Management Accountant - Secondary School

Management Accountant - Permanent role

Career Teachers are seeking to appoint a committed and competent Management Accountant for an Outstanding Secondary School in the Outer London borough of Redbridge. You must have a good working knowledge of accounting principles, Schools /Funding arrangements is desirable but not essential.

• Management Accountant
• Outstanding Secondary School in Redbridge
• Immediate interviews available
• Start date ASAP or Easter
• 36 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
• LBR Scale 6, £ 32,925 - £ 33,957 per annum dependent on experience
• Enhanced DBS Disclosure is required for this post.

The successful applicant will have:

• Excellent team working skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficient in IRIS Financials and Excel
• Passion for finance and accounting and be highly motivated with a positive attitude.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification in Accounting or working towards AAT - Essential
• Professional qualification in Accounting or working towards (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW, CIPFA) -Desirable
• GCSEs (C/6 or above in Maths English and IT) - Essential
• Level 3 Qualification or equivalent e.g. A - Levels (C or above) - Essential
• Good numeracy/literacy skills/IT skills - Essential

The new Management Accountant will join this established Finance team and help them deliver effective and efficient finance support to this Outstanding Secondary School in Redbridge. The post holder will play a key role, helping to provide information, reports and analysis and maintain systems and processes with the support of the Senior Finance Officers.

Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

• Prepare bank account and credit card reconciliations in Iris Financials
• Manage and administer Parent Pay portal, including all income streams reconciled to ledgers, including credit control functions across all schools.
• Support the month end process ensuring accuracy and adherence to deadlines.
• Processes include posting journals including accruals, prepayment, deferred income and reclassifications.
• Preparation of VAT 126 & 100 return submission for review
• Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations (prepayments, accruals, bank accounts, etc.)
• To support in the maintenance of financial records, reconciliations and general ledger entries.
• Prepare petty cash reconciliation.
• Preparation of monthly managements accounts.
• To provide support in coding invoices for nominal and accounts.
• Ensuring School trips are reconciled and closed.
• To assist tracking capital items to the balance sheet
• Maintaining spreadsheet records such as cashflow & fixed asset.
• Providing support during the annual budgeting process
• Assistance with year-end procedures and audit, including preparation of reconciliation schedules, compiling any audit evidence required and assisting with any other ad-hoc audit requests.
• Other ad-hoc duties to support the wider finance team.

Knowledge/ Skills and Experience:

Analytical skills and trouble-shooting abilities - Essential

• Good IT skills and proficient in the use of IT packages and finance software.
• Moderate user Excel skills.
• Good knowledge of accounting standards.
• A good understanding of the financial functions and duties of a school/academy.
• Experience of using, developing, and improving systems and procedures.
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills with ability to prioritise, multitask and manage a busy workload.
• Experience of using financial systems.
• Ability to work at speed and maintain a high level of accuracy.
• Finance and accounting knowledge experience.

Attributes

• Ability to work well within a team, and support colleagues.
• Excellent attention-to-detail.
• The ability to adapt to both varying tasks and those of a routine nature.
• The ability to undertake a wide range of financial and administrative tasks.
• The ability to absorb information readily and speedily and work under pressure.
• The ability to respond professionally to staff, outside agencies, suppliers and the general public at all levels.
• Reliable, respectful and confident.
• A good understanding of the need for confidentiality and secure financial systems.
• Commitment to and understanding of equal opportunities and safeguarding.

If you would like to join this fantastic Secondary school in Redbridge, then pleas forward your updated CV to Today.

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Career Teachers are committed to negotiating a salary package that is fair and paid to scale. Salary will depend on experience.

Important Notice: In order for you to be successful in applying for the above position you should be eligible to work in the UK, or hold a relevant work visa. Safeguarding, quality and integrity are at the heart of what we do. During the application process you are required to attend an interview with the client in person and give details for us to complete reference checks.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within education. We have a policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion, we encourage you to please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you. Career Teachers is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients.