Assistant Systems Accountant

We are looking for an Assistant Systems Accountant to join our central team.

Your opportunity

Your role will be to support the Systems Accountant in delivering support and maintenance on the Accounting System (PS Financials) in order to satisfy business requirements. You will develop financial reporting with the Systems Accountant using SSRS and Data Connections and support the academy network in correct posting and usage of the financial software.

The role will be based at our head office, five minutes' walk from East Croydon Station, with some travel to academy locations in and around London to deliver training and system support.

As part of Harris, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education in London. With regular progression opportunities and outstanding CPD for support staff, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career, whether in our central team or in one of our 47 academies. Our aim is to help you achieve your ambitions more quickly.

Harris Benefits

As part of the Harris Federation, we can offer you a range of benefits, including:

• The opportunity to develop and grow your career within the Federation.
• Pension scheme (LGPS) and access to our Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan, covering a range of health and wellbeing benefits
• Bicycle Purchase and ICT loans

What we are looking for

We look for talented individuals who want to be a part of transforming education in London, and helping create exceptional places of learning. We are looking for:

• Excellent IT Skills (particularly MS Excel) and analytical skills
• Experience in maintaining and analysing SQL databases, ideally with experience of SQL Server Reporting Services
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are necessary.
• Experience in working within a Finance Department, ideally with a demonstrable record of accomplishment in implementing finance system upgrades and supporting Finance systems such as PS Financials
• Strong problem solving skills
• ACCA/CIMA part-qualified or part-qualified by experience (desirable)

Please download the job pack for a full job description and person specification.

The Harris Federation

The Harris Federation is the leading large Multi Academy Trust in the country for both primary and secondary education. We have an established reputation in transforming education in London and an unrivalled track record in achieving success through rapid school improvement.

Closing the gap between young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers has always been a core mission of the Harris Federation. We have transformed standards in schools that had, in some cases, failed for generations before joining the Harris Federation. Social mobility is the Holy Grail for the pupils we serve. The key to their futures is a high quality education.

We want every child in London to have the best possible education, enabling them to fulfil their potential and decide their own future.

We look for motivated support staff who are committed to helping us transform lives and who will share our belief that every child has the potential to do well.

NEXT STEPS

Applications will be reviewed as and when received and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Please download the job pack for a full job description and person specification.

Harris academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. In line with our commitments to safeguarding, the Harris Federation uses preferred agencies and is unable to work with any agencies where Terms of Business have not been agreed by both parties prior to an engagement. Harris Federation is fully committed to equality and to valuing diversity as an employer and a provider of education.