Finance Assistant

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Job summary

Bishop Perowne seeks a Finance Assistant for a permanent position totaling 30 hours per week, focusing on financial transactions and school business support. The candidate will work under the Chief Finance Officer and must have relevant qualifications or experience. Commitment to safeguarding is essential, and applications are expected via the school website.

Qualifications

• Experience in finance administration or a finance-related qualification.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage financial transactions accurately.

Responsibilities

• Handle financial transactions including purchase orders and petty cash.
• Ensure safekeeping and banking of money received by the College.
• Conduct monthly bank reconciliations and adjustments.

Skills

Financial Transactions

Invoicing

Bank Reconciliation

Purchase Orders

Value for Money

Education

Relevant finance qualification or experience

Job description

Required September 2025

Finance Assistant

Permanent

30 hours per week

Salary: NJC Scale 4 7-12

Term Time Only (39 weeks to include Teacher Education Days)

Governors of Bishop Perowne are seeking to appoint a Finance Assistant working 30 hours per week.

The successful candidate will work under the direction of the Chief Finance Officer and Deputy Chief Finance Officer to organise and deliver financial and business support within the school.

Duties will include:

• To take responsibility for financial transactions within the College, including purchase orders, invoicing, BACS payments and petty cash To ensure receipt, safekeeping and banking of all money received by the College (including via ParentPay) To co-ordinate the purchase of goods and supplies, ensuring that the College obtains best possible value for money from suppliers and contractors To undertake monthly bank reconciliations and month-end adjustments

Applications must be made via a Bishop Perowne application form, which are available from our school website or by contacting Mrs K J Wigley, the Headteacher’s P.A./HR Manager at the school. Applications should include a covering letter.

Closing Date for Applications: 9.00am Thursday 26^th June 2025

Date for Interviews: w/c Monday 30^th June 2025

Bishop Perowne is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
Childcare Disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
Medical
Online and social media
Prohibition from Teaching
Right to Work Two Satisfactory References
Suitability to Work with Children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

At Bishop Perowne, we do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit but humbly count others more significant than ourselves. (Philippians 2:3)