Accounts Receivables Assistant

Millfield School is seeking an Account Receivables Assistant to join our team, playing a pivotal role in managing financial operations and delivering exceptional service.

As an Accounts Receivables Assistant, you will be responsible for assisting with invoice processing, monitoring outstanding balances, and ensuring timely collection of payments.

The Fees department are a small but busy team, and the successful applicant will therefore need to be able to work on their own initiative as well as part of a team and be an excellent communicator, highly organised and able to keep calm under pressure. Essential skills also include strong numeracy skills, proficiency in Excel and outstanding attention for details.

This is a year-round role working 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday.

In return, you will receive a salary of £20,000 – £22,000 per annum (dependent on experience) along with an array of staff benefits, including freshly prepared lunches for a nominal fee of just £10 per month, generous holiday entitlement, access to the school facilities, and discounts/cashback on high street shops and restaurants through the school’s Employee Assistance Programme.

About us

Millfield is one of the leading UK independent schools for boys and girls, aged 2-18 years. Millfield is not like other schools and never has been. Founded in 1935, Millfield’s vision is to be the world leader for the development of children. There are nearly 1,300 students at the senior school (year 9 to U6) and a further 450 students at the neighbouring Prep School. Although essentially a rural British school, 20 per cent of Millfield students are international and come from more than 70 countries.

Millfield’s size brings great opportunity, and the facilities are unmatched in the UK: an Olympic-sized swimming pool, golf courses, indoor centres for tennis, golf and cricket and an equestrian centre; concert hall, recording studio, theatre, art gallery, hi-tech Science block and outstanding teaching facilities; and high-quality boarding accommodation.

For further information and to apply, please visit our website.

Closing date: 31 March 2024.

Millfield School is committed to providing a safe and inclusive environment for all. We are a community that celebrates diversity, supporting our pupils and employees to be brilliant as individuals.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Specific safeguarding responsibilities for this position are outlined in the job description. Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory safeguarding checks including, but not limited to, Enhanced DBS clearance. All positions within the school are exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

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