Finance Officer
Middlesex Learning Partnership, Hayes, UB4 9LE14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
29 October 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
15 October 2026
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
- £31,288.00 - £32,655.00 Annually (Actual)
Finance Officer job summary
Finance Officer
Location: Hayes, to work flexibly across all schools within the trust.
Salary: £31,288 to £32,655 per annum (Scale 4, Point 7-10 , dependant on experience)
Contract Type: Full-time permanent
Working Weeks: All year round
Hours: 36 hours per week - Monday to Friday, working between the hours of 8am and 4pm with an unpaid 40-minute lunch break
Reporting to: Trust Financial Controller
About Us: Our multi-academy trust is dedicated to providing exceptional educational opportunities for young people, fostering inclusive learning environments, and nurturing a strong sense of community. With three schools under our care—Barnhill High School, Belmore Primary, and William Byrd Primary—our mission is to ensure every child has access to outstanding facilities that inspire success.
What We Offer:
- The opportunity to make a significant impact across multiple schools.
- A supportive and collaborative working environment.
- Professional development opportunities to help you grow and succeed in your role.
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
About the Role
We are seeking a proactive, organised, and highly motivated Finance Officer to join our Trust Finance Team.
The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the effective financial management of the Trust, ensuring that financial transactions are processed accurately, efficiently, and in accordance with Trust policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements. Working collaboratively with colleagues across all schools and central services, the postholder will help deliver a professional, high-quality finance service that supports educational excellence.
This is a Trust-wide role. The successful candidate will be expected to work flexibly across all schools within the Trust as required and contribute positively to a culture of teamwork, accountability, and continuous improvement.
The postholder will build effective working relationships with school leaders, budget holders, administrative staff, suppliers, and Trust colleagues, providing a professional and customer-focused finance service. They will be an active member of the Trust Finance Team, supporting colleagues, sharing knowledge, and contributing to the continuous improvement of financial processes and controls across the Trust.
Key ResponsibilitiesReview and process purchase orders through Sage Intacct, ensuring orders are appropriately authorised, issued to suppliers promptly, and matched accurately to goods received and supplier invoices. Post invoices to the correct ledger codes and cost centres.
Prepare the fortnightly BACS payment run, ensuring all payments are accurately processed and appropriately authorised in accordance with the Trust's Scheme of Delegation and financial procedures
Administer school charge cards, ensuring expenditure is appropriately authorised, supported by documentation, accurately recorded, and reviewed against monthly statements.
Administer 16-19 Bursary payments and support schools with associated bursary administration and financial processes.
Administer the Trust's cashless payment platform, including the setup of payment offers, monitoring income received, reporting on outstanding balances, and supporting the collection of overdue payments.
Raise sales invoices and monitor outstanding debtors, undertaking credit control activities and escalating concerns where necessary.
Process, reconcile, and bank income received across the Trust, ensuring funds are handled securely, recorded accurately, and accounted for in accordance with Trust financial procedures
Respond professionally and efficiently to finance-related queries from staff, suppliers, and other stakeholders, ensuring issues are resolved in a timely manner.
Maintain accurate financial records across the Trust, including debtors, creditors, prepayments, accruals, journals, inter-school recharges, and monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
Prepare and reconcile monthly VAT reports to support the Trust's VAT reclaim process and ensure compliance with HMRC requirements.
Assist with the annual external audit by providing accurate information and supporting documentation in a timely manner.
Ensure all financial records and supporting documentation are maintained in an organised, secure, and auditable manner in line with Trust retention and archiving requirements.
Ensure all financial transactions and processes are carried out in accordance with the Trust's Finance Policy, Scheme of Delegation, Academy Trust Handbook, and all other relevant statutory, regulatory, and Trust requirements.
Ensure compliance with the Trust's financial regulations, policies, procedures, and internal controls, promoting strong financial governance and best practice across the Trust.
Undertake any other duties commensurate with the grade and responsibilities of the post as may reasonably be required by the Financial Controller, Chief Finance Officer, or other senior leaders.
Person SpecificationAAT level 3 or working towards the qualification is desirable
Experience of working within a finance, accounting, or financial administration environment. Knowledge of Sage Intacct is desirable.
Strong numerical and analytical skills with excellent attention to detail.
Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, and experience of using financial systems.
Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
Flexible and adaptable, with the willingness to work across all schools within the Trust as required.
Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels.
Commitment to maintaining confidentiality and handling sensitive information appropriately.
Further Information
Middlesex Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
It is an offence to apply for the position if you are barred from engaging regulated activity relevant to children.
Early applications are positively encouraged and the school reserves the right to shortlist and interview earlier than advertised.
We do not accept CV's.
We accept only employment and academic references; character references and those sent from generic email addresses (e.g., Gmail or Hotmail) will not be accepted.
Please see link to the Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy
Please note that we hold the right to carry out online checks on applicants selected for interview.
Middlesex Learning Partnership is a disability confident committed employer,
Closing Date: 29th October 2026.
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.
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