Finance Assistant
Oxford High School for Girls GDST
Oxfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- £22,743 - £27,804 pa depending on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 22 April 2019
Job overview
This is an opportunity for an accounts professional to play a key role ensuring the provision of an accurate and effective financial support service within an exceptional school.
As the Finance Assistant, you will join a busy support and finance team reporting to the Finance Manager and assisting with all aspects of school accounting but with particular responsibilities for purchase ledger functions, accruals and prepayments, expenses, credit card and trips administration.
The Finance Assistant is required to train staff to use the purchase order system, and to liaise with parents, staff, suppliers and external hirers, so the ability to prioritise workload and develop and maintain positive working relationships with others is an essential aspect of the role.
The role requires previous experience of working in a finance department, ideally either with or working towards an accountancy/financial qualification (e.g. AAT) as well as an understanding of accounting software (PS Financials /SAGE Software or equivalent).
You will also need to have an all-round accounting background, which includes experience with sales and purchase ledgers, the ability to do journals, accruals and prepayments and the production of monthly management reports.
About Oxford High School
Since its foundation over 140 years ago in the heart of Oxford’s historic city centre, Oxford High School has been innovative and pioneering in its approach to girls’ education.
As well as our commitment to girls’ education, we are committed to investing in our staff’s personal development through training and learning initiatives and via the GDST network.
As part of the Girls’ Day School Trust, the leading and largest group of independent girls’ schools in the UK, we offer a variety of benefits, which include:
• Competitive salaries and pay progression
• Access to extensive professional development opportunities
• Training grants for qualifications
• Generous pension schemes
• Free life assurance benefit
• Free school lunches
• A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
For further details and to apply please click the apply button.
The closing date for applications is Midday on Tuesday 23rd April 2019.
Interviews Friday 26th April 2019.
GDST are committed to the safeguarding of children, and child protection screening will apply to this post.
About Oxford High School for Girls GDST
- Oxford High School for Girls GDST
- Belbroughton Road, Oxford
- Oxfordshire
- OX2 6XA
- United Kingdom
Oxford High School is an independent, non-denominational, all-through school for girls without nursery and with sixth form, situated in three sites in Summertown, North Oxford. It is one of 26 members of the GDST (Girls’ Day School Trust), meaning it is governed by the council and operates according to the trust’s policy. The school provides 906 places for primary, secondary and sixth-form students aged 4-19.
Oxford High School was founded in 1875 and is the oldest girls' school in the city.
Headteacher
Mrs Marina Gardiner Legge
Values and Vision
Oxford High believes it balances academic rigour with the chance for girls to explore their creativity and adventurous side, resulting in an encouraging and vibrant school full of high-achieving girls. As with other GDST schools, it aims to be an educational institution that shows principles, boldness, a strong network community and a girls-first attitude.
ISI
“The quality of pupils’ achievements is exceptional. Oxford High School is highly successful in meeting its aim to encourage girls to be ambitious in all areas of life and has fully met the recommendation from the previous inspection to maintain the high standards of learning and personal development. Pupils reach very high standards in their GCSE, International GCSE and A-level examinations and in the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ), and most are successful in achieving their first choice of course at highly selective universities.”
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