Finance Assistant

Outwood Grange Academies Trust, Wakefield, WF1 2PF

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  19 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, Whole Year
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £28,153 - £29,071

What skills and experience we're looking for

Role: Finance Assistant

Academy: Outwood Grange Academies Trust

Start Date: 02/11/2026

Salary: £28,153 - £29,071

Working Pattern: 37 Hours Per Week, Monday to Friday, Whole Year

Are you detail-oriented and ready to manage core transactional processes? Join us as a Finance Assistant, providing essential financial administrative support to the management team by undertaking transactional accounting and clerical duties. Your focus will be on ensuring all financial procedures comply with statutory guidelines, financial regulations, and Trust policies.

The Role

Working closely with our Finance Managers, you will deliver efficient transactional accounting and clerical support across the Trust. Key duties include processing daily accounting entries, maintaining sub-ledgers, and completing monthly balance sheet reconciliations. You will oversee purchasing to ensure best value from suppliers, manage physical cash banking, and coordinate travel and transport bookings for school trips. Additionally, you will serve as a primary contact for finance queries from Heads of Faculty, parents, and external contractors.

About You

You will possess 5 GCSEs (A*–C / 9–4) including English and Maths, with an AAT or ACCA qualification (or active study towards one) considered a strong advantage. Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel and computerized financial systems, you bring exceptional analytical skills, strong attention to detail, and a talent for prioritizing workloads under pressure. Excellent communication skills, absolute discretion, and a collaborative mindset are essential. Please note a driving license and access to a personal car is also required for this role.

Requirements

Appointment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and full adherence to Trust Child Safeguarding procedures.

What the school offers its staff

Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT) places staff development at the heart of its strategy to deliver excellence, aiming to recruit, develop, and retain the best staff through the Outwood Institute of Education (OIE).

What will we do for you?

We offer a supportive package focusing on professional advancement, secure benefits, and work-life balance:

• Secure Pay & Pension: Competitive salary, automatic pay progression, and enrolment in the Local Government Pension Scheme.

• Training & Progression: Access to diverse CPD opportunities, including apprenticeships and vocational qualifications.

• Flexibility & Leave: Flexible family policies, enhanced occupational benefits (with no qualifying period), and 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays for non-term time staff. (Holiday for part-time staff is calculated on a pro-rata basis)

• Wellbeing & Perks: Dedicated mental well-being strategy, free on-site parking, employee discounts, and access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.

If you are looking for a rewarding, supportive role where you can truly make an impact, we encourage you to apply now.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

BUS007 Finance Assistant JD (1).pdf - 148 KB (opens in new tab)

BUS007 Finance Assistant PS (1).pdf - 226 KB (opens in new tab)

About Outwood Grange Academies Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Outwood Grange Academies Trust website
• Email address: m.smith@outwood.com
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/outwood-grange-academies-trust

We are an award-winning multi-academy education trust with passion, purpose and people at our heart. We manage 41 transformative primary, junior, secondary and Post 16 schools up and down the North of England, from Redcar to Nottinghamshire, each celebrating very different identities but driven by a shared vision. Each academy is individually shaped around the community and children it serves.

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