Finance Assistant
Surbiton High School
Kingston upon Thames
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- March 2023
- Apply by:
- 20 February 2023
Job overview
Job Title: Finance Assistant
Job Purpose: To support the Finance Team by providing efficient financial and administrative assistance
Reporting Line: Head of Finance
Start Date: March 2023
Tenure: 2 days per week, Full year-round (Holidays to be taken during Term-Time)
Remuneration: Competitive
Application Deadline: 8:00am, Monday 20 February 2023
Interviews to be held week commencing: 20 or 27 February 2023
Key Responsibilities:
- To process purchase invoices and assist with the upload of the bi-monthly supplier payrun lists to Head Office
- To perform a monthly outstanding Purchase Order Reconciliation
- To liaise with Head Office Access Support to request the addition of new suppliers / new users
- To maintain the accounts filing system, suitable for audit purposes
- To post various month end journals
- To assist the Finance Department with the daily post in and out
- To bank cash / cheques on a weekly basis
- To assist the Head of Finance in ensuring that Radio, TV and other School licenses and all Copyrights are kept up to date
- To carry out such duties as the Head of Finance or the Business Director may reasonably request
Person Specification
The successful candidate will be likely to fit the following profile:
Qualifications:
- Relevant Financial Qualification (or equivalent professional experience)
Experience:
- Record of excellent personal success in a financial or related role
- Evidence of challenging and supporting colleagues to improve performance
- Record of developing and sustaining positive working relationships
Skills and Abilities:
- High levels of personal and professional organisation, integrity, discretion and confidentiality
- Impressive personal presence and presentation with high degrees of self-confidence, personal energy and dynamism
- Personal warmth to engage positively and gain confidence of pupils, staff and parents
- Sound judgement and the ability to take difficult decisions to resolve issues, especially when under pressure
- Ability to communicate concisely and sensitively both orally and in writing to a variety of audiences
- Commitment to the use of current and emerging technologies to enhance the educational offering and administration of the School
- A passion for excellence and a commitment to the ongoing development and implementation of the School’s vision
To Apply:
Please apply online by clicking on the following:
https://www.networxrecruitment.com/Jobs/Advert/2984744?cid=1567
Surbiton High School is culturally diverse and are fully committed to celebrating, respecting and learning about inclusion and diversity throughout the community.
Surbiton High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers, Disclosure and Barring Service and Online/Social media Searches
Please note that the School reserves the right to appoint at any stage during the recruitment process.
For any queries relating to the role or your application, please email
Attached documents
About Surbiton High School
- Surbiton High School
- 13-15 Surbiton Crescent, Kingston upon Thames
- Surrey
- KT1 2JT
- United Kingdom
Surbiton High School aims to inspire, encourage and empower its staff and pupils to be the very best they can be.
We are a school where a passion and energy abound, a school with a real heart and soul, where we look beyond the A* to offer a breadth of opportunity which allows every pupil to flourish and every staff member to develop and succeed.
Surbiton High School is a school “brimming with energy and joie de vivre.” (ISI Inspection Report). We pride ourselves on being an extraordinary community where people matter, results count and where a passion for excellence drives everything we do. We feed our pupils’ minds, but we also care passionately about their character development and happiness. Our approach to education means that Surbiton High School pupils achieve the very best exam results and are also compassionate, authentic young people with strong values, keen to make a positive difference in the world.
Our inspirational staff are dedicated to delivering a rich curriculum and programme of co-curricular activities which challenge our pupils to explore ideas for themselves. Whether engaged in learning in the classroom, or through musical, artistic, sporting, enterprise or charitable activities, our pupils are constantly encouraged to connect with the wider world and embrace new experiences to build their confidence. All staff are expected and encouraged to play a full part in the academic, co-curricular and pastoral life of the School.
At Surbiton High School, we aim to bring out the ‘Best in Everyone’, and this resonates in the investment that we make in our colleagues. We recognise the importance of continuous learning and training and the School has a senior member of staff dedicated to supporting continuing professional development. We have a comprehensive whole School and individual INSET programme in place, including support for School Direct trainees as well as Newly Qualified Teachers (in our role as a regional NQT induction centre).
We actively encourage our staff to continue to develop their own expertise in the classroom and support their professional development through coaching and mentoring alongside professional qualifications such as: NPQML, NPQSL and MA courses in educational leadership. The School has a clearly developed leadership structure, offering extensive opportunities for career development and progression, including Heads of Department (Including Deputies) and Heads of Year (including Deputies) as well as Co-ordinators with specific responsibilities such as: Gifted and Talented, Oxbridge, Duke of Edinburgh and Expeditions.
Surbiton High School has approximately 1600 pupils aged between 4 and 18. Our Preparatory Schools are divided into the Girls’ Preparatory School and Boys’ Preparatory School, and the Senior School is girls only from age 11 upwards.
We are looking for applicants who are passionate about inspiring, encouraging and empowering our pupils and working with us to become the number one school of choice in South West London.
Principal
Rebecca Glover
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