Finance Administrator
We are seeking an experienced Finance Administrator for a temporary to permanent contract within a SEN school based in Knowsley.
Working closely with the Finance Manager/ Business Manage, the postholder will provide hands‑on support across the full range of day‑to‑day finance operations. The role requires someone confident, adaptable, and able to step into both finance assistant duties and selected elements of the Finance Manager's routine workload. Strong working knowledge of Arbor MIS System.
School staff are committed and inspirational, transforming the futures of intelligent children who experience Specific Learning Difficulties.
The School:
A Pupil Referral Unit situated inn the borough of Knowsley on Merseyside, Providing a quality educational experience for students who have or are experiencing difficulties in a mainstream setting due to medical, social, emotional or behavioural needs. Support young people to develop alternative strategies to improve their resilience and confidence through a personalised curriculum, delivered by dedicated, experienced and qualified staff.
You must have experience in the below to be considered for this role:
- Processing PO's
- Raising invoices
- Produce BACs payment run
- Banking
- Petty cash
- Monthly LA reconciliation
- Bank reconciliation
- VAT reports
- Sourcing quotes
- Maintain the finance filing system
General Duties:
- Experience of Arbor MIS system
- Oversee the purchase order lifecycle from requisition to delivery, liaising with staff to ensure financial regulations are met
- Liaise effectively with suppliers when sourcing quotations to evidence best value purchasing
- Manage the purchase invoice payment process, ensuring suppliers are paid in line with their payment terms
- Oversee the school's income, ensuring that banking is kept up to date and sales invoices are raised as required and income recorded accurately
- Maintain the school's financial information system
- Undertake regular reconciliations and process all Local Authority financial returns
- Oversee the petty cash process, ensuring timely reimbursements
- Maintain a confidential filing system (manual and electronic) to ensure that accurate up to date information is available
- Support the School Business Manager to ensure that school operations run smoothly
- Be responsible for delivering an exceptional front of house service, ensuring visitors and visiting professionals receive an outstanding experience whilst visiting the school.
Conditions of Service:
- Hours - 8 hours per day
- Length of contract - Temporary to Permanent
- Start date - 23rd February
- Hourly salary, between £17-£19.47 per hour, depending on experience.
- Pension, Defined contribution scheme pension
- Parking - free on-site parking within the School's grounds
Safeguarding:
This role is deemed to be one of working in regulated activity, meaning that the post-holder may expect to come into unsupervised contact with children and young people frequently in the discharge of their duties on-site. As such, the expectations of conduct, required of all adults working at the School, apply to this position, as does a full Safer-Recruitment vetting process of any appointee. A key responsibility of all adults working within the School is that of ensuring the effective safeguarding of all children and young people, through adherence to the School's policies; full-training is given.
This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS clearance and the receipt of satisfactory references before a formal job offer is confirmed.
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