For this job role you are required to have an in date Enhanced Child DBS and have previous experience working within schools.
Main Purpose:
* To provide operational financial support including financial systems-based solutions in respect of trust schools.
* You will be centrally located with the Trust's finance team and be required to travel out to the allocated schools to manage the Finance Administrators on site which includes the responsibility for reconciling the cash transactions in school. You will report to the Schools centralised Senior Finance Officers and have contact with the School's Headteacher.
* You will work in accordance with the practices and procedures of the Trust, being familiar with the Trust's Financial Procedures and the ESFA's Academies Trust Handbook, using your initiative to resolve straight forward of a financial nature as directed within the procedures. This will ensure that the financial processes of the school meet the highest operational and compliance standards as required by legislation, the Education Skills and Funding Agency and best practice.
* You will be supporting the achievement of successful, educational and community outcomes for the school, its staff, students and the local community. You will be required to work during some school holiday periods, which will include working during part of August in preparation for the financial year end.
General Duties...