Finance Assistant
Ellison Boulters Church of England Primary School, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 2UZ38 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
13 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
5 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Ideally 22.5 hours per week, term time Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 8.30am – 4.30pm (30 minutes’ lunch break) or shorter hours across the week, if suitable for both parties.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- G3.6 – G3.9 £24,796 - £25,989 pro rata
What skills and experience we're looking for
Duties: This appointment includes the following duties:
- Processing orders, invoices and payments through purchase ledger and/or cash book using Xero software.
- Reconciliation of all income received via Arbor, childcare vouchers and school office.
- Responsible for paying in all income to school bank accounts in accordance with the finance policy.
- Weekly Bank reconciliation.
- To be responsible for all Music tuition in school. i.e. arranging tuition for pupils, raising of invoices and reconciliation of payments.
- Debt recovery.
- Check all supplier statements and investigate payments to comply with statutory timescales
- Maintain links with suppliers to identify lead times and delivery dates ensuring efficient and effective delivery of orders
- To assist School Business Manager with budget preparation and monitoring and to produce spread sheets and reports showing analysis of various costs and information as required by head teacher or governors.
- Any other duties of a similar nature and level of responsibility as requested by the School Business Manager.
Relationships: Responsible to the School Business Manager
Contacts and relationships
- Daily contact with students, school employed staff
- Working alongside School Business Manager and Admin Assistant
- Regular contact with parents/carers, external bodies
- Decisions:
o Discretion: Work is carried out in accordance within policies and procedures and post holder can seek advice from line manager
o Consequences: Impacts on students and school community. Impact on school administrative processes, which is likely to be easily identified and remedied.
Resources
- Learning materials and resources
- General office equipment needed to carry out tasks.
Work Environment
- The Postholder will experience some interruption which is intrinsic to the role but this should not cause any overall change to the task
- Physical Demands: General office work, may involve long periods of working at a computer.
Working Conditions: Well-lit and well ventilated general office environment.
Knowledge and skills
- Knowledge of Xero finance package or similar
- 6-12 months experience of working in a similar role
- Computer literate
- Essential: 4 GCSE’
- Knowledge of spreadsheets
- Appropriate NVQ Level 2 or equivalent.
Additional responsibilities:
Elements of this job description may be negotiated at the request of either party and with the agreement of both.
Performance Management: School Business Manager – Kerry Fogg
Supervision of people
- The post holder will not be required to supervise personnel in school
What the school offers its staff
Elements of this job description may be negotiated at the request of either party and with the agreement of both.
Flexible working opportunities
Hours: Ideally 22.5 hours per week, term time
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 8.30am – 4.30pm (30 minutes’ lunch break) or shorter hours across the week, if suitable for both parties
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Ellison Boulters Church of England Primary School
- School type
- Academies, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 284 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- enquiries@ellison-boulters.lincs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01673862392
Ellison Boulters Church of England Academy is a thriving village church Primary school with around 275 children on role. We are approximately seven miles north of Lincoln and primarily serve the villages of Scothern, Sudbrooke, Langworth and Stainton-by-Langworth. We have ten classes, some of which are mixed with two different year groups. We work closely with our local schools and secondary feeder schools. We are a member of Kyra Teaching School Alliance and a member of the Lincolnshire Learning Partnership.
Arranging a visit to Ellison Boulters Church of England Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email enquiries@ellison-boulters.lincs.sch.uk.
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