Finance Apprentice

The City of London Corporation also recognises that some applicants may have already completed Level 2 study after their GCSEs at college. Therefore, we are willing to support apprentices who successfully complete Level 2 and wish to progress onto a Level 3 Apprenticeship, gaining an AAT Level 3 qualification in Accounting.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Providing cover for other members of the Finance Team iF required. Any other ad hoc duties as required.The Post Holder will actively seek to implement the City of London Corporation’s
Equal Opportunity Policy and City of London Corporation’s objective to promote equality of opportunity in relation to their duties of their post.

The post-holder’s responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young persons for whom s/he is responsible, or with whom s/he comes into contact will be to adhere to and ensure compliance with the school’s Child Protection Policy Statement at all times.

If in the course of carrying out the duties of the post the post holder becomes aware of any actual or potential risks to the safety or welfare of children in the school, s/he must report any concerns to the Second Master. Revision of the Job Description According to the development and requirements of the school, job descriptions will need to be revised and updated periodically, after consultation with the Post Holder. To take any other duties that may reasonably be requested appropriate to the grade.

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

To provide Finance support in relation to the accounts receivable and accounts payable aspects of the school’s finances. Main Duties & Responsibilities Maintain the School Fees system including:

•  Processing fee billing, including bursaries/scholarships and other awards.
• Processing charges for school meals, examinations and other “extras”.
• Receipting money received from parents on the finance software, against fee accounts.
• Taking card payments.
• To exercise credit control regarding amounts owing to the school.
• Processing cheques and cash received for banking when required.
• Regular reconciliations of parent fee accounts.

Providing administrative support in a number of other areas including:

• Answering telephone calls and dealing with routine mail and emails.
• Filing papers and maintaining the office files.
• Pupil lunches  and School Trips.
• Other routine office administration as required including raising purchase orders for goods and services and receipts on CBIS.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

To qualify for this apprenticeship, you will need to be:

• 16 or over by the end of the summer holidays.
• Living in England.
• Not in full-time education at the time of applying.
• If you are a non-UK citizen, you must have permission from the UK government to live in the UK (not for educational purposes), and have been ordinarily resident in the UK for at least the previous three years before the start of the apprenticeship.

To view application support, please click here –-> Apprentice Job-Information-Pack CLJS0006