Finance Officer
Bullers Wood School for Girls
Bromley
- Expiring soon
- Quick apply
- Salary:
- BR7
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 29 April 2024
Job overview
You will be required to undertake the tasks as outlined in the job description below.
The successful candidate will have:
- Proven financial and administrative experience.
- Flexible attitude and effective communication skills.
- Good time management skills and the ability to prioritise tasks.
- Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
- Ability to work independently.
- Good attention to detail.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Good working knowledge of financial procedures.
- High level of ICT competence in Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Experience with Financial Systems and School Payment Systems.
- Experience of working in a school environment would be an advantage.
Main Responsibilities
- Operating the agreed procedures for the maintenance of the school accounting function, including postings and resolution of any problems/discrepancies in line with the Trust Financial policies and procedures.
- Operating and monitoring appropriate procedures for the ordering, processing, invoicing and payment for all goods and services provided by Trust. Banking where necessary.
- Preparation of monthly bank reconciliation for Private Fund.
- Generating payment runs via BACS and upload to online banking system.
- Operating and monitoring the Parent Pay Online payment system and reconciling payments received.
- Operating the agreed procedures for Petty Cash.
- Reconciliation and payment of Charity Fund Raising.
- Operating the agreed procedure of the Private Fund, reconciling trip receipts and produce reports to trip coordinators.
- Liaise with Educational Visits Administrator/Coordinator to ensure approval, costings and payment of School trips in accordance with the Trusts Educational Visits policy.
- Reconciliation of School Trips attended throughout the academic year.
- Liaise with school staff and heads of departments.
- Filing and archive maintenance.
- Adhere to the Trust Financial policy and procedures.
- Contribute to the evaluation and development of financial systems and procedures.
- Any other duties that may be reasonably determined by the Finance Team.
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About Bullers Wood School for Girls
- Bullers Wood School for Girls
- St. Nicolas Lane, Logs Hill, Chislehurst
- Kent
- BR7 5LJ
- United Kingdom
Bullers Wood is a highly successful comprehensive 11 – 19 girls’ school with boys admitted to the sixth form. We are significantly oversubscribed, with admissions from over 50 primaries, and enjoy an excellent reputation in the community.
The number on roll is 1587, including 458 students in the mixed sixth form. We serve a very supportive community, and parents/carers have a choice of Bullers Wood as a comprehensive school for girls or selective education within Bromley and other LAs (Bexley, Kent).
The staff at Bullers Wood are friendly, hardworking and conscientious. We actively promote continuing professional development for all staff, in line with the needs of the individual and those of the School. We offer a full and comprehensive induction and ongoing support programme for all new staff. ECTs are allocated a dedicated mentor to support them through their ECT year.
The School is a founder member of the highly regarded Bromley Schools Centred Initial Teacher Training Collegiate which enables our staff to share their expertise and good practice with others. We also train teachers through the Graduate Teacher Programme.
Twenty-two acres of woodland and landscaped grounds surround Bullers Wood House, a mansion with interior design by William Morris and exterior by Ernest Newton – both leading Victorian designers. This makes it unique, creating a high-quality environment and atmosphere which students enjoy and remember.
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