Finance Assistant

Brilliant opportunity for someone looking for a new role, ideally to start in October in Potters Bar. This is a 13 month maternity cover Fixed Term Contract. Please note the candidate will need full DBS clearance either before or soon after their start date.

Client Details

The client are a leading school in the Education and Training sector. They are currently looking for an experienced, organised and personable candidate to join the Finance team covering Maternity as a Finance Assistant with billings experience.

Description

As a Finance Assistant, your key responsibilities will be:

• Billing of school fees, insurance and other charges and submitting invoices to the fee payer in time

• Maintain and update the cash book

• Bank reconciliations

• Update and maintain pupil and fee payer database with leavers and joiners

• Chasing payments

• Query resolution

• Ad hoc accounts duties

Profile

The successful candidate:

• Ideally have a valid DBS check
• Have experience working within a school
• Have experience in a similar role within Finance - Accounts receivable, Credit Control, Billings in particular
• Have experience with bank reconciliations
• Be extremely organised and able to independently prioritise workload
• Have a good telephone manner and written communication skills
• Be on a maximum notice period of a month as the role is ideally due to start in October
• Must be able to get to Potters Bar (parking is available)

Job Offer

On offer for the candidate is a competitive salary (dependent upon experience) with company benefits and a long term contract to start in October