School Accountant

St Cedd’s School

Job Description

Job Title/Role:

School Accountant

Responsible to:

The Bursar

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The Role

•  Financial Reporting and Analysis: Prepare monthly and termly management
accounts, including all reconciliations, accruals, prepayments and accounting
journals and investigate variances.

•  Budgeting and Forecasting: Monitor department budgets and prepare cash flow

forecasts to support strategic planning.

•  Manage School Shop: Book-keeping in PASS, undertake regular stock counts,

monitor stock levels and place orders as needed, reconcile bank statements and
on-line payment gateway and manage staff responsible for communicating with
parents and fulfilling orders.

•  Statutory Accounts and Audit: Support the Bursar with the production of the

annual accounts and audit related queries.

•  Quarterly VAT Returns: Prepare the returns and submit each quarter.
•  Manage Utility Costs: Monitor monthly bills and work with the Bursar and Site

Manager to investigate potential energy savings to meet our sustainability goals.
•  Routine accounting tasks: Book-keeping in PASS, reconcile credit card spend and
staff expenses, banking cash and cheques as needed, manage petty cash and
other sundry tasks and ad hoc projects to support the Bursar.

Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the role,
each individual task undertaken may not be identified. Employees will be expected to comply
with any reasonable request from the Bursar and Head to undertake work of a similar level that
is not specified in this job description.