Finance Assistant

This is an excellent opportunity to join our growing, supportive and friendly Finance Team and to work on a wide range of financial tasks under the direction of the Business Manager and Finance Officer. This position is Term time + 2 weeks.

Duties include:

·      Processing of Purchase orders from requisitions, accurately and in accordance with agreed authorisation and timescales.

·      Printing of Purchase orders, checking for accuracy and distributing to suppliers and budget holders as required.

·      Implementation of debt collection procedures, including referral to a debt collection agency if appropriate.

·      Processing of all income (cheques and cash), and banking of same.

·      Maintaining a detailed record of non-invoiced income relating to School Trips etc. Carry out the necessary arrangements with regard to events regarding invoicing and collection of payments.

·      Recording of school credit card transactions, assistance to staff using the credit card, reconciliation of statement.

·      To provide financial information reports from the finance system for budget holders and give advice as requested.

·      Organise and maintain Contracts and Service Level Agreements (SLA) file updating information as necessary.

·      Dealing with queries from suppliers (including statements), debtors, budget holders and other staff.

·      In the absence of the Finance Manager be able to carry out duties as required.

·      Cover duties of other staff in school as and when required.

·      Administer First Aid as required, contacting parents or other party in case of injury or illness.

·      To undertake the administration of school meals, entering meal patterns and issuing payment letters via parent pay and providing daily numbers to the kitchen;

·      To undertake reconciliation of school meals, checking the entering of meal patterns and the weekly kitchen returns against termly invoice;

·      Follow up debts for school meals, under the direction of the School Business Manager agreeing payment plans with parents & carers and issuing payment template letters via parent pay;

·      To assist staff with the arrangements for school trips, ensuring pack lunches are ordered and first aid kits ready.

Our School

All Saints Catholic School is a large Outstanding Catholic comprehensive school situated in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and within the Diocese of Brentwood, with good transport links to central London. We are a high achieving 11 -18 mixed school with excellent examination results.  We have received an Educational Outcomes award for being in the top 12 percent of schools in the country for progress. The School is a Teaching School and excellent professional development opportunities are available for colleagues in a forward thinking and creative organisation. Please watch our school videos available at http://allsaintsschool.co.uk/ to get a flavour of life at All Saints. Our core values of Respect, Understanding, Affection and Humour underpin all aspects of our pastoral and academic daily routines. Our Ofsted report can be found here http://allsaintsschool.co.uk/ofsted.html and our full Section 48 report can be found here http://allsaintsschool.co.uk/section-48.html The report says ‘All Saints is an inspirational, Christ-centered community with a strong moral purpose that underpins its life and work.’

Closing date Tuesday, 13th of December at 9:00 am