Finance Assistant

Purpose of the role:To provide accurate, efficient, and effective support for the operation of the finance function of the academies, ensuring compliance with the Trust's financial regulations and providing high quality, value for money services to the school community. Responsible for the accurate inputting of financial data

• Supporting colleagues across the academies with the processing of purchase orders from requisitions, accurately and in accordance with agreed authorisation and timescales.
• Recording delivery of goods, ensuring that goods received notes are completed.
• Processing of invoices, ensuring appropriate authorisation for payment.
• Selecting invoices for payment based on the relevant payment terms and authorisation status.
• Reconciling supplier statements, investigating and resolving supplier invoices under query arranging returns and ensuring that refunds or credit notes are received.
• Raising sales invoices and chasing debtor payments.
• Maintaining an organised filing system of paper and electronic records.
• Managing queries from suppliers, debtors and colleagues.

Support the academy

• Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of students the post holder is responsible for or comes into contact with.
• Contributing to the overall ethos, work and aims of the academy.
• Establishing constructive relationships with other agencies/professionals.
• Attending and participating in regular meetings.
• Participating in training and professional development as required.

The above list is not exhaustive or exclusive. The role requires the post holder to be professional, cooperative and flexible in line with business needs of the Trust. The post holder is required to undertake additional such duties as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading for the post.What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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