Finance Business Assistant
| Posting date: | 20 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Grade - 5/6 - £20,535.91 - £23,427.62 p/a |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 December 2025 |
| Location: | Sutton, Surrey, SM1 1DA |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | eTeach UK Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1518903 |
Summary
Salary: Grade - 5/6 - £20,535.91 - £23,427.62 p/a (FTE £32,064 - £36,679)
Location: Copthall House, 9 The Pavement, Grove Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 1DA
Working Pattern: 9.30am -2.30pm Monday-Friday, Term-Time plus 3 weeks (25 hours per week)
Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust (OHC&AT) is a family of specialist education providers for pupils and students from nursery to further education. We operate across academies and college centres in London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire. Supporting our academies and college, OHC&AT also operates learning support services, such as nursing and therapy, and a central business support team which includes HR, finance and IT.
Pupils and students within the OHC&AT family have a wide range of learning abilities and additional needs. These include autistic spectrum disorder; speech, language and communication difficulties; social, emotional and mental health needs; profound and multiple learning disabilities; and physical disabilities including multi-sensory impairment and complex health conditions.
We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Finance Business Assistant to play a key role in managing insurance and compliance across our Trust. This is an exciting opportunity to support our schools and college centres by ensuring accurate record-keeping, smooth insurance administration, and effective liaison with internal teams and external partners. You’ll deputise for the Finance Business Manager when required and help maintain high standards of compliance and efficiency. If you thrive in a collaborative environment and have a keen eye for detail, we’d love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities:
• Deputise for the Finance Business Manager, providing guidance on insurance claims and ensuring compliance in their absence.
• Manage insurance administration, including renewals, claims processing, and maintaining accurate insurance registers and certificates.
• Act as the main point of contact for insurance matters, liaising with internal teams, brokers, and underwriters to ensure coverage for excursions, contractors, and events.
• Ensure compliance and accuracy, keeping insurance records up to date for vehicles, equipment, and engineering insurance, and supporting staff training where required.
• Stay informed and proactive, monitoring industry updates, attending webinars, and contributing to process improvements for insurance management.
Key Requirements:
• GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and Maths (Grade C/4 or above).
• Experience working in a finance or administrative role.
• Understanding of financial processes and compliance requirements.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• Professional, reliable, and discreet.
OHC&AT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:
Rewards & Benefits:
• Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
• Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)
• Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)
Find out what makes OHC&AT a truly rewarding place to work - visit our ‘Work for us’ page to hear from our Chief Executive Officer, John Prior, and watch inspiring messages from students and parents about the difference our staff make every day.
Working together to transform lives is what we do and across the whole organisation we have a range of experts and practitioners who advocate for children and young people with SEND to ensure they receive the best possible opportunities to achieve their full potential.
As a large specialist education provider we employ over 1500 people across our schools, college and central support team. There is a wide range of job roles available, ranging from teaching and therapy to business support roles and significant career progression opportunities.
It is an exciting time to be part of OHC&AT and we are keen to recruit talented people who can play a key role in realising our mission and who want to make a difference. In return, we offer training and development, competitive pay and benefits in a positive and inclusive working environment.
We are committed to promoting and advancing equality of opportunity by attracting and retaining the most diverse range of students, staff and partners.
Your application form will be scored according to each of the requirements laid out in the person specification for this role. Please demonstrate in your statement how your experience, skills and knowledge match the criteria that are required for the role.
To apply for this role, please click ‘Fast Apply’, you will then be directed to a ‘Login’ page, once signed in, please complete and submit the Application Form.Please note that CV applications cannot be considered.
Closing Date: 5th December 2025
Interviews will take place on: The week commencing 15th December 2025
Location: Copthall House, 9 The Pavement, Grove Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 1DA
Working Pattern: 9.30am -2.30pm Monday-Friday, Term-Time plus 3 weeks (25 hours per week)
Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust (OHC&AT) is a family of specialist education providers for pupils and students from nursery to further education. We operate across academies and college centres in London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire. Supporting our academies and college, OHC&AT also operates learning support services, such as nursing and therapy, and a central business support team which includes HR, finance and IT.
Pupils and students within the OHC&AT family have a wide range of learning abilities and additional needs. These include autistic spectrum disorder; speech, language and communication difficulties; social, emotional and mental health needs; profound and multiple learning disabilities; and physical disabilities including multi-sensory impairment and complex health conditions.
We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented Finance Business Assistant to play a key role in managing insurance and compliance across our Trust. This is an exciting opportunity to support our schools and college centres by ensuring accurate record-keeping, smooth insurance administration, and effective liaison with internal teams and external partners. You’ll deputise for the Finance Business Manager when required and help maintain high standards of compliance and efficiency. If you thrive in a collaborative environment and have a keen eye for detail, we’d love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities:
• Deputise for the Finance Business Manager, providing guidance on insurance claims and ensuring compliance in their absence.
• Manage insurance administration, including renewals, claims processing, and maintaining accurate insurance registers and certificates.
• Act as the main point of contact for insurance matters, liaising with internal teams, brokers, and underwriters to ensure coverage for excursions, contractors, and events.
• Ensure compliance and accuracy, keeping insurance records up to date for vehicles, equipment, and engineering insurance, and supporting staff training where required.
• Stay informed and proactive, monitoring industry updates, attending webinars, and contributing to process improvements for insurance management.
Key Requirements:
• GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and Maths (Grade C/4 or above).
• Experience working in a finance or administrative role.
• Understanding of financial processes and compliance requirements.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• Professional, reliable, and discreet.
OHC&AT is an exciting, forward-thinking organisation, and we offer many benefits to attract and keep our staff, contributing towards maintaining and improving wellbeing, and encouraging our required behaviours, achievements, values, and skills. Below is just a selection of the benefits available to our employees:
Rewards & Benefits:
• Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
• Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)
• Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme
• Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
• Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)
Find out what makes OHC&AT a truly rewarding place to work - visit our ‘Work for us’ page to hear from our Chief Executive Officer, John Prior, and watch inspiring messages from students and parents about the difference our staff make every day.
Working together to transform lives is what we do and across the whole organisation we have a range of experts and practitioners who advocate for children and young people with SEND to ensure they receive the best possible opportunities to achieve their full potential.
As a large specialist education provider we employ over 1500 people across our schools, college and central support team. There is a wide range of job roles available, ranging from teaching and therapy to business support roles and significant career progression opportunities.
It is an exciting time to be part of OHC&AT and we are keen to recruit talented people who can play a key role in realising our mission and who want to make a difference. In return, we offer training and development, competitive pay and benefits in a positive and inclusive working environment.
We are committed to promoting and advancing equality of opportunity by attracting and retaining the most diverse range of students, staff and partners.
Your application form will be scored according to each of the requirements laid out in the person specification for this role. Please demonstrate in your statement how your experience, skills and knowledge match the criteria that are required for the role.
To apply for this role, please click ‘Fast Apply’, you will then be directed to a ‘Login’ page, once signed in, please complete and submit the Application Form.Please note that CV applications cannot be considered.
Closing Date: 5th December 2025
Interviews will take place on: The week commencing 15th December 2025