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Purchase Ledger Assistant

Purchase Ledger Assistant

Academies Enterprise Trust

183 Eversholt Street, London NW1 1BU

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Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
19 November 2018

Job overview

Purchase Ledger Assistant

Salary: Circa £22,000

Location: 183 Eversholt Street, London NW1 1BU

This is a great opportunity to work in a growing finance team where you will gain lots of exposure and responsibility, with great development and progression potential.

As the Purchase Ledger Assistant, you will report into the Management Accountant and will be responsible for processing invoices and purchase orders for the centralised departments, and academies as and when necessary. 

The Purchase Ledger Assistant will play an integral part in the success of the Finance team in London.  In order to be considered for this opportunity you will need a strong work ethic and valuable experience of working within an office environment. High attention to detail and excellent IT and Excel skills are essential.

Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) is a national network of over 60 primary, secondary and special academies.  Under new leadership, with an entirely new executive team and new Trust Board members, AET is now a radically different organisation.  School improvement, governance and finance have been overhauled as part of a trust-wide programme to reform and renew AET and, as such, this is an exciting time to join the organisation.

AET believes that each and every child is inspired to choose a remarkable life.  Our mission is to gather and motivate inspirational people committed to delivering an excellent education that launches children into remarkable lives.  

Our values are:

  • Be unusually brave
  • Discover what’s possible
  • Push the limits
  • Be big-hearted

We offer:

  • Excellent career prospects across the network, with a culture of looking to promote from within
  • Access to CPD to enable you to grow and develop in your role
  • Where required an annual season ticket loan 
  • Local Government Pension Scheme
  • Childcare vouchers
  • Something we take very seriously is staff WELLBEING. That’s why we have partnered up with BHSF to provide support and employee benefits, such as a health cash plan scheme to support healthcare, discounted gym membership and a employee assistance programme
  • A generous annual leave allowance
  • The opportunity to use Google Suite, which allows you to do your best work, all in one suite

The position is required to commence as soon as possible.  Interviews will take place at the earliest opportunity after the closing date.

Closing date: Monday 19 November 2018

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.  All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

In line with our safeguarding practices we are unable to accept CV’s.  Find your remarkable with AET, apply today.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty.

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AET is recruiting for School Direct placements.  Please visit our website https://sites.google.com/aetinet.org/academies-enterprise-trust/work-at-aet/graduates for further details.

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About Academies Enterprise Trust

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AET was established in 2008 and is now a national network of 57 primary, secondary and special academies. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive network of schools which span nearly every region in the country.

This is a hugely exciting time to be joining the organisation, and as we pivot from being in turnaround mode to becoming a high performance organisation on the pathway to sustainable excellence. This will see us building our in-house education improvement capacity and expertise, making sure that our schools have all the support they need to deliver an excellent education for every child, every day.

Our people are our single greatest resource and we want to make sure we are creating the optimum environment and conditions so that everyone in AET can do their very best work. We will only deliver on our promise of excellence for all of our children if we attract, develop and retain the very best talent in the country and surround them with exceptional development throughout their careers.

We want people on our team who are excited by scale and the prospect of having a deep and lasting impact on the lives of tens of thousands of children. We also want people who are intellectually rigorous, stay curious, and generous enough to be committed to the messy challenge of collaboration.

AET has an exciting future ahead and by joining us on this journey, you will have an unparalleled opportunity to make a lasting and meaningful impact on the children and young people in our schools.

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