdale Hall, a superb Outdoor Pursuits Centre situated at the Southern end of Lake Ullswater. Those who work within the organisation are able to combine the experience and pleasure of educating and being around young people with some of the challenges of a business environment.

For further details and to apply online for the position, please visit the School website.

Closing date for applications: Thursday 19 June 2025 at 9am

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 24 June 2025

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace to reflect the diversity of our pupils and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and to join Bolton School. As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees. We do not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

Bolton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Criminal Records Check for Regulated Activity.

12 The Point, Rockingham Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 7QU