Finance Officer

The Galfrid School Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A primary school in Cambridge is looking for a Finance Officer to support its finance team. The role involves administrative support to the Finance Manager and collaboration with school leaders to ensure effective financial management. Suitable candidates should have relevant finance qualifications and experience in financial administrative roles. Join us to contribute positively to the school's financial health and enjoy excellent training and benefits.

Benefits

Excellent training and development opportunities

Access to enhanced Local Government Pension Scheme

26 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Access to employee benefits through Westfield Rewards

Free and confidential counselling support

Qualifications

• Experience in financial administrative roles preferred.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills required.
• Ability to manage finance-related tasks in a school environment.

Responsibilities

• Support the Finance Manager with administrative tasks.
• Ensure proper accounting procedures are maintained.
• Collaborate with school Principals for financial oversight.

Skills

Financial oversight

Administrative support

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Education

Relevant finance qualification

Tools

Accounting software

Job description

Overview

United Learning Trust is seeking to appoint a Finance Officer, supporting our five established schools in Cambridge. These schools are Cambridge Academy of Science and Technology, Coleridge Community College, The Galfrid Primary School, Parkside Community College and Trumpington Community College.

The successful candidate will be a part of a small team, supporting the Finance Manager, and working closely with the schools' Principals and Senior Leadership Teams as well as the Trust's Finance Business Partner and Management Accountant to provide prudent oversight and management of the schools' finances.

You will provide effective and efficient administrative support to the Finance Manager, by ensuring that proper accounting procedures are maintained across the Trust.

We will offer you

• Community spirit in each of our inclusive and welcoming schools
• Excellent facilities and resources
• Talented, supportive and professional colleagues
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Opportunities to collaborate with colleagues in our cluster of schools and Central Office
• Access to the enhanced Local Government Pension Scheme
• 26 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays
• Enhanced parental leave options
• Access to employee benefits through Westfield Rewards
• Free and Confidential Counselling and Support through an award-winning EAP and access to a free Wellness Hub
• Please refer to the job description and Applicant Pack for further details.

Safeguarding and recruitment

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employees will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK, an enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.

We always appoint on merit, and we are open to discussing flexible working options.

Job description

The Galfrid School is part of United Learning Trust and this position will support our five established Cambridge schools as part of the Trust’s Finance team.

United Learning

We are part of United Learning, a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England. Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group we can reward our staff with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits and ultimately the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing and have an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It\'s an ethos we call 'the best in everyone'.

We are working hard to become a more diverse organisation, which is key to our commitment to bringing out the best in everyone. We welcome applications from everyone committed to this ethos and would particularly welcome applications from Black and Minority Ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented in the Group as a whole. We always appoint on merit. We are also open to discussing flexible working options.

Recruiter contact

Recruiter contact information is provided in the original posting.

The Galfrid School

The Galfrid School, Galfrid Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB5 8ND, United Kingdom

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"The Galfrid School is a thriving primary school in Cambridge welcoming children aged 4 to 11. We are delighted to have been judged a 'Good' school in our first inspection report in October 2023. Inspectors praised us for taking the school from strength to strength and recognised that: the school values its staff; staff value the personalised, high-quality training that ensures they teach a curriculum suitable for all pupils; workload and well-being are carefully considered by the school at all levels; and the school ensures that all staff have the chance to be heard. We are proud members of United Learning, dedicated to providing an excellent education for children to grow into a fantastic, well-rounded citizens who make a positive impact on our community."

United Learning Cambridge Cluster

We are part of a cluster of schools within the United Learning group: The Galfrid School, Coleridge Community College, Trumpington Community College, Parkside Community College, and Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology. We embrace United Learning aim to offer a life changing education to children and young people, and we work as a team to achieve more than any single school could. We share knowledge and resource within the cluster and the group to simplify work processes and manage workloads to achieve excellent results while improving work-life balance. As a cluster and as a group, we can look after our staff better.

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