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The Basildon Academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to DBS and health checks.
Due to growth, we wish to recruit an additional Finance Assistant to join our Finance Department.
Salary Range: Band 4FTE£30,209- £33,400 with performance-based yearly increments available.Actual starting salary for20 hours-£14,632. Actual starting salary for 25 hours- £18,290.
Working Hours: 20-25 hours per week, between the hours of 8am - 4pm Monday- Friday.
Working Weeks: 41 weeks
This is a varied role and will suit someone who has good all-round administration experience, ideally from within a Finance department environment.
The Finance Assistant provides day-to-day support to the Finance Department and staff of the school and to students in all financial matters. The processing of all financial data is carried out within the Finance Office, but for specified times within the Academy day, there is a requirement for on-site support to deal with face-to-face enquiries relating to monetary matters.
Responsibilities include:
Receiving approved purchase orders from budget holders and processing them through the Finance System and placing order direct with supplier
Receiving daily Finance Post and distributing to relevant parties and matching to finance paperwork for processing where applicable
Checking invoices received for accuracy, matching to correct purchasing documentation and processing through the Finance System
Maintainingthe petty cash, recording all income and outgoings and reconciling on a monthly basis
Timelybanking of all cash and checking all cash receipts agree with cash banked
Assisting with Academies' lettings-dealing with enquiries, taking bookings, maintaining Academy Lettings Calendar,raising invoices
Checking of weekly payment run
Closing date: Friday 4th July
Start date: September2025
To apply for this role, please download and complete ourapplication form and return it to our Recruitment & Cover Coordinator, Olivia Faustino-recruitment@basildonacademies.org.uk
The Basildon Academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to DBS and health checks.
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications or are able to fill the position faster than originally anticipated.
Information about the School
The Basildon Academies is focused upon developing the whole child; our curriculum has been developed to enable our students to develop their knowledge, understanding and skills so that they will become lifelong learners. This includes opportunities for linguistic, mathematical, scientific, technical, human, social, physical and artistic learning so that students make progress in a wide range of subjects.
We set high expectations of all our students and this, in turn, ensures we create a positive climate for learning in which every student can reach their full potential. Our Academy is a calm, orderly and purposeful environment where students enjoy their learning, make good progress and feel safe.
Our Sixth Form is a major part of the academy with the structure modelling itself on developing independent learning skills like those seen in universities which allows students to continue their studies in their specialist subject areas. Students are very much encouraged to become mature adults being engaged in many aspects of the life of the academy which further develops those much needed skills to go on into university or the world of work.