Oakgrove School is looking to appoint a Finance Officer to work as part of a team, processing transactions and carrying out account reconciliations, supporting the Finance Manager in all aspects of finance to facilitate the efficient running of Oakgrove School and Kingsbridge Educational Trust. The successful candidate must be qualified to AAT level 2 or working towards this. They must be well organised and should be able to manage their own workload. There is progression to develop within the role and be involved in other aspects of the Finance team.

This position is for between 25 and 27.5 hours per week,  Term time plus INSET days and 2 weeks in the summer. There is flexibility on the hours and working pattern to suit the successful candidate.

Main duties will include but are not limited to:

• Issue sales ledger invoices for services supplied or facilities hired as required, liaising with the school’s Letting Manager and others to ensure invoicing is in accordance with signed agreements.
• Regularly review the debtors schedule and chase up settlement of outstanding debts, advising the Finance Manager of any potentially bad debts.
• Maintain customer records.
• Post to the accounting system all transactions received directly to and paid directly from the bank, including payments made via the electronic payment system, childcare vouchers, direct debits.
• Post the cash and cheque receipts to the accounting system weekly in accordance with the summary reports downloaded from the electronic payment system.
• Carry out monthly bank and charge card reconciliations promptly following the end of the month for review by the Finance Manager.
• Please see the attached job description for further details

For more information about this vacancy or the school, please contact hr@oakgrove.school