Finance Officer

Based in Nailsworth

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**Job Description**:
Colleague Benefits

The Ruskin Mill Trust Group operates five colleges and associated residential provisions in Nailsworth, Stourbridge, Sheffield, Birmingham, and Pembrokeshire, as well as independent specialist schools in Worcestershire, Bristol, Sheffield and Darlington. Through our research led method _of_ _Practical Skills Therapeutic Education we_ provide innovative and experiential education for children and young people with special learning needs, developed out of the inspiration of Rudolf Steiner, William Morris and John Ruskin.

**Finance Officer**

Salary Range: FTE £20,934.74 - £25,324.74 per annum - 40 hours per week

Commencement salary dependent upon qualifications, skills and experience.

This post will be based at our site in Nailsworth, near Stroud, Gloucestershire.

We are looking for a Finance officer to work as part of our Corporate Finance Team at Ruskin Mill Trust to support the financial processes including purchase ledger and monthly reconciliations of our Welsh educational provisions and Trigonos, Hospitality and Retreat Centre.

The successful applicant will be expected to embrace, articulate and work with the Trust’s objectives, vision, values, purpose and method, ensuring that the Trust’s paradigm of biodynamic agriculture, Anthroposophical medicine and practical skills education, which is informed by Steiner Education, is maintained, implemented and integrated within the provisions of the Trust.

Duties include:

- To process, pay and file invoices relating to the Hospitality and Retreat Centre, wider Ruskin Mill Trust Group, Colleges or Schools
- To run cheques and/or BACS and ensure suppliers are paid on time.
- Plan and organise work to ensure month end and year end close procedures are adhered to.
- Reconcile supplier statements and deal with queries from various staff members and suppliers.
- To undertake general administrative duties including filing.

What we are looking for someone who is/has:

- Applications from Welsh speaking applicants would be highly desirable although not necessary.
- Experience of working in a Finance Assistant or Finance Officer role
- Experience of managing a diverse workload and meeting strict deadlines
- Ideally completed AAT or equivalent but this is only desirable

For a full list of responsibilities, please refer to the Job Description for this role.

Working at Ruskin Mill Trust is incredibly rewarding and in return, we offer competitive salaries, with progression in pay and an auto-enrolment pension scheme. In addition, staff receive;
- A comprehensive induction, extensive training and development plan to include Autism, Attachment, _Practical Skills Therapeutic Education_ (PSTE), CPI (Safety Intervention) training and much more
- Generous Annual Leave which increases with length of service.
- The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Level Disclosure. The Trust is committed to becoming an equal opportunities employer_._