- Location: Bolton
- Salary: Between point 10 and point 14, £26,591 and £28,504 per annum, dependent on skills and experience
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Position Type: Full Time
- Closing Date: 03/11/2025 09:00
The Vacancy
The Finance Department is seeking to recruit a highly organised individual to support the Finance Manager and the wider team. The main purpose of this role is to maintain the Purchase Ledgers for the School, BSSL, and Nursery, as well as other expenditure records.
The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring invoices are prepared and checked for accuracy, appropriate authorisation, and correct financial coding prior to processing. Duties include obtaining authorisation from budget holders, processing weekly and monthly BACS payment runs, filing invoices and payment records, and reconciling supplier statements.
In addition, the postholder will be responsible for billing and credit control for Kidzone (Bolton School’s out of School care provider, offering wrap-around and holiday care) and coach travel for pupils travelling to school, and will assist with the billing of school fees and miscellaneous items.
The successful candidate will have proven experience working in a Finance Department, with a strong background in recording, managing, and reporting financial information.
An attractive salary and benefits package are available.
With some 2,500 pupils, Bolton School is a large, thriving, academically selective day school. It is situated a mile or so from the town centre in a stunning 32 acre campus and is within easy reach of some of the nation’s finest cities and countryside.
A large Foundation Services Department supports the School operations and within this there is a trading arm, Bolton School Services Limited (BSSL). This includes BSS Weddings and Events, BSS Leisure Services, Kidzone and Patterdale Hall, a superb Outdoor Pursuits Centre situated at the Southern end of Lake Ullswater. Those who work within the organisation are able to combine the experience and pleasure of educating and being around young people with some of the challenges of a business environment.
Closing date for applications: Monday 03 November 2025 at 9am
Interviews will be held on Monday 10 November 2025
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace to reflect the diversity of our pupils and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and to join Bolton School. As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees. We do not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace to reflect the diversity of our pupils and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and to join Bolton School. As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees. We do not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
Bolton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Criminal Records Check for Regulated Activity.