Finance Officer - Full-time

Ebbsfleet Academy, Swanscombe

• Ref:KCC886-4001-462S
• Posted:16/05/2024
• Pay:Actual salary £24,421 per annum (£27,007 full time
• Start Date:As soon as possible
• App Close Date:27/05/2024 at 23:45
• Interviews:Monday 3rd June

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Leigh Academies Trust has a great opportunity to appoint a Finance Officer to join our team as soon as possible. The role will be spread across 2 of our academies, Ebbsfleet Academy and Cherry Orchard Primary Academy, but the successful candidate will be based at Cherry Orchard Primary Academy.

The main responsibilities of this role are as follows;

• Process purchase orders, delivery notes and manage invoice and payment according to Trust policy.
• Process sales ledger transactions
• Reconcile corporate card and post into the account system as per Trust policy.
• Reconcile and post all direct debit payments and complete bank reconciliation.

The Finance Officer will operate and support a comprehensive financial support service to the Principals, Governors and staff of the academies as well as other duties as requested by the Principals and Finance Managers of the Trust. They will have to raise and process purchase orders, delivery notes, and manage invoices and payments according to Trust Policies. 

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join an established finance team. Please note that this is a busy position; our successful candidate will need to be able to demonstrate strong interpersonal skills, the ability to prioritise, excellent attention to detail and accuracy in work. Experience working in the education sector is highly advantageous.

The basis of this role is permanent and offers an actual salary of £24,421 per annum (£27,007 full time equivalent)  based on 37 hours per week, term time + 3 weeks inset. 

Interviews will be taking place week commencing Monday the 3rd of June.

Information about the school

Welcome to Ebbsfleet Academy, where we are committed to doing whatever it takes to make sure all our students receive an outstanding education and achieve exceptional things. We are an extremely ambitious school community and believe there are no excuses for not achieving your absolute potential.

Ebbsfleet Academy opened in September 2013; we are on a journey to become an over-subscribed school that children walk to, with their friends, where they enjoy coming and a school of which they feel proud. We are building an ethos that creates a belief that we can all achieve our goals and better our futures. We are developing independent, resilient and respectful individuals, who are ready to learn for themselves. We want all our students to achieve the highest qualifications they can, but also to fulfil all their potential, academic and personal, sporting, creative and artistic. We want our pupils to leave school as well-rounded, confident young people, with an awareness of the wider world, and a desire and ambition to play an active part in it, all of which is encapsulated in Ebbsfleet Academy’s motto - Aspire and Excel!

We are a dynamic and successful 11-18 academy serving the local community. We have students of all abilities and from a wide variety of backgrounds, all of whom contribute to the richness of our school population. Our curriculum is based around the needs of our students and consists of a rich blend of academic and vocational qualifications, all supported by fantastic learning resources. We are extremely proud of our record to date, of our constantly improving results and of our 'Good' Ofsted outcome (October 2019). We have a clear commitment to the highest of expectations and achievement for all, with an excellent team of committed staff and outstanding facilities.

Values and vision - To be an outstanding community academy, whose focus is on learning, as well as on personal and social development, and to be ambitious for all regardless of circumstance. At Ebbsfleet Academy our aim is to get the best out of every student; excellence in teaching and learning is therefore at the heart of our work. - Our ambition is to ensure that all of our students achieve their potential, develop as courteous, confident and capable young people and leave with an education that has fully equipped them to go on to university or the career of their choice.

Our vision is based on three core values: - ‘Be Ready, Work Hard, Be Nice’. In working towards instilling these values in our students, we strive to provide a safe, healthy and stimulating environment for all.

Ofsted report “The principal leads Ebbsfleet Academy with passion and energy. She is committed to improving outcomes for all pupils. Her leadership, through insistence upon a ‘no excuses’ culture, has led to significant improvements across the school’s work. She and other senior leaders have a shared sense of responsibility to continually improve the school and this is inspiring staff and pupils alike.”

'We are an extremely ambitious school community and believe there are no excuses for not achieving your absolute potential.' Gurjit Kaur Shergill, Principal

Job Contact Information

• Name:Talent Team, Leigh Acadamies Trust
• Address:Carnation Road, Strood, Kent, ME2 2SX
• Telephone: 01634 412200
• Email: talent@latrust.org.uk

Documents

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• Job Description | Finance Officer | Ebbsfleet Academy & Cherry Orchard Primary Academy