Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant

Wave Multi Academy Trust

Salary NJC 4 - NJC 6 £ 26,041 – £26,876

Location:

Central Office, St Austell, PL25 4FD

Vacancy:
Permanent, Full Time. Working hours – 37 hours, Monday to Friday, 52 weeks a year. Expected Start Date – January/February 2026.

This role will close in a month at 23:59 GMT.
We may close early if we receive a high volume of applications, so please apply as soon as possible.

Provide essential support to the finance team and ensure smooth daily operations. Maintain accurate financial records, process invoices, manage supplier and customer accounts, assist with payment runs and reconciliations, liaise with suppliers, resolve queries, and help prepare data for budgets and audits while ensuring compliance with Trust procedures and statutory guidance.

Strong attention to detail, excellent organisational skills, and ability to work as part of a team. Satisfactory enhanced DBS check required. Wave is dedicated to safeguarding children;
Safer Recruitment Procedures will be followed.

Wave is an established and successful Multi Academy Trust comprising Alternative Provision Academies, Medical Academies, and a Special Academy. We educate pupils aged 4–19 across Devon and Cornwall, support over 1,000 pupils and employ over 350 staff members.

• Be Positive
• Have Empathy
• Show Respect
• Work as One Team
• Be Inclusive

• Pension Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Counselling
• Occupational Health Services
• Professional Development & Training
• Salary depending on experience
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Tech Scheme
• Free Will Writing Benefit
• Health & Wellbeing Champion
• Company sick pay dependent on service
• Free refreshments in workplaces