My client is seeking a qualified Assistant Bursar who will have responsibility for finance, but also other business areas including data protection and policies and procurement.

Client Details

My client is a prestigious Education establishment who has been in existence since the 1940s

Description

• Providing first line day to day management of the Finance department;
• Managing the practices and procedures of procurement across all departments in the College, improving systems and efficiency and assisting in the management of budgets;
• Overseeing transactional purchasing processes to include invoice authorisation, new supplier checks, antifraud checks and accurate nominal coding;
• Overseeing transactional billing processes to include timely recording of fees receipts for debtor reporting and management and international payment checks;
• Assessing applications for bursary awards;
• Communicating with parents on debt management and bursary applications, applying sensitivity but with a firm approach;
• Processing BACS payments;
• Overseeing control measures and ensuring practices and procedures are robust, complied with and provide the required levels of security;
• Preparing monthly management reports for the Bursar, in collaboration with the Accountant;
• Preparing draft annual statutory accounts for the Trust and its trading subsidiary, in collaboration with the Accountant;
• Preparing for the annual financial audit of the Trust and its trading subsidiary, in collaboration with the Accountant;
• Overseeing and auditing the processing of payroll, ensuring payments adhere to contractual entitlement;
• Overseeing monthly submissions of RTI for HMRC and MCR for Teachers' Pensions;
• Assisting with the preparation and submission of regulatory and other returns;
• Overseeing the implementation of any new accounting software, ensuring that it is fit for purpose, arranging staff training and monitoring its use and development;
• Ensuring compliance with current tax legislation - VAT, gift aid, corporation tax, etc;
• Maintaining up to date knowledge of relevant financial accounting practices and applying these as appropriate;
• Monitoring prices and usage in all utilities: oil, liquid propane, water, electricity, telecoms, liaising with the Estate Manager's office as necessary;
• Reviewing contracts on an annual basis including telecoms, photocopiers, fire alarm, pest control, waste disposal etc, liaising with other departments as necessary;
• Overseeing the replacement of College vehicles and the development of the College travel plan.

Profile

• Qualified Accountant
• Extensive experience in a professional finance function
• Ideally experience of charity/not for profit accounting and statutory reporting
• Strong leadership and people management skills with the ability to lead and motivate a team
• Previous senior accountant post holder
• Working knowledge of the law in relation to such matters as health and safety, contracts
• Working knowledge of GDPR
• Commercial awareness
• Excellent IT skills including MS office, with enhanced skills in Excel and Word and in financial modelling
• Good organisational and interpersonal skills
• Effective and efficient administrative skills
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to relate well to students and staff
• Previous business management experience, ideally in an education setting

Job Offer

£48,000 - £55,000 plus excellent benefit