Finance Assistant
Stanchester Academy, Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, TA14 6UG14 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
3 July 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
19 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Accounting
Working pattern
- Part time: 20 hours per week, 39 weeks per year.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Support Staff Pay Scale Band 4 point 5
What skills and experience we're looking for
Key responsibilities include:
- Processing purchase orders, invoices, payments, and staff expenses
- Reconciling supplier statements and resolving queries
- Recording and reconciling income from trips, lettings, and other activities
- Supporting the management of bank accounts and petty cash
- Monitoring outstanding balances and assisting with debt recovery
- Liaising with suppliers regarding orders, deliveries, and invoices
- Maintaining accurate financial records and filing systems
- Responding to finance-related enquiries and providing general admin support
What the school offers its staff
- Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions
- Employee Reward platform including
- A welcoming and supportive working environment.
- The opportunity to make a positive contribution
to the education of young people.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Stanchester Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 812 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Stanchester Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@btc-trust.org
Arranging a visit to Stanchester Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@btc-trust.org.
School location
Similar jobs nearby
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed
Find more school jobs in Somerset, Bath and Bristol