Finance Officer
| Posting date: | 19 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 January 2026 |
| Location: | Woking, Surrey, GU21 5QE |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 2af10129-ee62-4b12-bc10-68768ee9fe38 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Requirements include:
Essential
• An awareness, understanding and commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children
• Minimum 2 Years of finance work experience
• Proven track record of continuous professional development
What the school offers its staff
Benefits
• Generous workplace pension through LGPS
• Condensed school year with two week half term in October
• Ongoing training, learning and development opportunities
• Recognition policies for exceptional performance and long service
• Well-being support, including 24/7 online GP access, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), online wellness support and free eye tests and flu vaccinations
• Access to savings on your everyday spending including groceries, homeware, entertainment and holidays, throughMy Staff Shopbenefits platform
• Work-life balance, and family friendly policies and processes
• Free on-site parking and cycle to work scheme
• Occupational sick pay
Further details about the role
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Ensure financial probity in all activities and support other staff to ensure thatfinancial procedures are appropriately followed in relation to authorisation andapproval
• Ensure the Bourne Education Trust Financial Management Manual is adhered toat all times
• Support the Business Manager with the preparation of year end documentationand in readiness for audits, with reports for the governing body and any otherdata or reporting requirements as requested by the Business Manager, SLT orthe central BET Team
• Raise purchase orders and process invoices for payment
• Administer BACS runs and Faster Payments
• Ensure that all income is accurately accounted for, and receipts are issued forany cash
• Administer and reconcile the school’s accounts on relevant software
• Contribute to the completion of the month end process, reconciling the bankaccounts, running the trial balance and performing accounting checks in linewith BET expectations and to BET deadlines
• Monitor expenditure and report any areas of risk to the Business Manager
• Manage the financial administration of school trips, workshops and other events,liaising with liaising with other colleagues as appropriate, on all aspectsincluding accommodation, transport, checking terms and conditions andparent communication
• Liaise with parents about dinner money and trip payments, monitor income andadvise the Business Manager of any debts or low contributions that mayjeopardise trip viability
• Where requested by, and in consultation with, the Business Manager, implementdebt management processes for parents, negotiating payment plans and, inexceptional circumstances, applying for court judgements
Office Team:
• As a member of the office team, you will be front of house which may requireyou to interact with parents, visitors, BET colleagues and external contractors,ensuring a warm welcome and strict compliance with safeguarding procedures
• Undertake general administrative duties as required
• Undertake any other duties of a similar level and responsibility as requiredand/or any other tasks as reasonably requested by Senior Leadership
Commitment to safeguarding
SAFEGUARDING Bourne Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The appointment will be made subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service approval (DBS) as part of our rigorous approach to safeguarding our children. EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION Bourne Education Trust is committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, pupils and other stakeholders. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Requirements include:
Essential
• An awareness, understanding and commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children
• Minimum 2 Years of finance work experience
• Proven track record of continuous professional development
What the school offers its staff
Benefits
• Generous workplace pension through LGPS
• Condensed school year with two week half term in October
• Ongoing training, learning and development opportunities
• Recognition policies for exceptional performance and long service
• Well-being support, including 24/7 online GP access, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), online wellness support and free eye tests and flu vaccinations
• Access to savings on your everyday spending including groceries, homeware, entertainment and holidays, throughMy Staff Shopbenefits platform
• Work-life balance, and family friendly policies and processes
• Free on-site parking and cycle to work scheme
• Occupational sick pay
Further details about the role
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Ensure financial probity in all activities and support other staff to ensure thatfinancial procedures are appropriately followed in relation to authorisation andapproval
• Ensure the Bourne Education Trust Financial Management Manual is adhered toat all times
• Support the Business Manager with the preparation of year end documentationand in readiness for audits, with reports for the governing body and any otherdata or reporting requirements as requested by the Business Manager, SLT orthe central BET Team
• Raise purchase orders and process invoices for payment
• Administer BACS runs and Faster Payments
• Ensure that all income is accurately accounted for, and receipts are issued forany cash
• Administer and reconcile the school’s accounts on relevant software
• Contribute to the completion of the month end process, reconciling the bankaccounts, running the trial balance and performing accounting checks in linewith BET expectations and to BET deadlines
• Monitor expenditure and report any areas of risk to the Business Manager
• Manage the financial administration of school trips, workshops and other events,liaising with liaising with other colleagues as appropriate, on all aspectsincluding accommodation, transport, checking terms and conditions andparent communication
• Liaise with parents about dinner money and trip payments, monitor income andadvise the Business Manager of any debts or low contributions that mayjeopardise trip viability
• Where requested by, and in consultation with, the Business Manager, implementdebt management processes for parents, negotiating payment plans and, inexceptional circumstances, applying for court judgements
Office Team:
• As a member of the office team, you will be front of house which may requireyou to interact with parents, visitors, BET colleagues and external contractors,ensuring a warm welcome and strict compliance with safeguarding procedures
• Undertake general administrative duties as required
• Undertake any other duties of a similar level and responsibility as requiredand/or any other tasks as reasonably requested by Senior Leadership
Commitment to safeguarding
SAFEGUARDING Bourne Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The appointment will be made subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service approval (DBS) as part of our rigorous approach to safeguarding our children. EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION Bourne Education Trust is committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, pupils and other stakeholders. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.