Finance Assistant – School Budgets & Admin Support

St Bart's Multi Academy Trust; Hempstalls; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing support

Training & mentoring

Staff discounts

LGPS or Teachers' Pension

Travel benefits

Job summary

St Bart's Multi Academy Trust is seeking a dedicated administrator to support our central finance team with clerical and financial duties. The role involves processing orders, basic reconciliation, data reporting and answering enquiries, while upholding safeguarding of children within the academy.

You will work closely with senior staff to maintain records, forecast budgets and provide administrative support for meetings, contributing to a warm, collaborative school environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with clerical and financial administration in a school setting.
• Ability to process orders, reconcile payments and manage supplier queries.
• Strong ICT skills and IT literacy with MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Provide general finance/clerical support including clerical processes, word processing, IT based tasks requiring knowledge of various ICT packages and operation of office equipment
• Produce lists, information and data as requested by senior staff
• Maintain manual and computerised records and management information systems
• Deal with enquiries either by email/telephone or face-to-face
• Undertake general financial administration such as processing orders and undertake basic reconciliation
• Support with the forecasting of budgets and management accounts
• Provide administrative support for meetings and take notes at meetings
• Promote awareness of safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the academy, raising any concerns following academy protocol/procedures
• Any other duties appropriate to the post.
• Provide general admin support to the central finance team function
• To work as a member of the central finance team, undertaking general finance duties, which may include invoice entry, resolving queries with suppliers and checking of supplier statements
• To support with the quality assurance of supplier pay runs

Skills

Clerical/administrative skills

Budget forecasting

Financial administration

IT literacy (MS Office)

Customer service

Tools

MS Office suite

Office IT systems

Job description

St Bart's Multi Academy Trust is seeking a dedicated administrator to support our central finance team with clerical and financial duties. The role involves processing orders, basic reconciliation, data reporting and answering enquiries, while upholding safeguarding of children within the academy.

You will work closely with senior staff to maintain records, forecast budgets and provide administrative support for meetings, contributing to a warm, collaborative school environment.