Finance Officer

The Vale Federation; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer pension with Life Cover

Employee discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Flu vaccination

Job summary

The Vale Federation is seeking a Finance Officer to join Booker Park School to provide effective financial support. The role requires a motivated team player with enthusiasm, strong interpersonal skills and the ability to manage financial processes accurately.

Key duties include generating orders, invoicing, assisting with audits, and recording all income and expenditure in line with school policies. Visits to the school are welcomed and applications are encouraged.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a financial/administrative background.
• Numerate and analytical with attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines.
• Ability to communicate effectively with staff and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Generate orders and raise invoices, and process payments promptly.
• Assist with school audits and financial checks.
• Record and bank income; track expenditure in accordance with policies.

Skills

Numerate

Analytical

Communication

Job description

The successful candidate will provide effective provision of financial support to the school, ensuring all work is undertaken in accordance with the school's policies and procedures. You will generate orders, raise and pay invoices, assist with audits, and collect and bank income recording all income and expenditure appropriately and promptly. Please refer to the job description for further information.

The Vale Federation are seeking to recruit a Finance Officer to join the team working at Booker Park School. To assist with the effective provision of financial support to the school, you will need to be highly motivated and a good team player with enthusiasm, high expectations, good interpersonal skills.

• Experience of working in a financial/administrative background
• Numerate and analytical
• Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Large staffroom with resourced kitchen with complimentary hot and cold beverages
• Employer contribution pension scheme, with Life Cover
• Access to employee benefits including discounts on travel and purchases from local shops, cafes and restaurants
• 24 hour free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• Annual Flu Vaccination

Join us and make a difference in the day-to-day life of our school community! Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact Lisa Snook (HR Officer).

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we appoint an appropriate candidate.

If you have not been contacted within three weeks of the closing date you must assume that your application has, on this occasion, been unsuccessful.

The above post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory check supplied by the Disclosure & Barring Service. The check will include any cautions, reprimands or final warnings as well as convictions.