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We are seeking to appoint a high performing, enthusiastic and committed individual to join a strong team of administrative staff to provide financial administration support under the direction of the school Bursar. You will have a good general education and excellent word processing skills. You will be a good communicator, well organised and be able to work well as part of a team.

Specialist

The following list highlights some of the specialist duties that could be associated with a post operating at this level. Note, it may only be necessary for employees assigned to this level to undertake some of these duties

• Carry out the day to day duties for school finances
• Produce, and respond to financial related correspondence
• Be responsible for completion and submission of complex forms, returns, and reports - including those to outside agencies
• Process all requisitions/official orders and ensure relevant signatures are obtained to verify expenditure
• Process and check delivery notes and arrange with Site Team to distribute goods
• Process payments, Direct Debits and invoices (in line with finance policy separation of duties) and income (cash and BACS payments)
• Administration for BACS payments and carry out regular cheque runs to comply with credit limits.
• Process the bank reconciliation on a monthly basis, checking bank statements with FMS reports to balance, sending reconciled data to Financial Services
• Process petty cash vouchers into FMS and organise a reimbursement cheque in lines with limits set in Finance Policy
• Support with budget planning, preparing reports for the Headteacher and Governing Body in order to predict expenditure for cost headings
• Produce End of Year reports, including debtors and creditors to Financial Services
• Produce Consistent Financial Reporting (CFR) reports and extra information relating to CFR Year-end figures to Financial Services
• Manage and monitor external funding in liaison with Headteacher and grant holders. Produce declaration at year end
• Manage Supply Insurance claims. Liaise with Supply Insurance companies
• Undertake activities in relation to the monitoring of resources and regular audit of resources
• Preparation of main school accounts for Internal Audit
• Provide advice and guidance to staff and others on budgetary issues
• Under the direction of the grant holder give financial support for external funding
• Take a supporting role in planning, monitoring and evaluation of the budget
• Undertake activities in relation to the management and operation of School Fund Account
• Prepare accounts and arrange external auditing for School Fund
• Take a supporting role with Schools Financial Value Standard (SFVS)
• Comply with and assist with the development of policies and procedures relating to financial and personnel matters
• Process delivery notes onto FMS and cancel unused orders
• Undertake activities in relation to the implementation of the lettings system
• Monitor the receipt of payments for lettings