Finance Assistant
Outwood Primary Academy Kirkhamgate
Wakefield
- £27,254 - £28,142 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- £27,254 - £28,142 per annum (actual)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 26 January 2026
Job overview
Are you detail-oriented and ready to manage core transactional processes? Join us as a Finance Assistant, providing essential financial administrative support to the management team by undertaking transactional accounting and clerical duties. Your focus will be on ensuring all financial procedures comply with statutory guidelines, financial regulations, and Trust policies.
Required to start as soon as possible.
Responsibilities
The Finance Assistant provides financial administrative support by undertaking transactional accounting and clerical duties. Key responsibilities involve carrying out all financial procedures accurately and timely. Duties include making accounting entries manually and via financial systems, monthly balance sheet reconciliation, and managing physical cash collection and banking. The role co-ordinates the purchase of goods and supplies, ensuring the school obtains best value for money. The Finance Assistant also deals with queries regarding suppliers and budget account holders, and organises staff business travel and transport for school visits.
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Qualifications
Candidates must be ICT literate, skilled at using Microsoft Excel, and comfortable using other Microsoft applications. Essential skills include excellent analytical skills with great attention to detail. Requires the ability to work accurately and efficiently under pressure, and to deal with orders, invoices, and payment reconciliations. An Accountancy qualification or studying towards one (AAT, ACCA, etc.) is desirable.
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About us
At Outwood, our vision is simple: Students First: Raising Standards and Transforming Lives. As a multi-academy trust with a significant footprint across the North of England, we are dedicated to providing a world-class education that empowers every child, regardless of their starting point, to reach their full potential. We are an organisation that is "obsessive" about standards, believing that academic excellence is the most effective catalyst for social mobility and the regeneration of the communities we serve.
When you join the Outwood Family, you become part of a collaborative network of over 40 primary and secondary academies. We are deeply committed to the professional development of our staff; through the Outwood Institute of Education, we provide bespoke training and a minimum of two hours of high-quality CPD every week. With a strong focus on staff wellbeing—underpinned by our Workload Charter—and a commitment to being a truly inclusive employer, we offer a supportive environment where you can refine your craft and make a genuine difference to the lives of 30,000 young people.
If you require further information please contact recruitment@outwood.com
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Closing date: 9.00am on 26 January 2026.
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Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.
About Outwood Primary Academy Kirkhamgate
- Outwood Primary Academy Kirkhamgate
- Brandy Carr Road, Kirkhamgate, Wakefield
- West Yorkshire
- WF2 0RS
- United Kingdom
Chief Executive Officer: Lee Wilson
Principal: Mrs Lisa Cooke
We are an Outstanding rated Primary Academy based in the cathedral city of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, near Leeds.
We do whatever it takes to make learning exciting and enjoyable, while providing a high standard of education within a safe, caring and positive environment.
We want children to become successful learners and independent thinkers, with all the skills they need to succeed in secondary education, in their future careers and in their local community.
We believe our success speaks for itself as 100% of our children are making the expected progress in writing and maths, and 96% in reading.
We want you to help to take us to the next level.
To help you do that, we work hard to ensure we reduce workload on our colleagues, allowing more time in the classroom to put our vision of children first, raising standards and transforming lives into practice.
We will also actively invest in your future through working closely with the Outwood Institute of Education to offer access to a wide range of CPD opportunities, with all staff receiving a minimum of two hours’ CPD each week.
We also offer a generous employment package with a whole host of staff benefits, including a health cash plan, a cycle to work scheme, plus a partnership with car leasing company, Synergy, with offers exclusively for Outwood colleagues.
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