Finance Assistant

• Finance Assistant
• Full-time
• London Borough of Ealing
• Temporary ongoing contract

A large, well-organised school in the borough of Ealing is looking for a Graduate in Finance/ Economics or accountancy to work as Finance Assistant and join their team ASAP to provide financial admin support and work alongside the Finance Manager/ Director of Finance.

Job role

In the role you will be working closely with the Director of Finance, and the Finance Manager, where you will be providing support across a range of areas in school financial administration. A large proportion of your role will include daily use of SIMS and FMS, so if you had any knowledge of this that would be advantageous.

As a finance assistant your role will include:

• Supporting finance procedures and school invoicing
• Supporting stock management, ordering and monitoring.

• Understanding school finance and processing invoices to orders and reconciling suppliers’ statements, handling queries and discrepancies.
• Having a good knowledge to confidently use a variety of systems and databases
• Assisting the Director of Finance and Finance Officer with any other finance and administration tasks as required.

The school

This heavily oversubscribed secondary school is based in the Ealing borough and is rated outstanding by Ofsted. The school is a calm and purposeful place where good manners and good Behaviour are considered essential. Staff have high expectations for students and pupil behaviour is good. The senior leadership are committed to ensuring there is high quality teaching, in a safe and friendly environment. 

If you are a Finance assistant or recent Finance or related Graduate , then please apply with an up-to-date CV.

We have a policy to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Philosophy Education is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.