Finance Assistant Contract Full Time

Philosophy Education; Greater London; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Philosophy Education LTD. is seeking a Finance Assistant for a large, well-organised school in the London Borough of Ealing. The role supports the Finance Manager/Director of Finance with daily financial administration and invoicing.

You will work closely with the Director of Finance, using SIMS/FMS systems where advantageous, and contribute to stock management, supplier queries, and various finance tasks to keep the school’s finances on track.

Qualifications

• Graduate in Finance, Economics or accountancy.
• Experience with financial admin tasks is desirable.
• Strong data entry and record-keeping skills.

Responsibilities

• Support finance procedures and school invoicing.
• Assist with stock management, ordering and monitoring.
• Process invoices to orders and reconcile supplier statements.
• Use multiple systems/databases confidently.
• Assist the Director of Finance with finance/admin tasks.

Skills

Attention to detail

Financial admin

Data entry

Stock management

Education

Graduate in Finance/Economics or accountancy

Tools

SIMS

FMS

Job description

• Finance Assistant
• Full-time
• London Borough of Ealing
• Temporary ongoing contract

A large, well-organised school in the borough of Ealing is looking for a Graduate in Finance/ Economics or accountancy to work as Finance Assistant and join their team ASAP to provide financial admin support and work alongside the Finance Manager/ Director of Finance.

Job role

In the role you will be working closely with the Director of Finance, and the Finance Manager, where you will be providing support across a range of areas in school financial administration. A large proportion of your role will include daily use of SIMS and FMS, so if you had any knowledge of this that would be advantageous.

As a finance assistant your role will include:

• Supporting finance procedures and school invoicing
• Supporting stock management, ordering and monitoring.

• Understanding school finance and processing invoices to orders and reconciling suppliers’ statements, handling queries and discrepancies.
• Having a good knowledge to confidently use a variety of systems and databases
• Assisting the Director of Finance and Finance Officer with any other finance and administration tasks as required.

The school

This heavily oversubscribed secondary school is based in the Ealing borough and is rated outstanding by Ofsted. The school is a calm and purposeful place where good manners and good Behaviour are considered essential. Staff have high expectations for students and pupil behaviour is good. The senior leadership are committed to ensuring there is high quality teaching, in a safe and friendly environment.