Job Introduction
Ellison Boulters Church of England Academy is seeking a Finance Assistant.
We have had three consecutive outstanding Ofsted reports recognising the wide educational opportunities and strong Christian ethos within the school. Those of us privileged to work in such an exciting environment recognise that it is important not only that our children should achieve their full academic potential through the delivery of the national curriculum, but also that they should develop their skills and talents in art, music and sport, and their awareness of equality, fairness and a sense of belonging. Every pupil is encouraged to strive for personal excellence and the highest standard of social, spiritual and intellectual development.
Role
To assist the School Business Manager in their role within the Academy
Hours: ideally 15 hours per week, term time; Monday and Tuesday, 8.30am – 4.30pm (30 minutes’ lunch break) or shorter hours across the week, if suitable for both parties.
Duties
This appointment includes the following duties:
• Processing orders, invoices and payments through purchase ledger and/or cash book using Xero software.
• Reconciliation of all income received via Arbor, childcare vouchers and school office.
• Responsible for paying in all income to school bank accounts in accordance with the finance policy.
• Weekly Bank reconciliation.
• To be responsible for all Music tuition in school. i.e. arranging tuition for pupils, raising of invoices and reconciliation of payments.
• Debt recovery.
• Check all supplier statements and investigate payments to comply with statutory timescales
• Maintain links with suppliers to identify lead times and delivery dates ensuring efficient and effective delivery of orders
• To assist School Business Manager with budget preparation and monitoring and to produce spread sheets and reports showing analysis of various costs and information as required by head teacher or governors.
• Any other duties of a similar nature and level of responsibility as requested by the School Business Manager.
Relationships: Responsible to the School Business Manager
Performance Management: School Business Manager – Kerry Fogg
Supervision of people: the post holder will not be required to supervise personnel in school
Contacts and relationships:
• Daily contact with students, school employed staff
• Working alongside School Business Manager and Admin Assistant
• Regular contact with parents/carers, external bodies
Decisions:
o Discretion: Work is carried out in accordance within policies and procedures and post holder can seek advice from line manager
o Consequences: Impacts on students and school community. Impact on school administrative processes, which is likely to be easily identified and remedied.
Resources
• Learning materials and resources
• General office equipment needed to carry out tasks.
Work Environment:
• The Postholder will experience some interruption which is intrinsic to the role but this should not cause any overall change to the task
• Physical Demands: General office work, may involve long periods of working at a computer.
Working Conditions: Well-lit and well ventilated general office environment.
Knowledge and skills
• Knowledge of Xero finance package or similar
• 6-12 months experience of working in a similar role
• Computer literate
• Desirable: 4 GCSE’
• Knowledge of spreadsheets
• Appropriate NVQ Level 2 or equivalent.
Additional responsibilities: elements of this job description may be negotiated at the request of either party and with the agreement of both.
Electronic application packs are available to download from our school website: www.ellisonboulters.lincs.sch.uk
The closing date is 12 noon Monday 8th September 2025 and interviews will be held on Thursday 11th September 2025 subject to references.
If you have not heard from us by Wednesday 10th September 2025, then on this occasion your application was unsuccessful. Please note that the school will be closed from Wednesday 23rd July to Tuesday 2nd September 2025, tours and phone calls can be arranged after these dates.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and require all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification and will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks which will, where applicable, include a health check, a DBS check with children’s barred list and satisfactory references.
Fluency Duty
In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (Fluency Duty), the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
The school advertising the vacancy will contact you directly regarding the outcome of your application and any interviews. When interviews are taking place schools will follow all Government and Public Health England Guidelines.
All shortlisted candidates will need to verify their eligibility to work in the UK at interview.
