Finance Officer

**Trust Finance Officer**

**Responsible to**:Trust Finance Manager

**Grade**:8

**Hours**:36 Hours - Term Time +4

**Duration**:Permanent

**Main Location**:Faringdon

**Context** : Under the guidance of the Trust Finance Manager this role will be responsible for delivering comprehensive and consistent financial procedures, production and monitoring of budgets and delivery of financial support across all schools in the Faringdon Learning Trust Multi Academy Trust.

**Organisation**
- Provide Financial data and support to the Trust Finance Manager and Chief Operations Officer (COO).

**Administration**
- Assist and liaise with Finance Manager, Head Teachers and COO to plan and produce budgets for Trust Schools using the Budgeting System.
- Undertake monthly budget monitoring and reporting, including revenue and capital.
- Undertake monthly payroll monitoring and reconciliation, undertaking the preliminary check cycle, review payroll ensuring that staff are paid correctly, raising discrepancies, and helping to resolve them where appropriate, obtain sign off from budget holder.
- Support schools with payroll calculations and queries raised, calculating salaries according to grade, hours, weeks worked etc to aid budget forecasting.
- Undertake a full check of casual claims made via payroll system.
- Undertake a monthly special purposes account monitoring and reconciliation, keeping a simple profit and loss account.
- Create BACS Payment transactions, post entries, and send remittances on payments.
- Check the orders placed by Trust Finance Assistants to ensure accuracy.
- Assist and advise on procurement and how to ensure best value for money.
- Reconcile and submit monthly VAT return.

**Resources**
- Operate relevant equipment/ICT packages (e.g. word, excel, databases, spreadsheets, Internet) including PS Financials and BPS.

**Responsibilities**
- Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality, and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
- Be aware of and support difference and ensure equal opportunities for all.
- Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the Trust.
- Appreciate and support the role of other professionals.
- Attend and participate in relevant meetings as required.
- Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required.

The duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to complete such duties as may be reasonably be expected within the scope and grade of the post.

**Qualifications and Experience**

**Qualities**

**Essential/Desirable**

**Experience**

Experience of development, management and operation of administrative systems

Financial Experience within a school or similar environment

**E**

**D**

**Qualifications & Training**

NVQ 3 or equivalent qualification or experience in financial discipline

Very good numeracy/literacy skills

**E**

**E**

**Knowledge & Skills**

Effective use of specialist ICT packages including PS Financials, BPS

Full working knowledge of relevant policies/codes of practise/legislation

Very good ICT skills

Ability to relate well to children and adults

Work constructively as part of a team, understanding school roles and responsibilities and your own position within these

Ability to self-evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities.

**D**

**D**

**E**

**E**

**E**

**E**

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

**Salary**: £29,269.00-£32,076.00 per year

Expected hours: 36 per week

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking

**Experience**:

- Accounting: 1 year (preferred)

Ability to Commute:

- Faringdon (preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

- Faringdon: Relocate before starting work (preferred)

Work Location: In person