Finance Officer
Christ's College Finchley
Barnet
- Expired
- Salary:
- Scale range 25 -28: £24,510 – £26,805, 36 hours per week
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2017
- Apply by:
- 3 August 2017
Job overview
Required from September 2017
Scale range 25 -28: £24,510 – £26,805, 36 hours per week
We are currently looking for a talented and committed Finance Officer to join our growing Academy.
Christ’s College Finchley is an ethnically diverse 11-18 Academy. We are a successful school rated “Good with outstanding features” by Ofsted 2016.
CCF can offer successful candidates:
- Flexible working (Full or Part time)
- A supportive, collaborative department and school
- Work life balance
- Wellbeing support through an external Medical Insurance
- A team ethos
- Exceptional CPD
The successful candidate will be required to work alongside the accountant, staff and stakeholders. Previous experience in education would be an advantage but not essential.
Key Responsibilities
Accounts Payable
- Check and process invoices, and upload onto the finance system (Corero)
- Match purchase orders to invoices
- Schedule payment runs and follow through with reconciliations
- Record payments onto the ledger and match payments to invoices
- Liaise with vendors and respond to queries
- Review bank statements and perform regular bank reconciliations
- Input cashbook journals or nominal ledger journals where recharges need to be made or items need to be booked directly on the ledger.
Purchasing
- Ensure we follow robust requisitioning and purchasing procedure across the Academy, including following up on approvals from department head
- Collate information and place collective purchases across departments for educational resources (including online)
- When purchasing ensure best value for money
- Liaise with department heads regarding spending, ensuring consistency across departments.
Accounts Receivable & Cash Management
- Issue sales invoices, follow up debtors for payment
- Record receipts in the finance system (Corero)
- Help with management of cash in the academy and setting up of payments on ParentPay
- Monitor ParentPay payments, help matching and report on debt
Other responsibilities
- Provide support to the Accountant in cross-departmental budgeting across the departments
- Manage and maintain the Finance mailbox, making sure all items are actioned in a timely fashion
- From time to time, perform additional duties to support the smooth running of the academy as directed by the Headteacher and Accountant.
For an electronic application pack, please visit the schools website at www.christscollegefinchley.org.uk
Completed application forms should be returned to the school via email to: recruitment@ccfplus.com or posted to the address shown in the advert marked for the attention of the Human Resources Manager. References will be sought prior to interview. CV’s will not be accepted.
Closing date: 4/8/2017 Interview: TBC
We are committed to the protection of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Scheme will be requested in the event of a successful applicant. Christ's College Finchley is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
About Christ's College Finchley
Christ’s College Finchley is a non-selective, coeducational secondary school for students aged 11-18. It is a mainstream state academy situated in East Finchley, North London. There are nearly 1,000 pupils on its roll.
The school dates back to 1857. It was founded by the Very Reverend TR White, who opened it as a private boarding school called Chapel Hall School. In 1991, the school became a comprehensive when it moved to its current site on East End Road.
Headteacher
Samson Olusanya
Values and vision
Christ’s College Finchley aims to make pupils feel good about themselves. As a result, the children are happy and there has been good retention of school staff over the decades. Pupils are expected to behave well, so bullying and aggression are rare.
Since 1906, the secondary school’s motto has been “Usque Proficiens”, meaning “advance all the way”. The school is proud that visitors consistently comment on the friendly and happy atmosphere, and that prospective teachers often remark that they feel "at home" within minutes of their arrival.
Ofsted report
“The headteacher has very high ambitions for the pupils and a relentless determination to provide them with the highest quality of education. Since joining the school, he has created a culture of high expectations and established a learning environment where pupils thrive. Pupils mix well, are courteous and are polite towards each other and staff. They enthusiastically participate in extra-curricular activities and are proud of their school.”
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