Finance Assistant

The Dean Trust is seeking to appoint a talented and enthusiastic Finance Assistant to join our dedicated team at Abraham Moss Community School, Crescent Road, Crumpsall, Manchester, M8 5UF.

The post holder will be working as part of the School’s Finance Team, with specific responsibility for the purchasing of all supplies within the school.

Key responsibilities:

• To work across both phases of the school, both secondary and primary, providing purchase ledger support within the finance team. 
• To be responsible for all purchasing within the school, which involves sourcing of products and services, liaising and building strong relationships with suppliers to achieve best value and value for money at all times.
• Advising staff of financial procedures and ensuring that they adhere to them.
• To negotiate with suppliers and ensure the School achieves Best Value for Money at all times.
• Responsible for the receiving, counting and reconciling of cash collected from pupil reception, ensuring that audit requirements have been adhered to through checking the issue of receipts for all cash collected and for the signing of the cash income form with the agreement and signature of reception staff to acknowledge balance stated before placing in safe.
• Control of the school’s petty cash on the imprest system, issuing payments / refunds within both the financial and time limits specified.
• To communicate with courtesy and clarity to all staff, pupils, suppliers, parents, carers, visitors, outside agencies and the wider community, including answering general telephone and face to face enquiries. 
• To provide general clerical and administrative support, for example, photocopying, filing and responding to routine correspondence. 
• To have a good level of skills in all Microsoft Office applications and the ability to produce letters, reports, spreadsheets and presentations to a professional standard as required.

For more information about the role please contact us on 0161 532 5400 or email noelinetaker@abrahammoss.co.uk

Thank you again for your interest in working for The Dean Trust. We look forward to hearing from you.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer committed to ensuring inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates including those from underrepresented groups, and/or with protected characteristics.