Job title: Finance & Operations Officer
Job type: Temporary
Emp type: Part-time
Skills: finance operations
Pay interval: Hourly
Pay rate: GBP £20.00
Location: York, North Yorkshire
Job ID: 70329

Job Description

Finance and Operations Officer

 

Overview
We are recruiting a Finance and Operations Officer to join a school-based finance team on a temporary basis. This is an immediate start opportunity for approximately 6 weeks, with potential to extend or become longer-term for the right candidate. The role offers flexible working patterns, with the option to work 2 full days or spread hours across shorter sessions.

 

Details:

  • Temporary contract (initially 6 weeks, scope to extend)
  • 2 days per week (flexible pattern available, e.g., 5 short mornings or 2 full days)
  • York based, with on-site parking
  • Immediate start
  • £19.81 - £22.21 per hour

 

Responsibilities:

  • Manage school lettings, including raising invoices, assessing VAT status, and applying VAT exemptions.
  • Conduct monthly reviews of forecasting reports and investigate variances.
  • Prepare and distribute monthly departmental/budget holder reports, responding to queries.
  • Prepare monthly catering summaries, including staffing costs and FSM meals.
  • Code and post catering recharges, supplier invoices, journal entries, and petty cash reconciliations.
  • Record school funds transactions and provide accurate summary reporting.
  • Monitor key non-staff contracts and commitments.
  • Allocate new codes for items on the cashless payment system.

 

Experience Required:

  • Previous experience in finance administration, including budgets and forecasting.
  • Knowledge of lettings and VAT processes.
  • Experience within the education sector is a distinct advantage.
  • Strong IT and Excel skills, with excellent attention to detail.
  • Confident communicator, able to liaise with multiple stakeholders.

 

If you have relevant finance experience and are available to start immediately, we’d love to hear from you. Please send your CV to apply.

 

You may have experience in addition to this which we will be happy to discuss.  If all the above aligns with your experience and you would like to learn more, we would love to hear from you.

Please send your CV and let’s discuss the role.

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