Finance officer

Teaching Vacancies; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

King’s Cross Academy, co-located with Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children, is seeking a Finance Officer to support the CFO and Headteacher in maintaining robust school finance processes in a dynamic primary school setting in London.

You will handle end-to-end financial transactions, maintain ledgers, and use Sage 200, Google Sheets, and Excel. You will provide timely financial information to staff, governors and auditors.

Qualifications

• Experience handling school or trust finance processes.
• Ability to process transactions from order to payment accurately.
• Strong record-keeping and reconciliation skills.

Responsibilities

• Support CFO and Head teacher to ensure robust finance processes.
• Ensure accurate processing of transactions from order to payment.
• Maintain accurate financial records using Sage 200, Google Sheets, and Excel.
• Process orders, advise staff, handle returns, match delivery notes, and settle invoices.
• Reconcile sales and purchase ledgers regularly.
• Provide financial information to staff, governors and auditors.
• Generate BACS payments and allocate receipts.
• Liaise with suppliers and resolve queries promptly.
• Maintain supplier and customer ledgers; perform invoicing and credit control.

Skills

Finance administration

Ledger management

Budget control

Reconciliation

Supplier liaison

BACS payments

Tools

Sage 200

Google Sheets

Excel

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

• The finance officer will support the CFO and Head teacher to ensure the schools finance processes are robust and followed at all times.
• The finance officer will ensure there is accurate processing of all transactions for the Trust from initial order to payment.
• Follow systems and processes to keep accurate records of the schools’ finances.
• Support the CFO and Head teacher to ensure the school finance processes are robust and followed at all times
• Accurately maintain financial records using Sage 200, google sheets, excel and other financial systems
• Processing orders accurately and efficiently, advising staff, dealing with any returns, matching delivery notes and settling invoices
• Ensuring budget holders adhere to the financial procedures at all times
• Liaising with suppliers, reconciling statements and investigating and resolving queries, quickly and accurately
• Purchase Ledger- maintain supplier list, entry and allocation of invoices and payments
• Sales Ledger – raise invoices, allocate income and credit control
• Generating bacs payments and allocation of receipts
• Maintain accurate records for trips and other ad hoc income
• Regular reconciliation of sales and purchase ledger records
• Filing and maintenance of all folders and files relevant to the job role.
• Reporting to and working with the CFO
• Providing financial information when required by staff, governors and auditors

What the school offers its staff

King’s Cross Academy is co-located with a special school Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children. We share a unique learning community in the heart of King’s Cross. Together, we aim to prepare children for the modern world by helping them become confident, resilient and highly successful lifelong learners.

King’s Cross Academy is a two-form entry primary school with a nursery.

Our location also provides exceptional opportunities to work with neighbours including Central Saint Martins, Google, Camley Street Natural Park and the Francis Crick Institute, broadening children’s experiences and raising their aspirations.

Together, King’s Cross Academy and Frank Barnes celebrate the diversity, creativity and culture of our community, ensuring that every child feels a strong sense of belonging and is supported to make the most of their individual talents and potential.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation 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 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.