This is an excellent opportunity to learn and develop in a dynamic organisation. Magna Learning Partnership is a new and growing not-for-profit organisation, currently a group of 5 schools in the Salisbury area, with plans to grow. Our apprentice will have the opportunity to help us as we support the schools in obtaining good value for money, managing our resources effectively and efficiently.
Our finance apprentice will be allocated a mentor to support them as they learn and will be given the opportunity to work in a number of different areas of finance in our small team. We use the Sage accounting system, which is widely-used in all sectors.
Responsibilities will include:
• Processing purchase invoices (entering against correct budget lines)
• Helping budget holders to analyse spending against budgets
• Analysing expenditure by type to identify potential savings
• Checking goods/services are received & matching to orders
• Setting up payment runs for suppliers (identifying when due, dealing with supplier queries)
• Recording other transactions in finance system (parent payments, credit card, cheques)
• Processing third party income (lettings, cross charges) – raising invoices, recording receipts
• Recording cash receipts
As the apprentice progresses, their role can expand to include assisting with:
• Visiting sites to check asset existence and monitor petty cash
• Recording fixed asset transactions, Bank reconciliations, VAT claims, Payroll checks
• Credit control (monitoring and chasing debts)
• Financial monitoring reports (monthly reporting for schools)
• Monitoring regularity of expenditure (eg spending against grant income is appropriate)
• Financial reporting (helping with annual statutory accounts preparation)