Finance Assistant

Life Multi Academy Trust, Leicester, LE9 9JL

4 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  17 November 2024 at 3pm

• Date listed

  4 November 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 30 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: £17,927 - £18,213

What skills and experience we're looking for

Qualifications & experience

Good general education at least GCSE grade 5 (C) or equivalent in English and Maths

Finance/accounting qualification e.g. AAT (Desirable)

Experience of working in a Finance role - Purchase, Sales and General Ledger processing.

Knowledge of IRIS Financials (or PSF financials) (Desirable)

Dealing with high volumes of processing in a busy environment

Experience of working in schools (Desirable)

Professional knowledge and skills:

Experience of using Microsoft Excel and Word

Experience of using the ‘Google’ suite (Desirable)

Ability to work under pressure and experience of working to set deadlines and prioritising tasks

Strong attention to detail

Good communication skills: verbal and written

Problem solving and resolving queries

React calmly in difficult situations

Ability to work well within a team

Evidence of working in a team (Desirable)

Able to be totally confidential and discreet

Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to relate to staff, students, parents and community users

Have a flexible approach to work and adaptable to change

Willingness to develop and attend training as necessary

Recent relevant training (Desirable)

Role requirement

Clearance by the Disclosure and Barring Service

Right to work in the UK

A driving licence and access to own transport

What the school offers its staff

• Training & development opportunities
• On-site parking
• On-site catering facilities
• Staff wellbeing and flexible working
• Childcare and cycle to school vouchers
• Term Time holiday flexibility of up to a week for this role
• Located in Leicestershire our schools have excellent transport links and road networks

Flexible working opportunities

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 are not accepted.

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.

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About Life Multi Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Life Multi Academy Trust website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: strim@lifemultiacademytrust.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/life-multi-academy-trust (opens in new tab)

All our schools work within the LiFE Operating Model. We work together in a genuinely collaborative way and we
also celebrate the strengths and individuality of each of our schools.

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