Regional Finance Assistant

OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING; United States; Hybrid; USD 35,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and hybrid working

Professional development opportunities

Competitive Local Government Pension

Generous annual leave

National network of finance pros

Job summary

Oasis Community Learning is seeking a Regional Finance Assistant to support multiple academies across Croydon and surrounding locations. The role covers transactional finance, including ledgers, reconciliations and payroll, with travel to London or Southampton for team meetings and academy visits.

Strong attention to detail and Excel proficiency are essential. You will join a collaborative finance team within a large national trust, offering flexible, hybrid working and opportunities for

Qualifications

• Transactional finance processing experience including purchase and sales ledgers.

Responsibilities

• Process purchase and sales ledgers, receipts and payments.
• Perform bank reconciliations and payroll administration tasks.
• Manage balance sheet accounts and other transactional finance activities.
• Support finance systems administration and user support.
• Travel to Central London or Southampton for meetings and academy visits when required.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organised

Team player

Excel

Tools

PSF accounting software

Job description

We are looking for a Regional Finance Assistant to join our finance team and play a key role in supporting our academies across Croydon, including Arena, Byron, Coulsdon, Ryelands, Shirley Park, and Shirley Park Primary. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys working with numbers, thrives on accuracy and wants their work to have a meaningful impact. Our finance function supports 56 academies and more than 5,000 colleagues, making it a busy, varied and rewarding environment. You'll need to be organised, resilient and able to maintain high standards while managing competing priorities. Most importantly, you'll be a team player who enjoys collaborating with colleagues and solving problems. In this role, you'll support a wide range of financial processes, including purchase and sales ledgers, bank reconciliations, payroll administration, balance sheet accounts and transactional finance activity. Attention to detail will be your superpower. You'll take pride in ensuring invoices are processed accurately, payments are made on time, and financial records are maintained to the highest standards. The role involves working across our academies within the region, alongside a proportion of home based working, with occasional visits to our London office at Devonshire House. This offers the flexibility to work independently while remaining connected to a supportive and experienced finance team. In return, you'll join a supportive and purpose-driven organisation where your contribution truly matters. We'll provide flexibility, development opportunities and the chance to learn from experienced finance professionals. Most importantly, you'll know that the work you do every day helps create better opportunities for young people and communities who need them most. We're looking for someone who enjoys getting into the detail, thrives on organisation and accuracy, and takes pride in keeping financial processes running smoothly. Ideally, you'll have experience in: Transactional finance processing, including purchase ledger, sales ledger, receipts and payments. Purchase ledger administration, including BACS payment runs, reconciliations, supplier account creation and managing debit balances. Sales ledger management, including raising and monitoring invoices and proactively following up outstanding debt. Bank account administration, including reconciliations, payment processing and maintaining accurate financial records. Finance systems administration, including creating accounts, resolving queries and supporting users. Providing wider finance support, from investigating credit card queries to assisting colleagues with ad hoc requests and projects. You'll be highly organised, comfortable managing competing priorities and able to maintain excellent attention to detail in a fast-paced environment. As the role supports academies and colleagues across the region, you'll also be willing and able to travel to Central London or Southampton for team meetings, training and academy visits when required. Most importantly, you'll bring a positive, can-do approach and a willingness to be part of a team that helps make a real difference to young people's lives. Ideally you will have worked and be familiar with accounting software such as PSF and be an advanced user of Excel. You'll be reliable, accurate and willing to get stuck in as part of a collaborative and highly supportive team. This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Oasis Community Learning If numbers are your thing, we'd love to hear from you. If you associate Sage with accounting software rather than herbs, and Excel with spreadsheets rather than exhibitions, then there's every chance you speak our language. At Oasis Community Learning, we're driven by a simple but powerful mission: to help every young person and community member thrive and succeed, regardless of their background or circumstances. As one of the UK's largest academy trusts, we serve communities across the country, many facing significant challenges, supported by exceptional teachers, dedicated support staff and talented professionals who work behind the scenes to make it all possible.

• Transactional finance processing, including purchase ledger, sales ledger, receipts and payments.
• Purchase ledger administration, including BACS payment runs, reconciliations, supplier account creation and managing debit balances.
• Sales ledger management, including raising and monitoring invoices and proactively following up outstanding debt.
• Bank account administration, including reconciliations, payment processing and maintaining accurate financial records.
• Finance systems administration, including creating accounts, resolving queries and supporting users.
• Providing wider finance support, from investigating credit card queries to assisting colleagues with ad hoc requests and projects.
• You'll be highly organised, comfortable managing competing priorities and able to maintain excellent attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.
• As the role supports academies and colleagues across the region, you'll also be willing and able to travel to Central London or Southampton for team meetings, training and academy visits when required. Most importantly, you'll bring a positive, can-do approach and a willingness to be part of a team that helps make a real difference to young people's lives. Ideally you will have worked and be familiar with accounting software such as PSF and be an advanced user of Excel. You'll be reliable, accurate and willing to get stuck in as part of a collaborative and highly supportive team.
• A genuine work-life balance with flexibility and stability that can be hard to find in many finance roles.
• A supportive and collaborative culture, where colleagues work together, share expertise and celebrate success.
• The opportunity to do meaningful work, knowing your contribution helps improve the life chances of young people and supports communities across the country.
• Professional development opportunities to help you build your skills and progress your career within a national organisation.
• A competitive Local Government Pension Scheme, offering defined benefits, life assurance and valuable tax advantages.
• A generous annual leave entitlement, helping you maintain a healthy balance between work and personal life.
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements, with the ability to work primarily from home alongside office and academy visits.
• Access to a national network of experienced finance professionals, providing support, collaboration and opportunities to learn from others within the Trust.

Join Oasis Community Learning and use your financial skills to make a difference where it matters most.