Finance Officer

7 months ago

Lambeth, United Kingdom Harris Federation Full time

**Summary**
We are looking for a dedicated and meticulous Finance Officer to join our growing school to oversee the financial duties of the academy. The role is likely to suit someone who has a financial/accounting background and who has an enthusiasm for and commitment to the achievement of the Academy’s overall vision for success at all levels.
**About Us**
We want our students to be hugely ambitious, to dream bigger and to realise their aspirations, with the help of great teaching, a rigorous curriculum and a fantastic extra-curricular offer that broadens horizons and sparks curiosity. As well as our curriculum and enrichment offer, our students undertake a cultural perspective each term which opens up new worlds and ways of thinking. Above all, we really believe our students are capable of anything, and we are relentless in supporting them to pursue their ambitions.

Our opportunities for leadership development ensure that our students can make their mark on the world and to have the confidence and integrity to stand up for what they believe in. Our PRSHE curriculum supports our students to develop resilience and empathy, as well as building fantastic university and career skills for their brilliant futures.

We are a community who work together for the greater good of our academy; there is a culture of mutual respect and kindness between staff and students.

**Main Areas of Responsibility**
Your responsibilities will include:

- Ordering goods and services on behalf of academy staff
- Raising purchase requests through Federation financial systems
- Transmitting purchase orders
- Processing invoices from suppliers
- Ensuring approval processes are followed for purchase orders and invoices
- Monitoring and maintaining purchase orders and invoices through Federation financial systems
- Verifying unsubmitted invoices
- Transferring invoices to PSF for payment
- Maintaining journals on PSF
- Reviewing, paying and keeping records of staff expense claims
- Maintaining creditor ledgers
- Processing supplier payments via BACS
- Making emergency payments when necessary
- Overseeing use of the academy credit card
- Managing bank payments including deposits, records and bank reconciliations
- Managing the academy cheque book
- Managing and keeping records of academy income through lettings, donations or inter-academy transactions
- Maintaining the fixed assets register
- Maintaining the contracts register
- Liaising with academy budget holders
- Assisting Finance Business Partner in monthly Balance Sheet Reconciliations
- Management of Cashless Catering Systems (with Catering Dept)
- Engaging with all audit and control reviews, preparing papers and records as required
- Processing bursary requests and undertaking bursary administration duties
- Supporting the administration of free school meals

**Qualifications & Experience**
We would like to hear from you if you have:

- Finance experience in purchase ledger processing and budget management
- Strong ICT skills
- The ability to prioritise and set personal targets, including managing different workloads and workflows.
- The ability to be flexible and adapt to change and increases in academy size.
- Appreciation of issues of confidentiality
- Ability to work as team player and to foster good working relationships with a variety of different people in Academy
- Good organisational and interpersonal skills which indicate a warm, efficient and hospitable manner to all
- Good levels of numeracy and literacy (at least C in English and Maths GCSE or equivalent)
- Ability to work accurately under pressure and meet deadlines

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.
**Next Steps**

**Rewards & Benefits**
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, electric car scheme, 26 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays) for staff who work across the full year, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.
**Safeguarding Notice**
**Equal Opportunities**

We value the diversity of our staff and students, and everyone at the Harris Federation is equally valued and respected. We aim to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment.

Job Reference: HF05368-HCL6F

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