Finance Officer
Long Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 8PX12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
August 2025
Closing date
14 August 2025 at 9am
Date listed
1 August 2025
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,330.00 - £27,532.00 Annually (Actual)
Finance Officer job summary
Long Road is a thriving, successful post 16 Sixth Form College 2,600 students on roll across a variety of studies. Conveniently located close to the M11 and A14, within easy reach of several areas of outstanding natural beauty and the Norfolk Suffolk coast, the college is set next to the Biomedical Campus in its own attractive grounds in the beautiful, thriving and expanding Bio/Technical city of Cambridge. Long Road was judged by OFSTED to be Good all five categories, and we are now taking the next steps to become an Outstanding College.
As Finance Officer you will be responsible for processing purchase ledger transactions including supplier invoices, purchase orders, and other forms of payments including the processing of refunds. You will also be responsible for the posting of the college income collected from students, the processing of College Shop orders, stock control and the administration of payments for College Trips whilst delivering an excellent experience for our staff, pupils, parents and visitors.
This is a great opportunity to join a friendly, motivated team and represents a superb opportunity for an enthusiastic and reliable candidate looking to gain experience of working within a busy educational setting.
To be successful, you will need to have excellent administrative, IT and customer service skills, previous experience in an accounts/administrative environment, and you will be adaptable, flexible, and have great attention to detail. Like us, you will be passionate about the power of education, determined to set the highest standards in everything you do – and ready to learn and grow every day.
In return, we offer a comprehensive package of benefits including pension, travel discounts, free onsite parking, free software, free wi-fi, a cycle to work scheme, discounted gym membership and fantastic working facilities including a food centre and a fitness suite.
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
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 Long Road Sixth Form College
- School type
- Academy, ages 16 to 19
- Education phase
- Sixth_form_or_college
- School size
- Up to 2600 pupils
- Age range
- 16 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Long Road Sixth Form College website
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