Part Time Finance support

Confidential; Greater London; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

Confidential in Central London is seeking a Part Time Financial Assistant for 2 days a week or 4 mornings a week (term time only). The role pays £16-£17 per hour and sits within a school finance team handling invoicing, VAT returns, and financial controls.

Responsibilities include processing transactions, reconciling accounts, assisting with income collection, and supporting the School Business Manager with funding applications and outsourced services.

Qualifications

• Financial exposure in a school finance environment.
• DBS certificate must be valid within the last year or willingness to obtain one.

Responsibilities

• To be aware of the school’s financial procedures and regulations, including controls and authorisation limits.
• Oversee all internal and external financial transactions including processing invoices and orders.
• Produce VAT return and reconcile financial statements, prepare supplier invoices and supervise petty cash.
• Assist with income collection and invoicing (lettings, parental payments for trips, lessons) and ensure income is recorded monthly.
• Ensure banking of income is prompt and arrears systems are adhered to.
• Maintain accurate filing, archiving and destruction of records per financial regulations.
• Assist SBM with external funding applications when necessary and manage contracted services and site ICT infrastructure.

Skills

Financial exposure

Job description

We are currently recruiting for a Part Time Financial Assistant role- 2 days a week or 4 mornings a week.
The role is located in Central London- Highbury and Islington, (Term time only) and is paying £16-17 an hour.

WHO WILL YOU BE WORKING FOR?

Our client is a girls school; where every student is treated as an individual.

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?

• To be aware of the school s financial procedures and regulations (including financial controls, value for money, and authorisation limits) and to ensure compliance at all times.
• To oversee all internal and external financial transactions including the processing of all invoices and orders; producing the VAT return (training will be provided for this); reconciling financial statements highlighting any discrepancies, preparing the supplier invoices BACS run for payment and supervising Petty Cash payments.
• To assist with the collection and invoicing of income (including lettings and parental payments for trips, music lessons etc) and ensuring that all income is recorded and reconciled on a monthly basis.
• To be responsible for the preparation and prompt banking of income and for ensuring systems for dealing with arrears are adhered to.
• To ensure all records are correctly filed, archived and destroyed in accordance with the school s financial regulations.
• To ensure the school s financial records are accurate and up to date
• To assist the School Business Manager with external funding applications when necessary.
• To assist the School Business Manager to manage contracted out services (catering staff, photocopiers) as well as general estate management of the site and the ICT infrastructure.

ABOUT YOU

• To of had Financial exposure
• Hold a DBS certificate - valid within the last year or be willing to have one taken out.