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Schools Accountant - DSG
- Location
- Job type Contract
- Salary £400 - 450 per day
- Discipline Local Government
- Reference J64632
We have a new opportunity to work as a Schools Accountant – DSG with a Local Government based in the Midlands, to support their DSG Operations.
Please see below for more details on the position:
Schools Accountant - DSG
Start: ASAP
Duration: 6 – 12 months initially subject to further extensions
Rate: Negotiable dependent on experience
Fully Remote Working
Role responsibilities
- Grant reconciliation/payments & allocation to all schools & academies, ensure efficiency and accuracy
- Provide accurate funding balances for academisation
- Calculating and issuing school carry forward balances after closedown, issue/update relevant documents/guidance on city’s website
- Providing all information required for schools forum
- Completing regular government returns (e.g. S251 budget/outturn report, APT, CFR report)
- Liaise with DFE/ESFA on relevant issues and provide all information to the required standard
Requirements:
- Local Government experience in an Education capacity
- Fully Qualified Accountant Status e.g. CIMA or ACCA
- Experience in schools finance and funding team annual financial cycle work
- Experience in school year end accounts closedown, DSG closedown
- Experience in working with relevant service areas in budget setting for high needs, early years, growth funding etc
If you meet the above-mentioned criteria, please apply below. At Venn Group, we endeavour to respond to all applications. However due to the volume of applications we receive, if you have not heard from us within 48 hours please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.