- Job Title
- Finance Assistant
- Job Start Date
- As soon as possible
- Salary Range
- £28163.00 to £29572.00 ( Term time salary £24,737 to £25,9750.00
- Hours Per Week
- 37
- Working Pattern
- Term time only
- School Address
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Fairfax Multi Academy Trust
Smith’s Wood Academy
Windward Way
Smith’s Wood
Birmingham
B36 0UE - Contact Email
- g.wyle@fmat.co.uk
- Contract Type
- Fixed term
- Period of Fixed Term Contract
- until 31 July 2026
- Closing Date
- 14 March 2025, 2:00pm
- Job Information
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We have a fantastic opportunity for a Finance Assistant to join our Central Finance Team to provide key support to the wider Finance team.
We are happy to talk about flexible working for the right candidate.
This post could be term time only plus 2 weeks, or an all year round post.
Please note this role is based at:
Smith’s Wood Academy
Windward Way
Smith’s Wood
Birmingham
B36 0UE
Main responsibilities of this role include:
- Being the first port of call for all incoming queries, verbal and in writing, and respond to these where appropriate or escalate these to the relevant colleague as necessary
- Proactively building, developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders across the business
- Inputting of standing information to Trust’s Finance system (suppliers, debtors) in accordance with procedures
- Processing of Purchase Orders from requisitions, accurately and in accordance with agreed authorisation and timescales in accordance with procedures
The ideal candidate will have the following desirable knowledge and experience
- Knowledge of Iris Financials and Procurement
- Purchase Ledger experience
- Previously worked in Finance Education
Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust (FMAT) is an Educational Charity committed to enriching the lives and transforming the futures of our children. Our vision is that every child, regardless of their background, within the Trust will attend an Academy that offers an outstanding quality of education.
Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
- This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
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How to apply
- Safeguarding
- This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:
- enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
- References
- All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
- Short-listed candidates
- An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
- Terms and Conditions
- This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.
- Rehabilitation of Offenders
- This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
- Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
- Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.