Job description
Are you a detail-oriented and organised individual with a passion for numbers and administration? If so, we’d love to hear from you. We are seeking a Finance and Payroll Administrator to join our dedicated team. In this role, you will provide vital finance and business administrative support to the school, helping ensure smooth and efficient operations that directly support our staff and students.
- Hours: 37.5 hours per week – some element of flexibility on hours and days, depending on the business needs of the school
- Salary: £26,516 - £30,650, increases considered annually within the salary range
- Start Date: As soon as possible
- Closing date for applications: 9am 22nd April 2025
- Interview date: Tuesday 29th April 2025
There is the possibility of some hours to be worked from home following probation period.
The main responsibilities of this role include:
- Maintaining the purchase and sales ledgers for the school, processing into Xero accounts package
- Supporting the School Business Manager with accounting transactions and reports
- Responsible for payroll administration
- Processing purchase orders from requisitions
- Processing supplier invoices
- Payroll responsibilities
For further information please download the recruitment pack which contains a detailed job description and person specification.
How to apply?
If you believe you have the right experience and skills to apply for this role, we would love to hear from you. Please complete the application form fully and send this to recruitment@abbeyschool.com with a covering letter addressed to the School Business Manager, Mrs Rushforth. Alternatively, application forms can be sent by post to 12 Abbey Square, Chester, CH1 2HU.
Additional notes
The School will complete an online search for all shortlisted candidates. If any incidents or issues have happened that are publicly available online, the school may wish to explore this at interview.
Abbey School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Child safer recruitment procedures operate and the post is subject to references and an Enhanced DBS disclosure with barred list checks.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are ‘spent’ unless ‘protected’ under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their age, disability, gender reassignment, race, sex, pregnancy and maternity, marriage/civil partnerships, religion/belief, or sexual orientation.
Selection methods will be objective, promote equality of opportunity and guard against bias in line with the Equality and Diversity policy. The School will shortlist applicants based on the relevance and applicability of their professional attributes and personal qualities specified by the role. Essential and desirable qualities are published in the Person Specification for this role.
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