Job Introduction
Salterns Academy Trust aims to provide an excellent inclusive education for every student in each school within the Trust. The Trust currently operates two oversubscribed schools for students aged 11-16 in the North Island area of Portsmouth. Admiral Lord Nelson School, Mayfield School and Trafalgar School, provide excellent, inclusive education for over 3500 students.
We are looking to recruit an experienced and qualified Senior Finance Officer who would be working across the Trust within the finance team. If you have a passion for Finance and how this can be used to improve the life, chances of young people in a fast-paced education setting then we want to hear from you.
General overview of the role:
- Oversee payroll processing, ensuring accurate salaries, pensions, and deductions
- Oversee the administration of prepaid and commercial credit cards across the Trust
- Internal transfers and journals
- Produce monthly management accounts, variance analysis, and financial reports for the CFO
- Provide finance-related training and guidance to budget holders where needed
- Process purchase orders, invoices, and payments
- Prepare VAT returns
- Maintain cash flow forecasts and ensure effective cash management
- Support year-end processes, including liaising with external auditors
- To be responsible for the safe keeping of all financial records
- To use Iplicit (and other subsequent replacement systems) for the management of Trust accounts
We are looking for someone who:
- Has a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a similar role
- Is AAT quailed or equivalent
- Is motivated, proactive, professional and demonstrates a can do approach
- Asserts confidence in analysing data with a high degree of accuracy and detail
- Has experience of working with payroll and education experience would be advantageous however training will be provided
This is a great opportunity to join an exceptional finance team who has a one team work ethic and a wider team of dedicated people preparing students for the world of tomorrow.
How to apply
If you have any questions about the role please contact HR@salterns.org.
To apply, please complete the application form that can be found on the Salterns Trust website https://salternstrust.co.uk/careers Please submit completed applications to: HR@salterns.org.
Mandatory safeguarding information
The Salterns Academy Trust and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring checks along with other relevant employment checks including an online check.
Some forms of employment, occupations and professions are exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Working within a School is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
You are applying for a role that is eligible for an enhanced DBS check and access to the barred list and if shortlisted for interview you will be required to complete the relevant self-declaration and disclosure form and taking into account the offences that are protected or filtered declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions.
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e., that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
- If you have been barred from working with Children and/or Adults at risk.
The DBS check will reveal both spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings, and any other information held by local police that’s considered relevant to the role. Any information that is “protected” under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 will not appear on a DBS certificate.
The successful candidate will then be asked to complete an application for the relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check or if subscribed to the update service provide the necessary details to allow a check to be made.
The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they 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.
The filtering rules were updated on 28 November 2020 as follows:
- warnings, reprimands, and youth cautions will no longer be automatically disclosed on a DBS certificate.
- the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than all being automatically disclosed.
