accounts payable Great Dunmow, England
Job description
Competitive Salary (depending on skills, knowledge and experience)
Permanent | Full-time | All-year Round (52 weeks per year)
We are seeking an experienced and well-organised member of staff to run the Purchase Ledger.
Felsted School’s Finance Department has a team of eight and we are looking for someone who is friendly, personable and approachable with a ‘can do’ mentality.
The main duties of the role will be processing and coding purchase invoices, monitoring invoice approvals and generating weekly payment batches, statement reconciliation work and liaising with budget holders and suppliers.
It is essential that the successful person has prior experience of purchase ledger work within a busy environment. You should be able to communicate effectively, have close attention to detail with good analytical skills and basic excel abilities. Applicants with AAT qualifications, and/or experience in using the Finance systems WCBS PASS or Lightyear would be especially welcomed.
Further information can be found within the job description.
This role is a permanent position working full-time (currently arranged Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 5:00pm), all-year round.
Benefits include free life assurance and parking, contributory pension scheme (matched at 4%), lunch on full days worked, unlimited use of the Felsted Gym and pool facilities, subsidised on-site Coffee Shop and membership to Felsted Connect; an online multi-platform engagement tool where employees have access to hundreds of exclusive discounts and offers from online and high-street retailers.
Felsted is a leading day and boarding independent school based in a stunning village campus in North Essex. Founded in 1564 by Richard Lord Riche, who had been a Lord Chancellor under King Edward VI, Felsted today provides an exceptional holistic education to approximately 1100 boys and girls aged four to eighteen. We celebrated our 450th anniversary in 2014, one of only a handful of schools in the country that have claimed this historic milestone. We employ more than 160 teachers and 440 operational staff in a community orientated environment, ensuring our pupils receive the very best in learning and co-curricular activities.
We are rated ‘Excellent in every aspect' by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.
Early applications are encouraged as interviews will be held as and when applications are received. Closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 4th August 2023 at 9:00am.
If you would like to apply for this position, please visit our website www.felsted.org/employment-opps to complete our online application process.
Felsted is committed to equal opportunities and maintaining a safe and secure environment for all pupils and a ‘culture of vigilance’ to safeguard and protect all in its care, and to all aspects of its ‘Safeguarding (Child Protection and Staff Behaviour) Policy’. Please note, it is an offence to apply for this position if barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All employees are subject to pre-employment checks including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
