Finance Assistant

Watford Grammar School for Boys, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 7JF

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  5 January 2026

• Closing date

  2 December 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  18 November 2025

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: £12,151.00 - £12,151.00 Annually (Actual) H4

Finance Assistant job summary

The Finance Assistant is accountable to the Finance Manager and will work with the rest of the finance team to provide an efficient and accurate finance service to all school stakeholders.

Contract

15 hours per week

Term time only (38 weeks)

Start date 05/01/2025

Duties

Processing supplier invoices for approval and assisting staff with approvals via the finance portal.

Monthly reconciliation of the school’s public, private and enterprises bank accounts

Entry of cash and cheques onto the banking spreadsheet

Entering and removing meal allowances on the impact/ fusion system

Monitoring the O2 mobile phones, fire alarm sims and lift sims

Overall management of documents for minibuses

Maintaining a record of financial aspects of gym memberships

Jointly monitoring the general ‘accounts’ email address

Assisting with general parentpay enquiries

Being conversant with the general principles of taxation/ VAT applicable to the School.

Assisting with the maintenance of a suitable system of financial archives.

Dealing with general internal and external finance enquiries.

Requirements

Highly organised, team player

A high level of efficiency and accuracy

Bookkeeping or financial experience

The school is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory right to work and enhanced DBS check with a barred list check.

The WBGS Admissions Policy prioritises children of staff in accordance with the admission arrangements.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy if sufficient numbers of applications have been received.

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

The school is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS Check

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 Watford Grammar School for Boys

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1610 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Watford Grammar School for Boys website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/watford-grammar-school-for-boys

A leading, partially selective UK State School for boys aged 11-18, with an enviable national reputation for academic achievement and excellence across a broad range of sporting, musical and artistic pursuits. Expanding from 7 to 8 form entry from 2018. Outstanding Ofsted - October 2021

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