Academy Accountant

SF Recruitment are currently working with a fantastic educational organisation who are looking to onboard an Academy Accountant. The Academy Accountant will provide a high quality, detailed and strategic financial support service to Academy clients and will manage the relationship with Senior Leadership teams in schools. This is a great role with a business who hold employee development and welfare in the highest regard.

Key tasks:

- Assistance with annual accounts
- Contribute to the preparation of statutory accounts for signature by the Academy's appointed auditor
- Monthly bank reconciliations and the compilation/monitoring of the regular cashflow statements
- Production of regular staffing projections (independent check to compare to school information) and the regular monitoring of employee budgets
- The monitoring of income and expenditure on the Academy's Information System
- Advice and assistance with VAT (dependent on VAT classification)
- Preparation of year-end accounts and liaison with the Academy's appointed auditors
- Ensure adequate financial control systems are in place and maintained to limit/assess risk
- The completion of/assistance with the Financial Management Standard. This would be reviewed annually
- Review of allocations/virements within the Headteachers' Framework of Financial Management
- Completion of Balance Sheet reconciliations to maintain financial control (salaries, VAT, accruals, prepayments, pension liabilities)
- Preparation and maintenance of Fixed Asset Register to reflect true net book values of all assets converted and additions/disposals moving forward; ensuring appropriate depreciation is applied to
assets as per financial policies
- Preparation and presentation of timely financial reports to the Governing Body throughout the period. These reports include budget monitoring reports, budget setting reports and Strategic
financial projections (up to 3 years)

Please get in touch if this sounds of interest.