Finance Officer

Foxton Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB22 6RN

3 days remaining to apply

Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
8 May 2024 at 9am
Date listed
24 April 2024

Job details

Job role: Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time, term time: 12 hours per week, flexible work days and possibility of hybrid role
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £26,421 and £28,770

What skills and experience we're looking for

Job purpose:
- To manage, monitor and administer the school’s budget on behalf of the head teacher and governors and to be able to present the current status of the financial situation concisely
- To provide efficient financial and business support to the school’s senior managers. Including administrative and organisational support to the Head teacher.
Principal accountabilities:

1. Finance Role:
- Manage to day to day finances of the school, including procurement, raise purchase orders, process invoices and credit notes and manage the finances via the school’s accounting software (currently Bromcom)
- Generate reports for managers and Governors on the school’s financial position.
- Contribute to the schools financial planning
- Produce and monitor annual and monthly financial returns, present to the headteacher and Governing Body.
- Liaise with the Schools Financial Advisor (SFA).
- Attend Finance, Personnel and Premises meetings and advise on the financial situation as required.
- Undertake Budget preparation in conjunction with senior managers and the SFA.
- Undertake administration of Payroll after it has been generated by the schools payroll provider along with recording payroll variances.
- Liaise with the school’s payroll provider.
- Undertake monthly payroll reconciliation within the schools budget monitoring software.
- Liaise with other staff to ensure that new suppliers/contractors are explored to improve principles of Best Value.
- To obtain quotes as needed in accordance with Best Value principles.
- Help to identify other sources of funding.
2. Other responsibilities:
- Respond to standard requests for information
- Take responsibility for document and data management and for reviewing existing systems
- Respond to correspondence and emails on behalf of the school.
- To share responsibility in answering the phone and dealing with visitors when in the main building.
- To understand and comply with data protection requirements and guidelines on confidentiality, child protection, health and safety and security, reporting any concerns to the appropriate senior manager.
- Ensure all communications are delivered to the standard required by the school and the local authority.

What the school offers its staff

Small supportive team of staff and governors

Rural working environment

Possible hybrid working

Flexible working days

Commitment to safeguarding

Our school has an equal opportunities policy for selection and recruitment in accordance with our safeguarding policy. The school and Cambridgeshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and other employment checks, including references.