Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant - Education Salary £28,000 - £32,000

Based in Brentford

Office Based Role

A group of school in West London are looking for a Finance Assistant to join their team in Brentford. You'll handle various tasks including sales ledger maintenance, invoicing, interacting with parents for fee collection, managing Early Years Funding, and more.

Duties include:

• Undertake aspects of preparing, maintaining and communicating reliable financial information
• Prepare and produce termly invoices
• Act as school lead for the Early Years Funding Scheme
• Calculate and process monthly and termly direct debit collections
• Communicate with current and future parents re fee payments, responding to queries as appropriate
• Administration of processing and certifying of purchase invoices received for payment & filing
• Reconciling supplier statements to ensure all liabilities have been recorded
• Be a contact for general finance queries and to liaise with parents, suppliers and contractors as required
• Ensure the completion of month end procedures
• Manage balance sheet areas such as fixed assets, accruals, and prepayments
• Ensure that processes to manage the end of the school year activity are in place and adhered to joiners and leavers are processed and their deposits refunded
• Assist the Group Finance Manager with the annual accounts and supporting schedules for audit and liaising with auditors as required

Experience required:

• 2 years experience sales ledger, credit control or purchase ledger role - in education is highly desirable in schools or nursery but not essential
• Bookkeeping or AAT qualification
• Knowledge of systems ISAMS or MY School Portal - desirable
• Experience of SAGE 200 or other accounting systems
• Proficient with Microsoft Office products such as Excel and Word
• Numerate with strong attention to detail and analytical skills
• Demonstrate understanding of confidentiality, stays calm under pressure and working with minimum supervision
• Strong interpersonal skills with children and parents
• Will need to be DBS cleared

Benefits:

• 20 days + 8 Bank Holidays + close at Christmas - Can be taken during term time
• Contributory pension
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Hours of work: 8.30am -5.00pm
• Reduced hours during school holiday 9am-4pm

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