Finance Officer

We are seeking an experienced Finance Officer to play a key role in our finance team, which is responsible for all finance functions within Emanuel School.  

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Managing the purchase ledger, ensuring that invoices are processed promptly and payments are made accurately
• Managing the nominal ledgers, ensuring all journals are posted correctly, accounts are reconciled and maintained appropriately
• Processing the weekly BACS run, ensuring all invoices are correctly authorised and coded
• Setting up new supplier accounts and maintaining existing account details and relationships
• Processing and administering all ancillary payments
• Reconciling all key accounts on a monthly basis, including bank reconciliations
• Managing the accounting and record keeping for capital projects
• Ensuring correct processing of monthly catering journals
• Providing all budget holders with support regarding their yearly budgets as appropriate
• Processing staff expenses
• Assisting with the external audit process

To be considered for this role, you will be part qualified, or working towards a professional qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA), with excellent financial knowledge, including accounting standards, accounting software and VAT.

Experience of bookkeeping / management accounting, adhering to financial controls and monitoring budgets is equally important.

Working at Emanuel

There is a genuine buzz at the school. Colleagues enjoy their work and, like the pupils, are ambitious for the school.

Everyone works hard here, and anyone joining the school should expect to do so. There’s a strong sense of community and source of friendship. From the briefing to all staff, to the half termly staff meetings, termly consultative group meetings and a common room committee, there’s ongoing dialogue about the school’s aims.

We aim to look after our staff too. We have an appraisal scheme with a focus on the employee’s professional development; we sponsor postgraduate courses and a range of training opportunities; we offer a healthcare plan via Simply Health that includes counselling and medical support; and we’re committed to supporting staff wellbeing. On a more practical level, all staff benefit from good pension provision and free lunches.

For further details and to apply please click the apply button.

The closing date for this role is 31 July 2024.

Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. Emanuel School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.