Finance Officer

Westbury Church of England Junior School is situated close to the centre of Westbury; it is a large junior school with extensive grounds. At Westbury CE Junior School, every child is offered their moment to shine. All children feel valued for who they are and recognise that school life is relevant to their lives. At Westbury CE Junior School, we show respect to all, show care for all and inspire all to be the best version of themselves they can be.

As a Church of England School, core Christian values underpin our school day. All adults in the school model these values to our children and parents speak very highly about how this contributes to a positive learning environment. Our children understand that, regardless of background or personal circumstance, we are a place where everyone can succeed and everyone has worthy contributions to make to our whole school community.

We wish to recruit an enthusiastic and experienced finance officer to work alongside our admin officer on a full time basis. We would love to hear from someone with experience of accounting and budget setting and monitoring as well as health and safety experience.

We are looking for someone who:

- Has finance experience including budget setting and monitoring
- Has experience of risk assessments
- Is familiar with building maintenance contracts
- Is an effective team player and committed to personal and team development
- Is willing to promote and support wider school working and enrichment
- Has ambition to make a difference

**Role**

**The successful applicant will be someone who can**:

- Support the smooth running of the school office alongside the admin officer
- Deal and empathise with child, parent and staff queries, answer phone and transfer messages.
- Control and manage the computerised financial records
- Prepare and maintain the school budget
- Prepare reports for, and attend governor finance committee meetings and present the budget
- Manage the main school account and carry out bank reconciliations
- Complete monthly payroll return including expenses
- Oversee all aspects of school premises maintenance including arranging repair work and liaising with contractors
- Complete all premises related risk assessments
- Maintain the asset register in line with the school disaster plan
- Health & safety
- Respect the confidentiality of all staff, pupils and parents.

**We wish to appoint someone who has**:

- A friendly, approachable, positive and enthusiastic manner with all community stakeholders.
- Logical and resourceful approaches to workload, with the ability to be both flexible and able to work in a busy, challenging environment.
- Sound administrative, IT and literacy skills.
- Experience of financial processes. Knowledge of FMS will be an advantage.
- Self-motivation and a willingness to attend training courses
- An ability to remain calm under pressure.

**We would love to hear from you.**

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

**Salary**: £24,948.00-£26,845.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Company pension

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Westbury, BA13 3LY: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Accounting: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 04/09/2023