Finance Officer

3 months ago


Leeds, United Kingdom Leeds City College Full time

Job Introduction
We are looking for a motivated finance professional to join our close-knit Treasury team, which is a part of the wider Finance team. We look after the Groups financial resources. We deliver a customer focussed, responsive and quality administrative service whilst ensuring efficient, accurate and timely payments are made.

We are based at Park Lane Campus, which is a 10-15 minute walk from the train station.

There maybe opportunity for the right person to further their career finance through in house and professional learning and development opportunities.

Main Responsibilities
- Deliver a professional, customer focussed, responsive and quality service by reacting to and meeting a range of fluctuating pressures and daily demands
- Monitor and process payment files for processing to ensure they are received in a timely manner
- Responsible for accurately processing and reconciling all group income and expenditure including posting to the finance system
- Prepare bank reconciliations for all group bank accounts.
- Support the Senior Finance Officer with regular training and guidance to those involved with cash handling
- Monitor and process cash advances and petty cash, ensuring all receipts and cash are returned within agreed timescales, in accordance with policies and procedures
- Support the training and development of Apprentices working in the team.
- Support and assist the Financial Accountant with day to day tasks
- Will at all times, comply with Luminate Education Group Financial Regulations and Procedures and maintain a pro-active and diligent approach to fraud awareness.
- A recognised qualification at Level 2 or equivalent work experience
- Literacy and numeracy at Level 2 or equivalent
- Previous work experience within a finance function
- Provide excellent customer service when dealing with customers over the telephone, face to face and in writing
- Familiar with Agresso Business World finance package or a comparable finance ERP system.
- Experience of using Microsoft Office systems and databases (Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Experience of working with high volumes of data with a proven record of attention to detail.
- Experience of cash handling and using payment software in a large complex organisation.
- Experience of preparing bank reconciliations.
- Highly organised with the ability to work to demanding deadlines and deliver outcomes in an accurate and timely manner.

About The Company
Luminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to people’s lives through genuinely transformative education and training.

We offer a wide range of job vacancies across our business support functions - Finance, Human Resources, ITSS, Marketing, Communications, Executive Support, Estates and Food Services. Our large size and diverse range of member organisations means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.

As an education provider, we are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our workforce, and you’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow.

Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.

Luminate Education Group consists of; Harrogate College (HC), Keighley College (KC), Leeds City College (LCC), Leeds Conservatoire (LC), University Centre Leeds, Leeds Sixth Form College and Yorkshire Centre for Training & Development.

**SAFEGUARDING**

**EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION**

We recognise, value and champion diversity & Inclusion. As we engage with a diverse student population we want to ensure we reflect that in our staff population too. For us diversity is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. It is important to us that both staff and students achieve their full potential. Diversity is important to us, but inclusion is equally, if not more important. It’s not just about having the representation but also providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyone’s contributions and perspectives.

**Benefits**:
There are plenty of benefits available to our staff members, here are just a few:

- **Annual leave entitlement**:

- If you work full time, you'll get at least 27 days holiday plus bank holidays and up to 5 discretionary closure days at Christmas (pro rata for part time staff).
- Support Staff 27 days (increasing to 32 days after 5 years service)
- Academic 37 days
- Senior Management 37 days
- **Generous Pension schemes**
- Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- **Memberships and discounts - **employees can sign up to various membership cards and discount schemes such as TOTUM card (formerly NUS card).
- **Travel and commuting - **discounted travel available through


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