Finance Officer - Accounts Payable

Finance Officer - Accounts Payable

Role Information:

Reference: REQ001352

Location: Filton Campus
FTE Salary: Up to £24,312.00 (Salary is dependent on qualifications and experience)

Actual Salary: Up to £12,156.00
Contract Type: Permanent, Part-time
Working Hours: 18.5 hours per week

SGS is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

• Financial Rewards and Benefits:
• Opportunity to make a positive impact within the community and on learners’ lives
• Competitive Pension Scheme- Corporate and support roles have access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), a flexible and pension accessible from the age of 55, with generous employer contributions of 17.9%.
• Generous Annual leave entitlement plus the 8 bank holidays- 25 days corporate and support functions, increasing to 30 days after 5 academic years’ service (Full-Time Equivalent).
• Two weeks leave during the Christmas closedown period largely supported by the discretionary closure days provided by the College.
• Extensive professional development with ongoing support for your personal & professional development, including 25% tuition discount for immediate family of SGS employees.
• Family friendly policies and a proven commitment to supporting flexible working practices
• Access to ‘My Lifestyle’ discounted shopping benefits, cycle to work scheme and a Technology Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Free Annual Eye test
• All staff members can buy a TOTUM card(formerly known as NUS Extra cards), as part of being an affiliate member of the Students' Union 
• Staff have access and supported to be part of inclusive or sustainable staff networks and communities
• Free car parking at all campuses (Except Queens Road Art School)
• Access to a wide variety of external health and wellbeing resources
• Subsidised onsite catering services including Costa Coffee

South Gloucestershire & Stroud College has an excellent reputation for delivering further education and work-based programmes in a range of subjects – from business to sport, construction to media, GCSE’s and A Levels to Honour Degree level programmes.

Our experienced and passionate staff work hard to help students and colleagues achieve their personal challenges and career goals. We are proud of SGS and committed to making the College the best it can be. We are currently working hard to achieve “Outstanding” status after being classified as “Good” in our last inspection. For more information, please visit https://www.sgscol.ac.uk/

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• To be responsible for maintaining the College’s purchase ordering system

• Provide a comprehensive purchase ledger service ensuring that all College and SGS Academy Trust expenditure is recorded and paid in a timely and efficient manner in accordance with the Financial Regulations of the College and terms and conditions of supply.
• Purchase order and month end processing
• Supplier ledger reconciliations
• To support Budget Holders and purchasing staff in all aspects of the purchasing process.
• Regular production of purchase ledger and non-purchase ledger payment runs

Beneficial Skills & Qualifications

• GCSE Maths and English grade C or above
• AAT Level 2
• At least 1 years’ experience in Accounts Payable systems and procedures in an organisation with similar volumes of invoices
• Understanding Financial Procedures
• Able to work to under pressure to meet tight deadlines
• IT Literate (especially proficient in the use of Excel and Word)
• Numerical and analytical skills

Please apply online by: Monday 10th November

Expected Interview Date: To be confirmed

If you have any queries please contact [email protected]

SGS College is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and any offer of employment will be subject to a number of conditions including a requirement for providing satisfactory references. In line with KCSIE and having regard to all relevant guidance, a range of checks and online searches will also be conducted for successful candidates, and a satisfactory DBS Enhanced Disclosure will need to be obtained as a requirement of the job.