Finance Assistant
The Appleton School, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 5RN6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st May 2025 or as soon as possible after
Closing date
30 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
4 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £13,964.00 - £14,652.00 Annually (Actual) 21 hours 45 Minutes per week (Monday to Wednesday 8am - 3.45pm), Term Time, Insets and 2 Weeks Holiday Working (41 Weeks)
Finance Assistant job summary
We are looking to appoint a confident and organised individual to provide financial assistance and support to the school and assist with the day to day running of the Finance Office as part of a Job Share. Experience of working in a finance role is essential, and previous experience of working in a similar role in a school would be desirable. The successful candidate will need to use ParentMail, PS Financials and Arbor on a regular basis so experience of these systems would be desirable however training will be provided to the successful candidate.
Some of the responsibilities of the role include:
- To assist with school lettings, liaison with outside agencies, invoicing and calendar checking. Check ‘aged debtor’ list monthly for non-payment.=
- To process travel and subsistence claims. Check details for accuracy and obtain authorisation.
- To be responsible for the timely banking of all cash and checking all cash receipts agree with cash banking.
- To record, enter and reconcile all income with that received.
- To assist staff and students with their enquiries and deal with routine telephone calls.
- Oversee Cashless Catering.
- To be responsible for all aspects of ParentMail.
- To be responsible for recording supplier invoices and preparing payments to suppliers.
For more information please see the attached Job Description
We offer our staff an excellent induction programme within a friendly and supportive environment, and are committed to providing high quality professional development. This enables continuous improvement in teaching and learning.
The Appleton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Appleton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About The Appleton School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1602 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Appleton School website
About The Appleton School:
At The Appleton School, we value the inclusive history of the school, which stretches back to the establishment of the first comprehensive schools in Britain in the 1960s. This still provides an inspiration for us and sits alongside our absolute commitment to provide the best for our community in the 21st century.
The Appleton School is a mixed comprehensive school for students aged 11-18 and is a supportive community with strong values in which every student matters. The Appleton School, recognised as a Good school by Ofsted, delivers an ambitious, inclusive and broad & balanced curriculum, enhanced by extra-curricular activities to help broaden learning experiences. In 2023 our students achieved well above the national average for attainment at GCSE 9-4 and 9-5 grades with English and Maths.
We offer our staff an excellent induction programme within a friendly and supportive environment, and are committed to providing high quality professional development. This enables continuous improvement in teaching and learning.
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