Finance Officer

• Finance Officer
• Full-time / Part-time - flexible hours
• Southwark
• Long-term
• MUST have Arbor Finance experience

A well-organised primary school in Southwark is looking for an experienced and motivated Finance Officer to join their team ASAP to provide financial admin support and work alongside the School Business Manager.

In the role you will be working closely with the School Business Manager and the Headteacher, where you will be providing support across a range of areas in school financial administration. A large proportion of your role will include daily use of Arbor Finance, so you should have a very good working knowledge of this system.

As a finance assistant your role will include:

• Supporting finance procedures and school invoicing
• Supporting stock management, ordering and monitoring.

• Understanding school finance and processing invoices to orders and reconciling suppliers' statements, handling queries and discrepancies.
• Having a good knowledge to confidently use a variety of systems and databases
• Assisting the Business Manager and Finance Officer with any other finance and administration tasks as required.

A welcoming, community-focused primary school that nurtures curiosity, confidence, and kindness. It offers a supportive learning environment where children are encouraged to achieve their best academically while developing strong values, creativity, and a love of learning. The school is easily accessible and has good local transport links.

• Good working knowledge of Arbor Finance / RM Finance
• Be extremely organised in finance
• Have a friendly and calm approach
• Be available on a full-time basis

To apply for this role, please apply with an up to date CV outlining your skills and experience.

We have a policy to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Philosophy Education is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.