Finance Assistant

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• To contribute to the high-quality financial service of the Finance team in all operational aspects in support of teaching and learning within the school.
• To conduct financial and contract administration in accordance with policy and strategic direction from the School Business Manager, liaising with the Assistant School Business Manager, Finance Assistant and internal departments as required.
• To contribute to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare and personal care of children and young people with regard to the area child protection procedures.

Strategic Direction:

• To assist in the finance team’s role in the development and implementation of a high-quality financial service, compliant with Local Authority accounting regulations.

Finance Operations:

• To produce accurate and timely records of all transactions within the school’s financial management systems.
• Monitor and reconcile the school’s bank accounts.
• To generate accurate VAT records and reports in collaboration with our other Finance Assistant so that claims can be made in a timely fashion.
• To prepare for year-end closedown, ensuring all systems and accounts are up to date and ready for year-end procedures to take place.
• To monitor school income and to liaise closely with all educational visit organisers, as well as providing administrative and accounting support for visits.
• To assist with the administrative and accounting support for school CPD activities.
• To support the Assistant School Business Manager in the provision of core data input to all management accounting reports.
• To ensure that compliance standards are maintained through the appropriate segregation and sharing of tasks.

Other:

• To monitor and ensure probity in the school’s financial software packages.
• To contribute to Finance team tasking as directed by the Assistant School Business Manager and the School Business Manager.

The main campus for TWGSB is in Tunbridge Wells. However, you may be required to work at other campuses connected to TWGSB.

Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys is one of the largest boy’s grammar schools in the country. In late 2021, we benefited from a multi-million pound investment, which resulted in a brand-new sports building at our Tunbridge Wells campus and the opening of our Sevenoaks campus. 

Staff benefit from a positive working environment, with strong support for professional development and specialist teaching rooms. We aim for high standards and the pursuit of academic excellence, helping every student to reach their full potential through the development of skills, concepts and knowledge, within the framework of a caring community. Relationships between staff and students are based on trust, mutual respect and a determination to succeed.

Please note that we will only accept CVs that are accompanied by an application form (see below). We shall review applications as we receive them  so apply early to avoid delay! We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role .