Finance Officer

Vacancy for Finance Officer

Permanent 37 hours per week Term time plus 2 weeks (41 weeks per year)

Grade 7 SCP 18 - 23 FTE £29,269 - £32,076 pay award pending

Actual Annual Salary £26,798 - £29,902 pay award pending

We are a Multi Academy Trust comprising of six secondary schools and one primary school with over 750 employees and over 5,500 students, based in Dudley, West Midlands.

Invictus Education Trust is looking to fill a vacancy and appoint a full time Finance Officer in its central finance team. The role will provide operational financial support including financial systems-based solutions in respect of the Trust's schools. The post will be centrally located within the Trust's finance team based at the Trust's Headquarters at Kinver High School but you will be required to travel out during the week to your allocated Trust schools which are located in either the Borough of Dudley or South Staffordshire. You will be working under the direction of the Chief Finance Officer and working closing with the Trust's central Finance Team.

Finance Duties - The main duties and responsibilities will be to provide technical financial advice, support and guidance to the Trust's Headteachers along with two other centralised Finance Officers and this will be in line with the Trust's financial policy and procedures framework.

The tasks will range from supporting the Financial Administrator on site at each school, managing the financial transactions relating to the school activities via the Trust's integrated financial information systems (such as PS Financials and uploading payments to the bank), and meeting with the Headteacher weekly.

You should have experience of working in a financial environment, preferably in an educational setting.You should apply if you are a good communicator, have the ability to organise, plan and prioritise, can work as part of a team, have a good excel skills and are AAT qualified or actively studying towards AAT (Association of Accounting Technician) or equivalent qualification in Finance/Business.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children;

therefore, the post is subject to medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check.

For an informal discussion, please contact: Aimee Clarke, Chief Finance Officer, aclarke@invictus.education or

Closing date: 11th November 2024, 12 noon

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Interviews due to take place: to be confirmed

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024, as a part of our recruitment process we will carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates to identify any comment, image or other content that could cause reputational damage to the trust and/or give rise to a safeguarding concern. If we discover anything during our searches this will be passed onto the recruitment manager and discussed during interview.

We are deeply committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and expect all Staff and Volunteers to share this commitment. All necessary Safeguarding checks will be undertaken which must have satisfactory outcomes, otherwise the conditional job offer may be withdrawn. Details of the checks that will be undertake can be found at: Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2024 - KCSIE 2024

This role has been assessed as working in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children's Barred List Check.

It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered 'protected' and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.

Positions at the school are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to a post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). DBS Filtering guidance can be found on the GOV.UK website.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance/dbs-filtering-guide

As a Trust we are committed to ensuring that throughout our recruitment and selection process, no applicant will be disadvantaged or discriminated against because of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

You should have experience of working in a financial environment, preferably in an educational setting.You should apply if you are a good communicator, have the ability to organise, plan and prioritise, can work as part of a team, have a good excel skills and are AAT qualified or actively studying towards AAT (Association of Accounting Technician) or equivalent qualification in Finance/Business.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children;

therefore, the post is subject to medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check.

We are a Multi Academy Trust comprising of six secondary schools and one primary school with over 750 employees and over 5,500 students, based in Dudley, West Midlands.