Finance Assistant

Hitchin Boys' School, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1JB

23 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  2 September 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 August 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £24,514.00 - £26,570.00 Annually (Actual) Grade H5 £27,254 - £29,540 (FTE) depending on qualification/experience

Finance Assistant job summary

FINANCE ASSISTANT

37 Hours per Week,

Mon-Fri 8:30am - 4:30pm

41 weeks per year (term time + 15 days)

Grade: H5

FTE salary: £27,254 - £29,540

Actual salary: £24,514 - £26,570 (depending on qualification/experience)

Hitchin Boys’ School (HBS) is an outstanding and over-subscribed comprehensive school with a mixed sixth form. We have a history that stretches back nearly 400 years, but embrace fresh thinking and a modern, vibrant curriculum. We have high expectations, excellent standards of behaviour and pride in our extra-curricular activities that lead to academically successful and well-rounded students who are well equipped for life beyond school.

We are now seeking a Finance Assistant to support the Finance Manager in managing the day-to-day finances and financial administration of the school. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are essential as are the ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and plan priorities effectively. Experience of working in a finance office is essential as well as confidence in using computerised finance systems.

Key duties will include:

• assisting with the control of the school budgets and accounts, implementing and operating effective systems of budgetary control using Access finance software.
• collect and bank cash and cheques for all bank accounts and process in Access.
• record all income received in line with the monthly timetable, ensuring suitable documentation is available to support the financial transactions.
• complete the monthly petty cash reconciliation
• invoice debtors and ensuring monies are subsequently received
• identification & preparation of monthly/annual Prepayments/Accruals to ensure accurate accounting within Access.
• assist with the monthly bank, credit card and balance sheet reconciliations.
• assist with year-end audit process ensuring requirements are met in a timely fashion prior to audit, including completion/collation of the year end audit pack.
• responsibility for placing and recording purchase orders, ensuring appropriate budget holder authorisation, in line with Schedule of Financial Delegation and accurate coding in Access.
• reviewing outstanding purchase orders at month end and following up as necessary to assist with accurate and timely monthly accounting and reporting.
• administer the WisePay service including the setting up of school trips & recording of receipts in Access.
• understanding of HMRC VAT regulations ensuring sales/purchases are recorded correctly to ensure the accurate submission of the monthly VAT return.
• prepare weekly BACS runs.
• check supplier payments and identify and record supplier/payment details.
• to carry out any administrative duties as may reasonably be requested.

The successful candidate will:

• have experience of working in a finance office (Essential).
• be confident in using computerised finance systems.
• be able to work under pressure, meet deadlines & plan priorities effectively.
• have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral & written.
• have excellent attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
• be willing to work as part of a team.
• be able to use initiative and work under supervision.
• be flexible in attitude and adaptable to change.

What can HBS offer you?

• a team of high performing committed professionals who are constantly striving for excellence.
• a school with great traditions, an excellent reputation but with a modern outlook.
• a dedicated well qualified and experienced staff who share the goal enshrined in our school motto “Per Ardua Ad Alta” - Striving for Excellence.
• a commitment to supporting the mental, physical & emotional wellbeing of both staff and students.
• free Employee Assistance Programme, accessible 24/7 and on-site mental health first aiders.

Application deadline: 9am on Wednesday 2nd September 2026*

Interviews: Dates to be confirmed.

Applications should be submitted via MyNewTerm

*Hitchin Boys' School reserves the right to close this advert early in event of a suitable candidate being identified.

Further information on our school can be found on the school website https://www.hitchinboys.co.uk

HBS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All staff will be subject to an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service.

HBS is committed to creating a diverse workforce. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership.

Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy

Please visit the school website https://www.hitchinboys.co.uk. for further information on our school

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

HBS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be carried out for all posts.

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 Hitchin Boys' School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1364 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Hitchin Boys' School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hitchin-boys-school

Overview


Hitchin Boys’ School is a high achieving, all-ability, single sex school with over 1,300 pupils (aged 11-18) on roll and a mixed sixth form, which forms part of the  Hitchin Schools’ consortium. 


We want all our pupils to leave Hitchin Boys' School having had a rich and fulfilling experience that enables them to enter an ever-changing world being Strong and True.  We want them to leave as ambassadors for the future, embracing our core values to make a positive difference, leading and shaping the communities and world they encounter.  We want them to have strength of character and a versatile and agile mind.  Through this, they will flourish.


The school honours our history, but is also ambitious for our future, and strives for excellence by ensuring we have:


* A school where everyone matters; the whole community can be true to themselves and others


* High Expectations


* Aspirational outcomes


* First rate opportunities underpinned by high quality resources.


Teaching and learning remain at the heart of everything we do.  Pupils are exposed to a broad and challenging curriculum, drawing on the very best practices and research.  We review out provision ensuring every key stage provides academic rigour, breadth and depth, whilst promoting strong literacy and oracy skills.  Through personalisation we will ensure all members of the school community can fully access and participate in the curriculum.

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