Finance Officer

St John's Primary School, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 9AG

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible after 31 October 2025

• Closing date

  24 October 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 October 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: £31,537.00 - £34,434.00 Annually (FTE) Depending on experience

Finance Officer job summary

St John’s Primary School is a happy and ambitious one-form entry primary school nestled in the heart of the historic market town of Wallingford. We offer a warm and caring atmosphere and are determined that our school is a safe, stimulating environment to grow, learn and work. We pride ourselves on ensuring that all children at St John’s feel nurtured, whilst striving for the highest standards of achievement. Our strong relationship with our families means that we can offer our children the best possible start and build on that to ensure our children enjoy school and the challenge of the curriculum we offer.

The school is in an exciting period of development and growth so we are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, dedicated, and flexible part time School Finance Officer who will have a key role in helping to ensure the efficient running of our primary academy trust. You will be a valued and busy member of staff working in our vibrant and happy school.

If you are an experienced and motivated professional with a passion for supporting the success of a developing primary school, we would love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities:

• To prepare detailed income and expenditure breakdowns as well as business plans in support of the future development of the Academy
• To prepare the draft annual revenue budget
• Regular forecasting throughout the year, as necessary
• To prepare the monthly management accounts, including cashflow
• To use financial information to assess trends and practice ‘Best Value’ across all expenditure
• Preparing the year-end accounts and liaise with external auditors
• To process, monitor and undertake all internal accounting procedures
• To manage the financial procedures for academy trips and residential stays
• Administration of booking for breakfast/afterschool club
• To collect, reconcile and record all academy income
• To support with IT with the support of our external consultant

You will have:

• Proven experience in accountancy, ideally in a school or education setting
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, able to work with a range of stakeholders
• Knowledge of accountancy and budgeting in a school/academy environment (desirable)
• Initiative to develop and build systems and processes

We would love to show you around our school. Please contact the school office on office.2567@st-johns.oxon.sch.uk or phone 01491 837305 to arrange a visit.

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

Safeguarding Statement

St John’s Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As an equal opportunities employer, we value diversity. Therefore, although not a requirement for application, we welcome and encourage applications from under-represented individuals, including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

Our recruitment process follows the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. If shortlisted, we will request references before interview.

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 St John's Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 207 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St John's Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-john-s-primary-school-ox10-9ag

A friendly primary school based in Wallingford, Oxfordshire

We pride ourselves on providing a broad and creative curriculum for our children by providing a wide range of learning experiences, based around the six themes of our vision: critical thinking and problem solving, physical and mental well-being, local and global citizenship, communication and social skills, creativity and innovation and key academic skills. Our curriculum is enriched through a range of outdoor learning, sport, art and drama activities, after school clubs, themed weeks, trips and visits.

Through a focus on positive values, we nurture each individual to become the best they can be and help them to become successful life-long learners.

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