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Bursar's Assistant

  • Location:

    London – Central

  • Sector:

    Admin / Secretarial / Office Support

  • Job type:

    Temporary

  • Salary:

    30-37K

  • Contact:

    Claire Pearson

  • Contact email:

    claire.pearson@gordonyates.co.uk

  • Contact phone:

    0207 494 4466

  • Job ref:

    1478909

  • Published:

    9 months ago

  • Duration:

    on going

  • Expiry date:

    2023-12-04

  • Startdate:

    asap

Bursar's Assistant

We are currently recruiting for a Bursar's Assistant - to start Immediately until next Summer 24; 30-37K £18-23 an hour
Located in Pimlico 

WHO WILL YOU BE WORKING FOR?
Our client is a well known private school helping children with special needs- from Primary to Secondary. 

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?

You will work closely with the Bursar and will be a team player, have a sense of humour, enjoy working with children, be adaptable to school life, and enjoy the challenge of working in a fast-paced environment.
Based at our Junior School (SE1 but some time may be spent at the Senior School SW1). Normal office hours 8:30-4:30 Monday-Friday.  

  • Termly fees and extra billing
  • Order goods and service following authorisation and monitoring spend to budgets and raising purchase orders
  • Maintaining the purchase ledger including processing supplier invoices, preparing payments and dealing with queries
  • Bank reconciliations
  • Credit chasing and posting of cash received
  • Balance sheet and income reconciliations
  • Assist with termly accounts preparation and governors reporting
  • Assist on H&S reporting.
  • Assist with administrative tasks as directed by the Bursar
ABOUT YOU
  • Experience of working in a School, College or Nursery Admissions environment
  • Some knowledge of Special Educational Needs in education is helpful
  • Finance experience in previous role
  • Good networker, able to build relationships internally and externally
  • Ability to work on own initiative and part of team
  • Excellent IT skills – including word, excel and database, office 365
  • Ideally holding a current DBS check or be willing to have one taken out 
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

  • Free school lunch during term time
  • End of Year staff event
  • Complimentary tea/coffee and fruit
  • Excellent transport links [close to mainline Victoria and Vauxhall, 3 minutes from Pimlico tube and numerous central London bus routes
HOW TO APPLY
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