Finance Officer
Alfriston School, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2TS16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
July 2026 or ASAP
Closing date
19 June 2026 at 9am
Date listed
3 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £33,158.00 - £35,725.00 Annually (FTE) Bucks Pay Range 5 ISN 26-30 £33,158-£35,725 Pro Rata, Actual Salary £15,897-£17,128
Finance Officer job summary
Role: Finance Officer
Salary: Bucks Pay Range 5 ISN 26-30 £33,158-£35,725 Pro Rata, Actual Salary £15,897-£17,128
Contract Type: Fixed Term July 2026 - July 2027, Term Time + 2 Additional Weeks
Hours: Part time; 22.5 hours per week.
Start Date: As soon as available
Alfriston School is seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Finance Officer to join our supportive and dynamic team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality financial operations within a forward-thinking educational environment.
About the Role
The Finance Officer will provide essential operational finance support across the school and its trading subsidiary, ensuring all financial transactions are processed efficiently and in line with academy policies.
This varied role combines hands-on transactional processing with financial insight, reporting, and collaboration with staff across the school
Key Responsibilities
- Process and manage financial transactions accurately, including purchase orders, invoices, payments, and income
- Maintain financial records, reconciliations, and month-end processes (accruals, prepayments, journals)
- Support budget holders and senior leaders with finance queries and reporting
- Lead on Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions, including supplier management and credit control
- Monitor income and expenditure, identifying and resolving discrepancies
- Assist with budgeting processes, audit preparation, and financial reporting
- Ensure compliance with financial policies, procedures, and delegated authorities
- Provide guidance and training on finance systems such as Xero/Xfe and ApprovalMax
What We’re Looking For
- We are looking for someone who:
- Has experience working in a finance or accounts role
- Is confident using financial systems and Excel
- Has a proactive approach to problem solving and continuous improvement
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children which will be reflected throughout recruitment. The selected candidate will be required to provide suitable references and undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before taking up the post.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Alfriston School
- School type
- Academies, Does not apply, ages 11 to 18
- School size
- 164 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Alfriston School website
Alfriston is an outstanding Special School with Academy status for girls aged 11-19 with moderate learning difficulties and speech and language and communication difficulties. We currently have 164 girls on roll. All the pupils have an Education Health Care Plan and are taught in small groups and with additional support. Our staff are specialist subject teachers and are experienced in working with a range of special needs and abilities.
Pupils attend Alfriston from all over Buckinghamshire and some neighbouring counties. We also have weekly boarding provision for 20 pupils.
We consider the staff team as our most valuable resource. Training and development is a high priority in the school. There is also personal support given to staff to manage the diverse and challenging work needed to support pupils with significant special needs. At present there are 70 staff employed at the school working in the teaching, support, residential and administrative teams. We are proud of the excellent standard of education provided at Alfriston.
WHY WORK FOR ALFRISTON SCHOOL?
Alfriston School is based in Beaconsfield. The school benefits from outstanding modern facilities, all of our classrooms are fully equipped with interactive screens and access to class sets of laptops or iPads. All teachers are provided with a laptop that is renewed every three years. The school enjoys a recently modernised performing arts and music facilities that include the use of a dance studio, sound/recording studio and performance space, along with our exceptional sports facilities that caters for a range of indoor and outdoor activities including mountain biking, trampolining, cycling, football and many others. The school also enjoys use of its spacious swimming pool designed by a bespoke architect, as part of an upgrade of the sports facilities at Alfriston, the architects developed a concertina-like roof structure that echoes the shape of the pitched roofs on other buildings in the area causing minimal sound reverberation which is beneficial for the use of our students with their Special Educational Needs.
Alfriston offers a wide and diverse range of professional development opportunities for staff, including the opportunity to train with Astra School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT), a local Ofsted-outstanding school-centred teacher training provider.
Alfriston School also offers staff:
• A friendly working environment
• Supportive and caring colleagues
• Excellent opportunities for professional development
• Onsite parking
• Transport links (Chiltern Line and close to the M40)
• Discount on hire of selected school facilities
• Close to local amenities
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