Financial Controller Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer (COO), the Financial Controller is responsible for the financial accounting of Mount Kelly Foundation and its trading subsidiaries. Purpose of role: • Ensure the effective and resilient day to day operation of the Accounts function. • Ensure timely and accurate delivery of statutory accounts managing the monthly financial processes, including the purchase and sales ledgers, including school fees and other incomes. Duties and Responsibilities: • Accounts Management Service to Mount Kelly • The timely and effective operation of financial processes to ensure an accurate up to date system of all business ledgers. • To take the lead role in supporting the preparation of the termly invoicing process in conjunction with the Admissions team such that a full review of all data required for invoice production on the ISAMs system is fully updated and reconciled. Once the invoicing process is complete, to own the nominal ledger data transfer & audit reconciliation to the Sage Business system. • To ensure that all core working cashflow bank accounts are reconciled on a daily basis and a full month end reconciliation is signed off and records kept of all Bank reconciliations. • Working with the COO, Part time Management Accountant to ensure a collaborative and effective finance team delivering relevant, timely and accurate information. • Responsible for the financial accounting of the Mount Kelly Foundation and its trading subsidiaries. Ensuring that fees and expenses are recorded correctly and in a timely manner. • Oversee Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions, ensuring ledgers are maintained in good order and all transactions are appropriately recorded in a timely manner. • Oversee Debtors ledger and support with the recovery of outstanding and overdue fees. • Oversee and maintain monthly balance sheet reconciliations, based on ownership of agreed nominal ledger codes working in conjunction with the Management Accountant. • Dealing with Parents, and staff queries regarding fees, deposits and expenses. • Working with the Management Accountant to maintain the weekly 13 week rolling cash flow forecast and monthly cash flow forecast with a review and projection against the budget cashflow forecast. • Responsibility to ensure the accurate and timely delivery of month end timetable to enable the management accountant to produce reliable budgets and monthly accounts. • To work with the Management accountant on specific balance sheet items such as Fixed Asset Register, Investments, Operating and Finance Leases, accruals, and prepayments. In conjunction with the COO to review, update and maintain key financial policies. • Preparation and filing of quarterly VAT Returns. • • Take the lead responsibility for ensuring the production of the statutory accounts and the supporting schedules for audit. Including; liaison with auditors and Head’s EA as required and returns to the Charity Commission and Companies House and Government statistical returns where relevant to finance. • Provide support on ad-hoc projects as reasonably required. • Oversee Advanced Fees Scheme and Credit Payment Scheme for parents, along with ensuring that all full reconciliation of the FIA and Deposits held are maintained. • Support with the annual assessment of means tested bursaries. • HMRC – dealing with VAT, PAYE and On-line returns. • Payroll & Pensions, issuing of P11 d. • Work with HR, monthly review of the outsourced payroll reports, reconciliation of bank payments and input of payroll journals to Sage system. • Maintain the security, back up and access rights and general administration and operation of the Sage Financial Systems • Take the lead in preparation to support and oversee the annual audit, liaising with and servicing auditors’ requirements and schedules, working with the Management Accountant and COO. Undertake any other duties, which may reasonably be regarded as within the nature of the duties and responsibilities of the post. Personal Specification Skills and Experience Essential • Experience of working in a finance or accountancy environment • Experience of managing and training a finance team • Experience of using a Finance system, advanced PC skills, especially Excel and Word • Experience of building strong effective relationships with various stakeholders. • Excellent communication (written and oral), presentation and inter-personal skills. • Ability to work in an environment, with competing priorities and minimal supervision. • Flexible in their approach and is willing to get “hands-on” to ensure jobs get done for the good of the school. • Ability to ensure high quality customer care to key stakeholders. • Complete discretion and integrity in all matters. Desirable • Experience of implementing new systems Personal Attributes Qualifications/ Experience Other Requirements • Track record of process and system improvement • Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to work with a wide range of stakeholders, including parents, governors, teachers and suppliers Ideally ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified (as a minimum, part-qualified). • Enthusiastic, well-motivated and target orientated • Flexible approach to work and management of tight deadlines • A high level of attention to detail • • Educated to GCSE or A Level standard • Satisfactorily meeting the pre-employment checks outlined for safer recruitment practice including Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, qualifications and legal entitlement to work in the UK • Preferably experience of Sage 200 Accounting System The Job Description provides a guide to and general description of the duties and responsibilities of the role and may be amended. It is not exhaustive and the post holder should be willing to undertake any other related tasks, as may be reasonably required. The post-holder should be aligned with the school’s values: COMPASSION Empathy Tolerance Kindness We treat others with compassion; demonstrating empathy, tolerance and kindness in all that we do COURAGE Determination Resilience Grit We act with courage; demonstrating determination, resilience and grit in the face of both opportunity and challenge and always striving to learn through life’s journey HUMILITY Modesty Gratitude Selflessness We behave with humility; we are modest in our success, grateful for our blessings and selfless in the way that we share them RESPECT Courtesy Service Consideration We value and respect every person equally; always seeking to serve those around us and treating all with courtesy and consideration COMMITMENT Dedication Loyalty Endurance We demonstrate commitment to our School and to those around us, making the most of opportunities available; we are dedicated, loyal and always endure through to the end INTEGRITY Honesty Decency Morality We value integrity above all; we are honest with ourselves and others, conducting our lives with decency whilst striving for the highest moral standards Mount Kelly is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The person will be engaged in regulated activity with children and has a duty to protect the welfare of children. Child protection training is a statutory requirement in order to provide proper care to vulnerable students and be able to implement safe working practices