£35000 - £38000 Per year
Accountant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Responsible for the financial accounting of one or two of the schools in the Group.
- Ensuring that fees and expenses are recorded correctly and in a timely manner.
- Working with the admission teams in the Schools, raising tuition fees and invoicing parents by specified dates.
- To prepare direct debit collections every month
- To monitor the collection of fees and disbursements, in the recovery and collection of these amounts.
- To ensure Finance deadlines are met such as billing and supplier payments
- Prepare and maintain the forecasts and work with schools to ensure adherence to budgets
- Prepare monthly management accounts, reconciliation of control accounts, and analysis of variances between budget and actuals
- Ensure the team communicate with current and future parents re fee payments, responding to queries as appropriate
- Accountability for the billing ledger ensuring that it is maintained in good order, ensuring that all transactions are appropriately recorded.
- Ensuring that fees are sent in a timely and appropriate manner and Direct Debits are processed monthly
- To ensure that the Finance team chase and recover any outstanding school and lunch fees, or any other additional fees
- To oversee the reconciliation of trip income and costs
- To monitor payments to suppliers
- To manage balance sheet areas such as fixed assets, accruals, and prepayments for month end
- Ensure that processes to manage the end of the school year activity are in place and adhered to joiners and leavers are processed and their deposits refunded
- To ensure that the Group is up-to-date with Financial, Regulatory and Taxation changes.
- Work with HR and payroll to ensure accurate recording of employment costs
- Assist the Group Finance Manager with the annual accounts and supporting schedules for audit and liaising with auditors as required
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Ideally ACA, ACCA or CIMA Part qualified or equivalent, you will possess strong technical financial and accounting skills, be a self-starter and have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Strong IT skills in Management Information Systems and Accounting software are essential and experience in Sage 200, and advanced Excel skills are desirable but not essential.
Reference no: 110340