Finance Officer
Aces Academies Trust
Cambridgeshire
- £24,496 - £26,845 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Salary: Scale 5, (£24,496 - £26,845)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 3 January 2023
Job overview
ACES Academies Trust are seeking a suitable person with appropriate financial and academic qualifications to join our established finance team. The right character, team spirited with a strong belief in good customer service, the ability to keep calm and be prepared for anything will be important attributes for this position.
ACES Academies Trust, Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 3BN
Closing date: 3rd January 2023
Start date: January 2023 (subject to completion of pre-employment checks)
Contract type: Permanent, 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
Salary: Scale 5, (£24,496 - £26,845)
Staff Benefits:
- 23-30 days annual leave increasing with years of service
- O2 Staff discount
- Free use of on-site leisure facilities including gym and swimming pool
- Free car parking
- Generous employee pension contribution scheme and death in service benefit (LGPS)
- Day one entitlement to contractual sick pay
- CPD access and support
Finance Officer Job Overview
The finance office is a busy and fast-paced environment, where the requirements and needs of the schools within the trust change at short notice. The successful candidate will need the ability to be flexible and have strong multitasking skills.
Key responsibilities:
- Process and manage Accounts Payable and credit control
- Process and manage Accounts Receivable and debt control
- Process BACs payments on a weekly basis
- Process on the payroll portal the monthly overtime and casual pay claims
- Record casual holiday pay entitlement and reconcile quarterly
- Process pension payments
- Process primary school absences on HR/payroll portal
- Maintain and record casual holiday pay entitlement
- Manage procurement system and check and maintain authorisation levels
- Monitor and track monthly reprographic charges
- Manage coach/minibus requests
The ideal candidate will have skills and competencies:
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Understanding of confidentiality
- Communication skills
- Problem analysis and problem-solving skills
- Teamwork
- Professional integrity
- Ability to meet deadlines
We can offer:
- Excellent professional development opportunities
- A supportive and experienced finance team
- Excellent resources and the wider career development opportunities afforded by a multi academy trust
Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged. Please call 01480 420545 or email smorgan@acesmat.uk to book an appointment, arrange an informal discussion or to find out more information about the role.
Enquiries and applications to: recruitment@acesmat.uk (CV’S will not be accepted)
Closing date: 3rd January 2023
Interviews: tbc January 2023
Attached documents
About Aces Academies Trust
- Aces Academies Trust
- C/o Hinchingbrooke School, Brampton Road, Huntingdon
- Cambridgeshire
- PE29 3BN
- United Kingdom
The ACES Academies Trust has a shared local vision to raise aspiration and achievement for the communities we serve. We focus on the raising of standards, by sharing staff expertise and utilising additional resource gained through the sponsor’s connections with a range of businesses across Europe and the US. New staff are employed by the Trust to work where most needed and we aspire to enhance recruitment and retention, through our curriculum innovation and approach to staff development.
The schools in the Multi-Academy Trust develop a common set of values and expectations and work closely together using rigorous QA systems, monitoring and evaluating processes followed by timely and decisive action, in order to secure improvement.
The ACES Academies Trust uses the mantra of Aspiration, Creativity and Excellence to create Success. This seeks to ignite the imaginations of young people, kindle ambition and fuel the creative energy of communities, so that our students achieve excellence and become responsible global citizens. They will develop the ability to apply themselves with resilience, to think creatively, to question and reason, and to argue rationally, so they are equipped to take their places in the world. Tolerance, compassion and respect are central in all schools.
Our Academies
Hinchingbrooke School
Hinchingbrooke is a remarkable state school, set in acres of beautiful grounds and adjoining a country park. Hinchingbrooke House was formerly the family home of the Cromwells and of the Earls of Sandwich. The school finds inspiration from its heritage and gives both staff and students a very special pride and a sense of identity.
We aim for all students to be nurtured as uniquely talented individuals, finding fulfilment through their learning and the development of their intellectual, creative, physical and emotional capabilities.
We aim for our students to develop the moral integrity to become responsible global citizens, so that they may take their place in society with confidence. We are confident that anyone associated with the Hinchingbrooke learning community, student or adult, will leave the richer for their experience.
Cromwell Academy
Cromwell Academy is a thriving and motivated school which is committed to achieving. We pride ourselves on working closely together with parents/carers so that our children receive an outstanding education and attitude for life-long learning. We particularly believe that all our children at Cromwell Academy have potential and that it is our goal to unlock it together.
At Cromwell Academy we have a committed team of staff and governors who are keen to work together with parents/carers to provide the very best education for all of our children, whilst ensuring they remain safe and happy. Relationships between home and school are key in supporting the academic achievement and emotional well-being of our pupils. We are very proud of our children and the academy's achievements.
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