VAT Accountant

We are seeking to appoint a VAT Accountant to join our busy finance team, working closely with the Bursar and Chief Accountant. The role will involve providing assistance with the smooth and successful management of the school's VAT obligations. This is a full-time post, starting as soon as possible.,

• A CPD budget far beyond that offered in the maintained sector, and a culture fully committed to evidence-based teaching and learning development.
• A beautiful working environment, you will be surrounded by ancient woodland and a variety of architecturally significant Georgian, Victorian and modernist buildings.
• The chance to work with motivated, rounded, and intelligent pupils and colleagues in a very happy, purposeful, and ambitious setting.
• Opportunities to benefit from regular and comprehensive Professional Development Review, including access to StepLab, LinkedIn Learning and the National College to support further professional development.
• A leadership mentoring programme for new Heads of Department
• The chance to develop other skills and areas of interest in support of Forest's extensive Activities and Co-Curricular Programme. In the recent past we have supported staff in developing additional skills in scuba diving, fencing, outdoors survival and even flying in the Combined Cadet Forces.
• Holiday entitlement far beyond that offered in the maintained sector (on average, 17 weeks).
• Opportunities to contribute to the wider community via our extensive Outreach Programme.
• An assigned staff laptop.
• Free three course hot lunch in our beautiful staff diner (with a takeaway sandwich lunch also available) and refreshments throughout the day.
• 20% fee remission (pro-rata for part time staff) for children attending Forest which is applicable Y3-Y13.
• Subsidised membership to the Sylvestrian Leisure Centre, Forest's outstanding on-site gym and leisure facility.
• A well-established staff forum, with an assigned representative, and a dedicated staff well-being committee
  
  Forest is an outstanding all-round School, well known for its friendly, welcoming ethos, and full of 1450 bright sparky pupils aged 4-18. We are lucky to be located in this part of North East London, allowing us to attract pupils from a diverse range of social and ethnic backgrounds who share in being academically ambitious, but are grounded, engaging and very loyal to the School. Described by the Good Schools Guide as a 'powerhouse with a heart' and enjoying a reputation for strong expert teaching and learning, Forest pupils are encouraged to find success on all fronts through the breadth of the opportunities on offer to them.
We aim to develop the whole pupil through our distinct educational provision which gives equal weight to academic, co-curricular and pastoral strands of school life. To this end, Forest promotes all-round educational excellence, recognising that advancement to higher education or the world of work requires top academic grades but keen to develop a sense of service in the pupils and an awareness of their responsibilities to other people, as well as themselves. Forest is recognised as a school that is always evolving, self-evaluating and planning strategically for its future, while valuing its heritage and its location, all of which makes our community a stimulating one to work in for our 150+ teachers and 100+ non-teaching staff.


• Membership of the School's Group Life Assurance scheme and Personal Accident Scheme.
• Contribution towards private medical insurance fees.
• Membership of a generous pension scheme.
What others say about Forest? "Forest is a powerhouse with a heart. The pupils exude purpose - modern, dynamic youngsters with an eye on what's happening next." - The Good Schools Guide, 2019. "This is a high-octane environment: six to Oxbridge in 2019 and almost all leavers go on to Russell Group universities. The broad base of subjects studied at university testifies to the school's academic range and depth" - The Good Schools Guide, 2019. "A highly efficient and effective feel to the teaching backed up by excellent results. Mathematics, Science, English and History appear particularly strong. 'My teachers really mind,' said one girl, 'and it makes such a difference to the way we all work." - The Good Schools Guide, 2019. "Forest takes the broadest view of education, which is fantastic" - Rachel Sylvester, Chair of the Times Education Commission, 2022.