FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR

Southfield School, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 8NN

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  22 February 2026 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  19 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,989.00 Annually (FTE)

FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR job summary

We are seeking a Finance Administrator to join our school office team, providing specialist administrative support across finance, pupil data and admissions. This is a key operational role, ensuring that systems are accurate, compliant and reliable, and that the day-to-day running of the school is underpinned by strong administrative practice. This is a full-time role (Monday to Friday), starting as soon as possible.

The successful candidate will work independently within established procedures, using initiative and sound judgement to manage specialist administrative processes. While the role does not include decision-making or budget ownership, it carries significant responsibility for accuracy, confidentiality and compliance, and plays an important part in safeguarding and supporting children and families.

Requirements

To be considered for the Finance Administrator position, our ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of using the Arbor MIS system (advantageous not essential).
• Experience overseeing the full purchase order lifecycle from requisition to delivery, ensuring financial regulations are met.
• Ability to liaise effectively with suppliers, including sourcing quotations to evidence best value purchasing.
• Experience managing purchase invoice payments and ensuring suppliers are paid within agreed terms.
• Experience overseeing income processes, including banking, raising sales invoices and accurate income recording.
• Ability to maintain and manage the school’s financial information systems.
• Experience undertaking regular reconciliations and processing Local Authority financial returns.
• Experience overseeing petty cash processes and ensuring timely reimbursements.
• Ability to maintain confidential filing systems, both manual and electronic.
• Experience supporting senior staff to ensure smooth day-to-day school operations.
• Ability to deliver a professional and welcoming front-of-house service to visitors and visiting professionals.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Southfield School

• School type: Special school, ages 4 to 11
• School size: 102 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Southfield School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/southfield-school-hatfield

Dear Applicant,
Looking for a challenge? Have a desire to work in an environment where you can make a ‘real’ difference to the lives of young
people? If so, Southfield School could be the place for you.
We are a family where no two pupils are alike, and no two members of staff are alike. Our pupils all have challenging
communication difficulties/ASD and associated conditions.
Our school vision is to support all children, so they thrive during their time at Southfield School and are prepared socially,
emotionally, and academically for their next steps in education. Collaboration with parents and carers and the entire multidisciplinary
team who support our pupils is vital and key to our success.
Everyone plays a part in the future of our pupils with staff skills being utilised in order that we have a huge range of expertise, to
support our pupils and families.
We are looking for like-minded, resilient staff who are passionate and who can work in a team. See more about Southfield in
our School Video here: https://southfield-school.secure-primarysite.net/our-school/
Come and join us and make a difference to the lives of children every day.

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