Finance Assistant
Aurora Foxes, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5TY20 days remaining to apply
Job start date
16 December 2025
Closing date
5 January 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 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
- £26,665.60 - £28,849.60
Finance Assistant job summary
Overview and Responsibilities
Finance Assistant – Aurora Foxes
Location: Minehead Somerset
Salary: £26,665.60 - £28,849.60
Hours: 40 Hours per week
Welcome to Aurora Foxes, a specialist college and training hotel for young people with learning disabilities, situated in the friendly seaside town of Minehead. Foxes is a very special place.
We believe in changing lives and giving our students the skills, knowledge, and confidence to successfully shape their own future. Our aim is to equip our young adults with the life and hospitality skills to become work ready, life ready.
The Role
As our Finance Assistant, you’ll play a key role in ensuring smooth and accurate financial processes for Aurora Foxes and our central finance team. From managing petty cash and debit card administration to supporting purchase ledger activities and income transactions, you’ll help keep everything running seamlessly behind the scenes.
You’ll also work closely with our Business Manager and wider team, providing day-to-day support and guidance where needed. No two days are the same, this is a role where attention to detail and teamwork truly matter.
What You’ll Be Doing
Collaborating with the Central Finance Operations Team on purchase ledger and purchase order activities.
Supporting staff to ensure purchase orders are raised correctly and goods/services are receipted appropriately.
Monitoring and reconciling petty cash, issuing funds, and submitting monthly reports.
Administering debit and credit cards, ensuring accurate coding and reconciliation.
Managing income transactions, banking, and recording payments.
Assisting with payroll during colleague absences.
Providing occasional reception cover as part of our supportive admin team.
Skills and Qualifications
What We’re Looking For
Level 2 in Maths and English (essential).
Highly numerate with strong IT skills, including intermediate Excel.
AAT qualification or Level 2/3 Bookkeeping (desirable).
Previous finance assistant experience and familiarity with accounting software (desirable).
Excellent communication and customer service skills.
Ability to work to deadlines and as part of a team.
Hotel or hospitality experience (a bonus, but not essential).
Benefits and Additional Information
What’s on Offer at Aurora?
We believe in supporting you as much as we support the children and young people in our care. Here’s a snapshot of the fantastic benefits waiting for you:
📚 Grow with Us – Training & Development
Learning never stops at Aurora! We offer a wide range of training programmes and career development opportunities to help you build your skills and reach your goals.
💸 Save Money on Everyday Essentials
With the rising cost of living, our Perkbox app helps you stretch your money further:
Discounts on groceries, phone plans, internet, dining out, gym memberships & more
Access to our Cycle to Work and Car Scheme
💰 Competitive Pay & Reward
We regularly benchmark our pay and benefits to stay ahead of the curve. You’ll enjoy:
Enhanced Annual Leave
Company Sick Pay
Enhanced Pension
Life Assurance
🩺 24/7 GP Access – For You & Your Household
Need a doctor? No problem. Book a phone or video appointment anytime, day or night. This service covers everyone in your household.
🦷 UK Health Cash Plan
Cover everyday healthcare costs like dental and optician bills. You and your children are included in the scheme, and you can upgrade to add your partner too!
🧠 Employee Assistance Programme
Your wellbeing matters. Get confidential support on a wide range of issues, including:
Freephone counselling (available 24/7)
Online tools and resources
👯♀️ Refer a Friend – Earn £1,000!
Know someone who’d be a great fit? Refer them and get rewarded!
(*Terms apply)
How to apply?
Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Aurora Foxes
- School type
- Other type, ages 16 to 25
- School size
- Up to 85 pupils
- Age range
- 16 to 25
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Aurora Foxes website
School location
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