Finance Officer - High Needs

Job Description

• This is an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated individual to join Barnet Education & Learning Service (BELS), working in partnership with London Borough of Barnet. This post will be based within the BELS Finance Team providing high quality finance support to the High Needs area of the Dedicated schools grant.
• As a key member of the team you will be undertaking a range of finance activities including raising purchase orders, making invoice payments to suppliers via Oracle receipting and payment uploads.
• Ensure suppliers have the relevant contracts required and adhere to contract procedure rules.
• Provide financial management information to support budget preparation and monitoring.
• Assist with payments of top-up funding to schools.
• Assist with the recording and control of payments to Independent, Non-Maintained and OOB schools and SENIF payments.
• Assist the Budget and Finance Manager with the post 16 process ensuring payments to colleges are correct and timely.
• This is a varied role in a motivated and cheerful team, who work well together and support one another.
• We are seeking someone and are offering a fixed term contract of 12 months.
• We can offer a competitive salary, contributory pension scheme, decent holidays, good work-life balance where you can work predominately out of the office, but some office working may be required.
• If you're hard working, have experience of working in a finance team using financial IT systems such as Oracle, this role would appeal to you.

Barnet Education and Learning Service is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) with barred list check is required for all successful applicants. In addition, if this post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations, the successful applicant will be required to declare.

We are committed to practising in ways that are equitable, anti-racist and culturally responsive and we welcome candidates who share this commitment. We have developed an equity and anti-racism policy which outlines our values and actions in this area including ongoing CPD and offering support to our school community. Recruitment of a diverse workforce that is representative of the community we serve is part of our ongoing commitment and is embedded in this policy and therefore, we welcome applicants who are underrepresented in our profession.