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Finance Officer | September 2025

Location: Kensington

Full time, 5 days per week

Salary: Inner London: £31,716 - £32,700

Teach Plus are currently working with a warm and inclusive Catholic primary school in Kensington, this school blends strong values with high academic standards.With dedicated staff, engaging lessons, and caring support, it nurtures confident, well-rounded learners ready for the next stage.

They are seeking a Finance Officer; the ideal candidate will have good experience and knowledge of finance (and ideally school finance) and be able to provide support in all matters relating to finance.

It may be necessary for duties and responsibilities other than those outlined and specified to be undertaken at times under the direction of the Executive Headteacher, Head of School or Financial Strategic Lead.

As a Finance Officer, you will be expected to:

• To be responsible for the effective management of financial administration procedures, including responsibility for compliance with financial regulations.
• Assist the Executive Headteacher with income generation, sponsorship and funding, and build relationships
• Identify the need for, select and manage the ordering of supplies and equipment for the school including the issuing of invoices and ensuring settlement of accounts.
• Ensure that the school is fully prepared to meet OFSTED financial criteria and School Financial Value Standard (SFVS) and the Local Authority's Internal Audit requirements.
• To be responsible for the collection and banking of all monies and the chasing of any outstanding debts.To manage and reports providing an annual report to governors
• Preparation and maintenance of such reports, records and accounts as are required in conjunction with the School's computerised accounting systems.

The ideal candidate for the Finance Officer role will have:

• Recent experience as a school Finance Officer.
• Experience of FMS is essential, and experience of education management information systems such as SIMS/Arbor and other software (MS Excel, MSWord, and MS Outlook) is highly desirable.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written.A strong work ethic who is willing to commit until the end of the academic year.
• An ability to analyse data and present conclusions and recommendations to senior leaders and governors.
• Awareness of data management issues including data protection and Confidentiality.
• Enhanced DBS Certificate with the Update Service.
• Right to work in the UK.

Next steps:

• If this Finance Officer position sounds of interest, or you would like to find out more information, please contact Mary at Teach Plus.
• Alternatively, please click ‘apply' and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Teach Plus is a 5 star, Google rated, London based education recruitment agency.Our passion is to provide candidates with an excellent service in helping them find a new role, our candidate journey is what makes us stand out above the rest.

We prioritise ongoing assistance and support to help with your career in education.

With over 17 years' experience working in education, we have strong, long-lasting relationships with primary schools across London.

We are able to offer a range of opportunities including short term, long term and permanent positions within education as well as a high volume of daily supply work.