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Finance Assistant

Oakgrove School, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK10 9JQ

This job expired on 24 November 2023 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  January 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter

• Closing date

  24 November 2023 at 9am

• Date listed

  14 November 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £16,500.00 Annually (Actual) The salary quoted is for 30 hours per week, term time plus INSET days

Finance Assistant job summary

Oakgrove School are looking to appoint a Finance Assistant to join our growing team. The successful candidate will assist with the processing of purchase ledger transactions, liaising with department heads and suppliers and providing support to the Finance Officers and Finance Manager at School and Trust level. Our current staffing structure within Oakgrove is a Finance Manager, two Finance Officers and the Office Manager at our primary school completes finance tasks for their setting. Some knowledge of finance processes and systems would be an advantage however full in-house training will be provided. The successful candidate must be well organised and should be able to manage their own workload.

This position is for between 20 and 30 hours per week,  term time plus INSET days. There is flexibility on the hours and working pattern to suit the successful candidate.

Main duties will include but are not limited to:

Assist budget holders and/or the finance team in raising orders for goods and services in accordance with the school’s procurement procedures and following best value principles.

·              Direct goods received to the correct locations in liaison with the Site team.

               Process supplier delivery notes and invoices in accordance with the Trust financial handbook.

·              Assist in the operation of the fund collection systems as required – includes cash handlings and processing transactions onto ParentPay and Scopay.

·              File all finance related records in accordance with procedures and audit requirements.

·              Provide other administrative support to finance team on projects as directed.

For more information about this vacancy or the school, please contact hr@oakgrove.school

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.

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About Oakgrove School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 19
• Education phase: Through
• School size: 2490 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Oakgrove School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oakgrove-school-milton-keynes

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