Finance Assistant

We have a vacancy for a School Finance Assistant for a primary school based in Kingsbury (NW9). It will be starting early January, fully office based 8.30 to 3.30 Monday to Friday. The key responsibilities of the role are:

• Assisting with the maintenance of comprehensive up-to-date accounting records for the school and its trading subsidiary
• Setting up of new suppliers
• Managing the flow of invoices for approval 
• Processing departmental orders in reference to available budgets
• Reviewing the purchase ledger system for overdue invoice approvals
• Reconciling and posting all expense card transactions to the nominal ledger
• Processing all staff expense claims
• Recording and reconciliation of petty cash for staff expenses
• Reconciling and posting all bank transactions for the Trading Company
• Assisting with the production of lettings and peripatetic room hire invoices for the Trading company
• Overseeing and managing bursary applications, including sending application forms and processing and recording applications

In order to fill this role effectively, the ideal candidate will have the following skills and experiences:

• Experience in Purchase ledger reconciliation
• Experience in Bank reconciliation
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of accounting and administration systems

This will be starting ASAP so you would need to be immediately available and ideally have a Enhanced DBS Certificate.