Interim School Accounts Assistant

Careerline Ltd; Wallingford; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An independent preparatory school in Wallingford is seeking an Interim Accounts Assistant for a temp contract until Christmas 2025. The role involves managing accounts payable and receivable, preparing payroll, and drafting management accounts. Flexible work options available. Competitive salary offered.

Qualifications

• Experience with accounts payable and receivable processes.
• Ability to prepare payroll and manage financial records.
• Familiarity with management accounts preparation.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and reconcile school debit cards daily.
• Prepare fee invoices and cross check the fees ledger.
• Manage monthly salaries and payroll calculations.
• Draft termly management accounts and compare to budget.

Skills

Accounts payable management

Accounts receivable skills

Payroll processing

Management accounts preparation

Job description

Overview

Interim Accounts Assistant - Wallingford, Oxfordshire. Temp contract until Christmas 2025 or longer. Full or Part-time. Competitive rate of pay.

Our client is an independent preparatory school for pupils age 3 - 13. As well as providing a fantastic learning environment and community for pupils, the school offers an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding working environment. They strive to recruit the best possible teaching and support staff to drive the school forwards and ensure they continue to provide the best possible rounded education for their pupils.

Responsibilities

• Accounts payable: Monitoring and reconciling the use of the School debit cards on a daily basis; processing all purchase invoices and ensuring that all are authorised by the Budget Holder; paying all purchase invoices within their agreed terms.
• Accounts Receivable: Preparing all fee invoices and cross checking the fees ledger to the School roll at the start of every term; reconciling all electronic payments into the bank against the fees ledger and the paper copies of the fee invoices; producing a termly list of fee debtors for the Bursar; administering direct debit payments through School Fees Plan; responding to parent queries and requests relating to their fees account.
• Payroll: Preparing the monthly schedule of salaries, tax, National Insurance and pension payments, including calculations of overtime and sick or maternity pay.
• Management Accounts: Preparing a first draft of termly management accounts from the finance system including comparison to budget.

Contract details

This role will commence as soon as possible. The contract will run to at least Christmas 2025 with the potential for it to be extended. The role could be part time or full time to suit the individual but will be for a minimum of 3 days per week.

For full details, please apply online or call (phone number removed).