School Finance Officer

Lake Champlain Chamber

Schools Finance Officer providing financial management support to Lancashire schools and academies. Involves teamwork, communication with senior leaders, and official financial reporting responsibilities.

Posted 7/16/2026full-timePreston • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £32,061 - £36,363 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong financial management capabilities, including budget monitoring and reconciliations, while effectively communicating with school leadership teams. Proficient in using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Word, to support financial processes and reporting.

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Financial ManagementBudget MonitoringCommunication SkillsMicrosoft ExcelDriving Licence

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Hard Skills

Budget MonitoringReconciliationsFinancial ReportingGrant ProcessingDfE Returns Preparation

Soft Skills

Team CollaborationSelf-MotivationOrganizational SkillsProblem-SolvingAbility to Work Under Pressure

Tools & Technologies

Microsoft OfficeExcelWordFinancial Systems

Industry Keywords

Statutory FunctionsConsistent Financial ReportingAcademy ConversionsSchool SupportLancashire Schools

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide traded support to Lancashire schools, this will include receiving an allocation of schools to support with financial management, including budget monitoring, reconciliations, communicating with school bursars and senior leadership teams to support and challenge to ensure a balanced budget is maintained
Be required at times to travel to schools across the county to deliver our services
Be part of a large and supportive team, supporting over 500 schools and academies within Lancashire
Support statutory functions including, but not restricted to, year end and associated processes; processing of grant allocations/funding payments to schools; preparation of DfE returns e.g. Consistent Financial Reporting (CFR) return; and academy conversions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Has at least 5 GCSE's or equivalent maths and English grade A - C (grades 9 - 4 on the new grade scale)
Has great communication skills with the ability to advise and present information to more senior staff and customers including those without finance knowledge
Can work well in a team but also have the ability to work without close supervision
Has the ability to use Microsoft Office, in particular Excel and Word and can adapt to working with new financial systems
Is self-motivated, organised, and has the ability to deal with complex issues constructively and work accurately whilst under pressure
Has a driving licence and car. This is an essential car user post and travelling to schools to meet with customers will be required.

Benefits

Comp & perks

up to 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays
2 additional days at Christmas
opportunity to purchase up to an additional 20 days leave
generous Local Government pension with shared AVC's available
benefits package which has everything from dog care to day care
holidays at home or abroad
long service awards
Medicash
support groups
cycle to work schemes
eye tests