Accounts Assistant

Package Description: The Finance department is looking for someone to join their team who has experience of independently running the purchase ledger function. You will work collaboratively within a team to process and reconcile financial transactions accurately and within required deadlines. The role will include sales ledger and cash transactions to provide experience and variety, so experience would also be an advantage but not essential. Good PC skills are essential, including Microsoft Office, with strong experience in Excel. This position is for 37.5 hours a week, 5 days a week, 52 weeks of the year. Stowe School Stowe School occupies Stowe House and approximately 200 acres of the Stowe estate and is located in Stowe’s world-famous landscape gardens set in 880 acres. Stowe School is an independent co-educational boarding School with approximately 900 pupils. There are around 500 full and part-time staff with 60 staff and their families living on site. The Stowe Group of schools (Stowe, Ashfold, Swanbourne House and Winchester House) are situated on four separate sites in Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire and educate children from 3-18 years. Our Schools are not only outstanding places to learn, they are great places to work too. We are committed to fostering team engagement, attracting, mentoring, developing and retaining our best teachers and support colleagues. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are central to The Stowe Group’s vision. We pride ourselves on our commitment as an organisation to welcome diversity, and we are committed to providing an inclusive environment where anyone with talent can thrive. To ensure we continue to best serve a diverse community, our ambition is to attract and retain a workforce that is representative of the diversity of our pupil body. The Stowe Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, in