The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.
No candidate will meet every single desired qualification / criteria. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
Salary: £33,827 - £36,853 per annum
Hours per week: 37, full-time
Working pattern: Monday – Thursday 7.5 hours, Friday 7 hours
Location: Abingdon
Contract type: Permanent or 3 month Fixed-term
Weeks per annum: 52
Start date: 20th July 2026
At the heart of our College’s success is a simple but powerful objective: maintaining financial security. As our Financial Accountant, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring every financial transaction is accurate, transparent, and supports the long-term sustainability of the organisation.
This is more than a reporting role – it’s an opportunity to become a trusted finance partner in a dynamic, fast-paced educational environment. Work within a collaborative, positive team culture.
The Role
You’ll be responsible for ensuring that the College’s financial records fully and accurately reflect all financial activity, supporting robust decision-making and financial stability across the organisation.
What You’ll Be Doing
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Ensuring accurate, timely financial records.
- Managing reconciliations, accruals, prepayments, and Fixed assets.
- Supporting management accounts.
- Perform daily and monthly bank reconciliations
- Preparing VAT returns and ensuring compliance.
- Handling payroll accounting and payment allocations.
- Maintaining and improving financial systems and controls.
- Supporting audits and key reporting.
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for someone who combines technical accounting expertise with a proactive, problem-solving mindset:
Essential:
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AAT Level 3 (or above) or equivalent accountancy qualification.
- Strong Excel skills (including Pivot Tables and large data handling).
- Experience in a busy finance environment with high attention to detail.
- Confident using accounting systems and interpreting financial data.
- Excellent organisational, communication, and time management skills.
Desirable:
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Experience with SAGE 200 (or similar).
- Background in education or a similar sector.
- Experience supporting or training non-finance colleagues.
- A continuous improvement mindset.
Why Work with us:
Excellent benefits for our employees including generous pension and holiday schemes (with potential Christmas closure days), continued professional development, flexible working options, corporate gym membership, cycle/tech scheme and much more.
Abingdon and Witney College reserve the right to close all applications before posted closing date.
AWC values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to safeguarding and expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all appointments are subject to satisfactory clearances including enhanced DBS checks.
Abingdon and Witney College are committed to safer recruitment practices. In addition to our pre-employment checks, we will conduct an online search. This includes checking Google main results feed as well as the ‘News’ and ‘Images’ tab. We will be checking for any publicly available information that suggests the applicant may not be suitable to work with children or young/vulnerable people or content that could potentially damage Abingdon and Witney College’s reputation. This may include inappropriate posts, comments or images displaying evidence of offensive or inappropriate behaviour, jokes or language, discriminatory comments, inappropriate photos, drug or alcohol misuse.
