Transaction Partner

**Contract**:Permanent**, **37 hours per week (part time considered), Term time only plus 2 weeks (40 weeks) per year

**FTE Salary**: FTE £21,164 p.a plus excellent benefits.

**Pro-rated Salary**: £18,833 p.a. plus excellent benefits.

**Location**:Currently based in Robertson House, Stevenage.Hybrid working will be available in the future.

**Benefits**: a generous employer pension contribution, 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 31 days after five-years) or the equivalent paid for Term Time employees, family-friendly policies, hybrid working, paid mileage, access to mental health and wellbeing support, company performance bonus, professional development opportunities, benefit schemes for discounts and cashback offers, and more.

**The team**

The Financial Services Transaction Team provides services to support maintained schools in Hertfordshire. The post holder will contribute to the delivery of high quality financial reporting and budget management services to schools maintained by Hertfordshire County Council.

**The role**

The role involves posting into schools’ accounting systems including;
- Purchase ledger and non-purchase ledger items
- Sales ledger items
- Other income and expenditure
- Bank reconciliations
- System reconciliations

**Our ‘working from anywhere’ approach** provides colleagues the opportunity to work flexibly in line with their role requirements. This consists of working in the Head office in Stevenage daily, with the option to work from home once the level of digital schools increases_._

**Ready to apply..**. please click 'Apply' and submit a detailed CV along with a cover letter to include responses to the following questions:
1) Why do you feel you would be suitable for this role?
2) Please state your proficiency level (basic/intermediate or advanced) with Microsoft Excel, detailing your knowledge.
3) Please can you detail the finance packages you have previously used.
4) Scenario - You have 3 schools which require data entry, School 1 has provided 25% of the information required to meet the deadline for 31st August, School 2 has provided 50% of the information required to meet the deadline for 18th October, School 3 has provided all of the information required to meet the deadline for 11th November. You have chased both School 1 and 2 for the additional information. Please state how you would prioritise the data entry for each school along with any additional/ necessary actions you may take.

As part of our move towards eradicating unconscious bias within the recruitment process, we will be anonymising your forms.

We are committed towards becoming an anti-racist organisation, and our recruitment statement is set out below in support of this.
- HfL is committed to being an equal opportunities employer. We insist on the equal treatment of all current and prospective colleagues and will never condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership._
- Please note that if you are invited to interview, we will expect you to be prepared to discuss unconscious bias with us; we find these conversations more than any others give us all a good idea of what working together will be like._

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £18,833.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free or subsidised travel
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Wellness programme
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Supplemental pay types:

- Performance bonus

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Stevenage, SG1 2FQ