Senior Finance Administrator

Location

Wokingham, Berkshire | United Kingdom

Job description

The Bulmershe are looking for a Senior Finance Administrator to join our busy school office. You will provide support to the Business Management team as well as to the wider school and its suppliers.

Reporting to the Assistant School Business Manager, this role requires a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail and will suit a candidate who is dedicated and well organised. Excellent IT skills are essential, as is previous experience of working in a school or finance environment. In addition to financial administration, the role will also be to provide full, general administration support to the school, including daily admin tasks and Reception duties.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Accounts Payable:

• Processing supplier invoices, dealing with supplier queries and ensuring payment is received on time
• Investigating and resolving supplier invoices under query, arranging returns and ensuring that refunds or credit notes are received
• Reconcile lettings income, input letting bookings on system and answering queries
• Reconciliation of student intake with invoicing
• Keying receipts and reconciliation/updating of advance fees list
• Preparing monthly direct debit and credit journals for bank accounts in readiness for monthly reconciliation
• Completing the reconciliation process for school trips and ensuring payments are processed promptly
• Daily banking; updating budgets and order spreadsheets
• Assisting with the setting up and maintaining of archive files and historical data.
• Recording charity payments received; paying funds to the bank/relevant charities

Credit Control:

• Updating manual debtors report for day-to-day use
• Reconciling manual debtors with Sims aged debtors on a daily basis
• Chasing overdue invoices
• Processing student recharges

Administrative:

• Inputting staff absence and arranging daily cover
• Ensuring staff absence is maintained via the absence system
• Reception and office cover duties
• Provide administrative duties to the Assistant SBM
• Any other duties that reasonably fall within the remit of the post, which may be allocated after consultation with the postholder

Why join The Bulmershe School

The Bulmershe School is a heavily oversubscribed school which sits at the heart of the community. We are a mixed  Corvus Learning Trust Academy school of 1,500 students, who come from diverse backgrounds and cultures. We work closely with our parents, partners and feeder school to achieve the best outcomes for all of our students. We were rated as ‘Good’ in our last OFSTED report and are aiming for Outstanding.

We believe that The Bulmershe is a school where you can really make a difference. To find out more about The Bulmershe School and this specific opportunity, please take a look at the attached vacancy pack. We look forward to your application.

How to Apply

• If you’d like to find out more about role, the school, or to talk to us about options for flexible working – call: 0118 935 3353to arrange to meet us for coffee and a chat
• Ready to apply? Please complete our application form (CVs will not be accepted)
• Email your application to the Assistant School Business Manager, Ms Bagley-Kelly: 
• [email protected]

The Bulmershe School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments are subject to enhanced DBS clearance and satisfactory employment references. Note: This is not your contract of employment or any part of it. It has been prepared only for the purpose of school organisation and may change either as your contract changes or as the organisation of the school is changed. Nothing will be changed without consultation.

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