Hours/weeks: 37 hours per week (Mon to Fri), full time (ALL YEAR ROUND) Line Manager: Finance Manager An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly, busy finance department within the heart of the school on a full-time, permanent basis. You will have excellent attention to detail, be proactive and proficient in IT skills, especially with Microsoft Excel. Experience of working in an educational environment would be advantageous but is not essential. Benefits of working at St Simon Stock: A supportive and caring working environment for staff and students Dedicated and bespoke CPD time for all staff each term Staff laptop provided Kent Rewards Scheme Employee Assistance Programme which offers counselling, financial guidance, legal enquiries with access to online health and wellbeing resources About the role: The accurate processing of financial transactions using the PS Financials accounting software is essential to this role, ensuring that correct procedures are followed as per KCSP financial guidelines. Assist the Finance Manager in maintaining effective and proper control of the school's bank accounts; this will include regularly reconciling bank statements and processing payment runs. Prepare school trip costings and use the ParentPay cashless payment system to set these up and record income received. Assist in the school month-end accounts process and the annual year-end process. A familiarity with the key financial reports will be needed for this: trial balance, balance sheet, management accounts etc. A strong and up-to-date knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel, together with a good level of IT competency, is required to maintain databases and provide accurate budgetary information. Support the Finance Assistant with the processing of school purchase orders. Maintain an accurate school asset register using the Parago asset management system, regularly updating the asset register and contributing to the annual school asset audit. Successful candidates will: Have previous experience in a similar role Be highly numerate and be able to absorb complex information Be able to use their own initiative Have excellent attention to detail ADZN1_UKTJ