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Finance and Payroll Officer - £32,000 pro rata to 41 weeks per year - High Wycombe - Permanent 

FryerMiles are delighted to be partnering with a leading school in High Wycombe to assist with their recruitment of a Finance and Payroll officer on a permanent basis. This role will be during school term times and will be working 41 weeks per year.

The duties of the finance and payroll officer will include:

Supervise the school's finance team
Assisting school SLT with figures or data as required
Posting all purchasing card transactions on receipt of supporting documentation from schools. Chasing down receipts where not readily provided and reconciling credit card control accounts
Inputting accounting data into the accounting system with speed and accuracy, ensuring nominal coding is in line with the DfE chart of accounts
Responsible for processing staff changes in the payroll system, entering new starters and terminating contracts for leavers
Responsible for undertaking monthly payroll reconciliation in the budgeting system, investigating discrepancies and taking ownership for seeing those through to resolution
Producing monthly management accounts and presenting outcomes to the Director of Business Services. Assisting the Head's of Departments/Key Stages in managing their budgets by producing monthly information, highlighting variances and assisting them in establishing reasons Producing financial reports for the Director of Business Services on presentation of finances to their Local Academy Committees
Providing training to school budget holders on how to use the finance system
Arranging the collation of financial and payroll data required for internal scrutiny
Assisting with external audit queries
Ensuring that all processing procedures in accordance with the Trust's Financial Procedures Handbook and the Trust's Scheme of Financial Delegation
Planning, organising and managing own workload to ensure your contribution to the school's financial reporting process is achieved in a timely and accurate manner
Supporting other finance team members with trip finance, ParentMail and invoices
The successful finance and payroll officer will need:

Relevant experience in a similar finance position 
Good communication skills 
Ability to work well within a team and individually 
Finance and Payroll Officer - £32,000 pro rata to 41 weeks per year - High Wycombe - Permanent