JOB DESCRIPTION: SENIOR ACCOUNTANT
Job Title:
SENIOR ACCOUNTANT
Department:
Administration
Reports to:
Finance Manager
Direct Reports:
No
Job Scope
The Senior Accountant’s role is to assist the Finance Manager with a range of administrative and financial tasks. These may involve assisting with billing invoices, preparing budgets, managing cash flow, and requesting information from colleagues regarding purchase orders.
EC/ISP Principles
Begin with children and students. Our children and students are at the heart of what we do. Simply, their success is our success. Wellbeing and safety are both essential for learners and learning. Therefore, we are consistent in identifying potential safeguarding issues and acting and following up on all concerns appropriately.
Treat everyone with care and respect. We look after one another, embrace similarities and differences and promote the wellbeing of self and others.
Operate effectively. We focus relentlessly on the things that are most important and will make the most difference. We apply school policies and procedures and embody the shared ideas of our community.
Learn continuously. Getting better is what drives us. We positively engage with personal and professional development and school improvement.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities.
●Assist the FAM in overseeing the financial operations of the school.
●Prepare reports on the school’s financial performance.
●Develop and implement systems and controls to ensure accurate financial data processing.
●Assist in the preparation of the annual budget and forecasting process.
●Manage the day-to-day processing of the accounts payable, accounts receivable and treasury functions.
●Compile audit requirements for the annual, Transfer Pricing or GTA audits and attend to audit queries.
●Approve purchase requests within the budgeted allocations.
●Oversee the preparation of balance sheet reconciliations for completeness.
●Prepare the payroll in Pay lite monthly.
●Review all supplier reconciliation monthly prior to payments.
●Manage all Capex spend across the school and ensure accurate recording thereof.
●Assisting with parent queries daily.
●Act as a backup for the Accountant as and when required.
●Managing debt collection and contacting debtors for overdue debt.
Other duties and responsibilities
Any other duties that the Principal may from time to time ask the post-holder to perform
Key Relationships
Internal:
School Leadership Teams and School Administrative Staff
External:
Parents, external bodies & third party providers
Position Requirements
related Experience
Education:
· Bachelor’s Degree in Finance
· Finance specific certification
Experience: Minimum 2 years’ experience
Competencies: Skills & Abilities
●Excellent communication and people skills at all levels
●Keen attention to detail.
●Ability to coordinate and collate data
●Health and Safety Awareness
●Energetic and enthusiastic
●A dynamic, positive approach to deliver the school’s vision
●Self-motivation and ability to take initiatives
●Demonstrate an understanding of & commitment to our best practice
model
●Good knowledge and information of school operations
●Skilled in the use of finance and accounting system
●Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff
●Presentation skills with the ability to present information in a concise and