Finance Officer

Philosophy Education; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-organised SEN school in Southwark is seeking an experienced Finance Officer to provide financial administration support. This full-time role involves working closely with the School Business Manager and Headteacher, ensuring efficient financial operations using SIMS and FMS. The ideal candidate will be organized, friendly, and have strong financial skills.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Good working knowledge of SIMS and FMS.
• Extremely organized in finance.
• Friendly and calm approach.
• Available on a full-time basis.

Responsibilities

• Supporting finance procedures and school invoicing.
• Understanding school finance and processing invoices to orders.
• Assisting the Business Manager with finance and administration.

Skills

Financial Administration

Organizational Skills

Knowledge of SIMS

Knowledge of FMS

Job description

• Finance Officer
• Full-time - 36 hours a week
• Southwark
• Long-term

A well-organised SEN school inSouthwarkis looking for an experienced and motivated Finance Officer to join their team ASAP to provide financial admin support and work alongside the School Business Manager.

Job role

In the role you will be working closely with the School Business Manager and the Headteacher, 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 you should have a very good working knowledge of both systems.

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 Business Manager and Finance Officer with any other finance and administration tasks as required.

The School

This small, welcoming Special Needs School is based in South East London andspecializes in the teaching of children on the autistic spectrum. They offer a curriculum which includes various therapies including music and animal therapy. They have a hydrotherapy pool and a range of specially designed facilities to support pupils. There are excellent professional development opportunities at the school. The school is easily accessible and has good local transport links.

To apply for this role you must have the following:

• Good working knowledge of SIMS and FMS
• Be extremely organised in finance
• Have a friendly and calm approach
• Be available on a full-time basis

To apply for this role, please apply with an up to date CV outlining your skills and experience.

We have a policy to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Philosophy Education is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.