Finance Officer
Mount St Mary's College & Barlborough Hall School
Location: Spinkhill, Derbyshire
Salary: Competitive, based on experience
Contract: Full-time | Permanent | Office-based
Closing Date: TBC
Finance Officer Overview:
This role is responsible for Accounts Payable at Mount St Mary's and supports the Billings Officer to ensure duties are fulfilled in line with business objectives.
Key Competencies:
* Organisation
* Administrative Skills
* Analysis and Planning
* Resilience
* Problem Solving
Responsibilities:
* Purchase Invoice Processing: Enter invoices into Lightyear & Pass, verify against purchase orders and goods received notes, ensure accuracy.
* Payment Processing: Prepare and process payments, ensure timely payments, and utilize early payment discounts.
* Supplier Management: Maintain accurate records, resolve disputes, communicate with suppliers.
* Reconciliation: Reconcile accounts payable with the general ledger and supplier statements.
* Compliance: Follow accounting principles, standards, and regulations.
* Data Entry and Management: Maintain financial records, update systems, file documents.
* Problem Solving: Investigate discrepancies, resolve issues, provide vendor support.
Additional Duties:
* Handle supplier and customer calls (Parents & Carers).
* Print bank statements and support cash receipt postings.
* Reconcile petty cash and credit card transactions.
* Provide spend reports to Budget Holders, review costs, and highlight overspends.
* Assist with ad hoc financial reports and audit preparations.
* Support Billing Ledger queries and credit control.
* Process incoming mail, weekly BACS runs, and receipts from the company shop.
* Administer SCOPAY system and monitor credit card usage.
Attitudes and Qualities:
* Interest in Jesuit education
* Positive, flexible, proactive, responsible, resilient
Skills and Knowledge:
* Safeguarding in a school setting
* Strong organisational and communication skills
* Attention to detail, IT literacy
* Ideally AAT qualified with bookkeeping & finance experience
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