Job Title: Finance OfficerSalary: Commencing at £25,055 with progression to £25,686 per annum.Closing Date: 2025-07-16About the RoleWe are looking for a Finance Officer to join our finance team!As a Finance Officer within the Luminate Education Group, you will play a key role in delivering a high-quality, customer-focused financial service. You’ll be responsible for processing accounts payable and receivable transactions efficiently and accurately, supporting the wider finance team in maintaining compliance with financial regulations. This is a dynamic role that contributes to the smooth operation of our shared finance service across the group, with a strong emphasis on integrity, fraud awareness, and proactive problem-solving. What You Will DoProcess supplier invoices and credit notes, ensuring accurate validation, coding, and matching to purchase orders.Raise customer invoices, manage income processing, and handle direct debits and student loan receipts.Reconcile accounts payable and receivable ledgers, including supplier statements and bank receipts.Carry out credit control activities such as contacting debtors, issuing reminders, and liaising with debt management agencies.Maintain accurate financial records and support reporting and data analysis tasks.Provide excellent customer service to internal and external stakeholders regarding finance-related queries.Uphold confidentiality and security of financial information at all times.About YouWe\\\'re looking for a detail-oriented and highly organised individual with experience in finance operations, particularly in handling both payable and receivable.Have strong customer service skills and are proficient in Microsoft Office applications. You thrive in a collaborative environment, are adaptable to change, and demonstrate integrity in managing sensitive financial data. To have a proactive approach to problem-solving and a commitment to professional standards makes you a valuable asset to our team.A Level 2 qualification in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience is essential.BenefitsThe group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:Annual leave: Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidaysCurriculum support and business support: 37 days plus bank holidaysPension schemes with generous employer contributionsTeachers’ Pension SchemeLocal Government Pension SchemePeople’s Pension SchemeCPD opportunities:Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).Travel and commuting: Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.Flexible and hybrid working opportunities: Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.About UsLuminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to people’s lives through genuinely transformative education and training.We offer a wide range of job vacancies across our business support functions - Finance, Human Resources, ITSS, Marketing, Communications, Executive Support, Estates and Food Services. Our large size and diverse range of member organisations means there are always exciting opportunities to progress.As an education provider, we are committed to lifelong learning and investing in our workforce, and you’ll have access to a broad variety of training and professional development designed to help you continually develop and grow.Join us on the journey to being the best that we can collectively be for our students, apprentices, staff and our stakeholders.Luminate Education Group consists of; Harrogate College (HC), Keighley College (KC), Leeds City College (LCC), Leeds Conservatoire (LC), University Centre Leeds, Leeds Sixth Form College and Yorkshire Centre for Training & Development.SAFEGUARDINGAt Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIONWe recognise, value and champion diversity & Inclusion. As we engage with a diverse student population we want to ensure we reflect that in our staff population too. For us diversity is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. It is important to us that both staff and students achieve their full potential. Diversity is important to us, but inclusion is equally, if not more important. It’s not just about having the representation but also providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyone’s contributions and perspectives.RECRUITMENT AGENCIESWe kindly request that recruitment agencies do not forward any unsolicited CVs in relation to any of our advertised roles or speculatively. If we require support with any of our vacancies we will get in touch with agencies directly. We do not recognise submissions of unsolicited or speculative CV applications from recruitment agencies. We shall not be liable for any fee / commission in the event we employ a candidate that may have been submitted as an unsolicited/speculative application from an uninstructed recruitment agency.