Schools Finance Team Administrator

We are looking for a Schools Finance Team Administrator.

Due to a period of maternity leave, the Schools Finance Team are looking to recruit an administrator to support the whole team for a fixed term period of 8 months. The Schools Finance Team Administrator will be a key role within the Schools Finance Team. Working as part of a supportive team, the successful candidate will provide all aspects of administrative support to the whole team to ensure a smooth and effective running of the team.

This is a Maternity Cover post for 8 months.

This role is offered on a Full-Time basis. The working hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

The Schools Finance Team Administrator is a key role within the Schools Finance Team. Working as part of a supportive team, the successful candidate will provide all aspects of administrative support to the whole team to ensure a smooth and effective running of the team. This role would suit a candidate who is capable of acting on their own initiative as well as working as part of a team.

The successful candidate will have excellent administration skill, be highly numerate, extremely organised and have excellent attention to detail. Responsibilities include (but are not limited to) providing general administrative support to the School Finance Team , supporting the finance team with ad hoc tasks as required, monitoring the generic Schools Finance team email inbox and responding to and resolving queries, assisting the finance team with monthly, quarterly and annual reporting procedures and assisting with internal and external audit queries.

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience of finance or schools finance administration is desirable but applications from candidates with other administration experience are also encouraged.
• Experience of working within a busy finance team and managing a mixed workload of ad hoc, regular, month and annual tasks.
• Experience of updating spreadsheets using Google Sheets and Excel.
• Experience of resolving financial administration queries.
• Experience of undertaking financial administration tasks in line with prescribed rules and regulations.
• Experience of maintaining effective partnership working arrangements with key partners and stakeholders, including schools.