Finance Officer

Warrington Borough Council; Warrington; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Lymm High School in Warrington is seeking a proactive Finance Officer to join our administration team. The role requires experience in school finance, strong numeracy and literacy, and proficiency with Word and Excel, with knowledge of Xero advantageous.

You will contribute to budget monitoring, procurement, reporting and internal controls while prioritising your workload within term time hours (22.5 per week) plus two weeks.

Qualifications

• Previous experience of working in a finance role is essential, ideally within a school or educational setting.
• Experience of using Xero accounting software would be advantageous.
• Experience in Business / Financial management, report creation, business admin, procurement and budget monitoring.
• Experience of working within internal control frameworks.
• Experience or organising and prioritising own work load.
• Excellent literacy and numeracy skills.
• Experience of Microsoft Word and Excel use in an office environment.

Skills

Finance experience

Xero

Budget monitoring

Procurement

Internal controls

Time management

Literacy and numeracy

MS Word and Excel

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

Lymm High School is a large high performing secondary school with exceptional resources including a swimming pool, leisure complex and residential centre in Anglesey.

The role

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, dedicated and professional Finance officer.

• Previous experience of working in a finance role is essential, ideally within a school or educational setting
• Experience of using Xero accounting software would be advantageous
• Experience in Business / Financial management, report creation, business admin, procurement and budget monitoring
• Experience of working within internal control frameworks
• Experience or organising and prioritising own work load
• Excellent literacy and numeracy skills
• Experience of Microsoft Word and Excel use in an office environment.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check (formally CRB).

At Lymm High School we recognise the positive value of diversity, promoting equality and celebrating inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Interview date: TBC

Contract Type:Permanent

Hours of duty:22.5 hours per week Term Time Only plus 2 weeks

23 September 2026

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Location

Lymm High School, Oughtrington Lane, Lymm, WA13 0RB