Assistant Accountant

37 hours per week, full year

The Accord Multi Academy Trust are looking to appoint an Assistant Accountant to provide a high-quality financial processing support service to the Trust central Finance Team. As Assistant Accountant you will be responsible for delivering a first-class accountancy and financial service to the Trust and academies, including internal and external stakeholders. 

The Trust will provide an opportunity for the successful candidate to work towards a Professional Accountancy Qualification.

You will be required to support the Finance Manager with implementing changes to procedures following a review of financial policies, ensuring compliance with external regulations, preparation of monthly management accounts, analysing and investigating variances and forecasting expenditure.

You will have the ability to complete work carefully, accurately and to agreed deadlines, taking a pro-active approach to work to ensure that these deadlines are met, maintain attention to detail in all aspects of work.

You will have a commitment to undertake a professional accountancy qualification to further develop your own knowledge and provide wider technical support to the team. You will be highly efficient, show attention to detail with a willingness to learn and develop within a professional and challenging environment. 

The Accord Multi Academy Trust was established in September 2016 and is currently made up of four academies who were the founding members of the Trust. The Trust is committed to providing world class education for all our young people within our community and as such we recognise the pivotal role that our staff team have in this respect. The Trust places at the heart of its development a commitment to high quality professional development for all staff who join the Trust. We understand that by investing in our staff we will create an organisation with a shared vision and values that will transform education for young people. The role will be based at Ossett Academy, in the first instance.

We are confident that new staff joining our Trust will feel welcomed and happy to have chosen us. Prospective applicants are welcome to visit prior to applying. We encourage prospective candidates to look at our website for further information regarding our ‘People Pledge’ and our recently launched Employee Benefit package Working For Our Trust - Accord (accordmat.org)

For an informal discussion about this position please contact hr@accordmat.org or call on 01924 282748.

Application forms are available from https://accordmat.org/vacancies/      

Completed application forms to be returned to hr@accordmat.org

Closing date: Wednesday 24 July 2024 at 9.00am

Interviews likely to be held: w/c 29 July 2024

Based on the quality and quantity of applications received, Accord Multi Academy Trust reserves the right to interview sooner than the specified dates above. Applicants will be notified of this where possible. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.

We are committed to providing a culture of inclusion, respect and equity of opportunity that attracts, supports, and retains high quality colleagues from all backgrounds and across all job roles at the Trust. We welcome and encourage applications from, but not limited to Black, Asian, other ethnic minority groups, individuals who identify as LGBT+; and/or are registered with a disability. Candidates will always be shortlisted based on the content of application against the job description and essential criteria without access to the personal details information.

The Accord Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.