Finance Graduate Intern

• Contract Type :Permanent
• Job ID: 1325346

About us and the role

We are looking for a Graduate Finance Intern to join our Centralised Finance Team supporting schools within the Trust. The role will be based in London and support further development of the finance team by delivering first-class management information, plans & forecasts and may involve travelling between Avanti schools across the Trust.

Graduate Trainees can expect to gain both operational and project experience during their placement. It is intended that during the course of the placement, trainees will develop the skills and experience necessary to apply for a permanent position internally or externally.

The ideal candidates will be bright, personable, self-starters with the drive to deliver excellence in Finance and support the finance team in achieving its mission. You will be dealing with a wide variety of people at all levels, so you must be an effective communicator, with strong interpersonal skills. The ability to prioritise a busy workload is essential, as is the need to meet deadlines of varying timescales. You will be prepared to work flexibly, independently, sometimes under pressure, and always with a ‘can and will do’ attitude.

You will need to demonstrate that you have a good working knowledge and level of competence in using Excel and Word coupled with great attention to detail and high standards of accuracy.

You don’t need to have worked in a school environment before but a passion for helping improve the education of our students through providing high-quality finance support is desirable.

There is flexibility regarding the working hours, patterns during the week and weeks in the year for suitable candidate.

This is a full-time office based role.

Why should you apply

You will be working in a fantastic environment.

Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.

What will you do?

• Processing of invoices, checking to Purchase Orders and goods received notes, ensuring appropriate authorisation and payment in accordance with agreed procedures and timescales
• Assist in controlling and forecasting expenditure and ensuring spending is kept in line with the budget.
• Recording of credit card transactions, assistance to staff using the credit card, reconciliation of statement
• Provide assistance to the Central Finance Team

For a more comprehensive list of the job responsibilities, please view the full Job Description

What are we looking for?

• Hold or be studying for a finance / business related qualification min 2:1
• Work experience within a finance function or similar
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing across a wide range of audiences
• High standard of accuracy and presentation

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the essential criteria and skills required for this role.

Further information

Pre-employment checks

Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.

Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.

Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.