Finance Assistant
5 months ago
**Description**
**Job Description**:
Position Details
Position Title
Finance Assistant
Department
Administration
Report to (Title):
Principal; Finance Manager
Direct Reports:
Indirect Reports:
Aspen Heights British School (AHBS) is a truly inclusive school based on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi. We are proud of our inclusive ethos and our commitment to ensuring all children are provided with personalised learning experiences and the proper support to ensure they can make progress in learning in all areas.
Core Purpose:
The role of the Finance Assistant is to support the Finance & Administration Manager in maintaining and enhancing the school’s financial resources by maintaining control over the Trial Balance. They are responsible for account payables in the school. The incumbent supports the Finance & Administration Manager during audits and preparing month end reports for ISP.
Main Responsibilities:
- Review and post entries to record assets, liability, revenue, and expenses
- Conduct monthly and quarterly account reconciliations to ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance
- Work with Operation and suppliers to review and accept purchases invoices, record purchases, and reconcile with supplier
- Process all suppliers’ payments
- Review all inter-company transactions and generate invoices as necessary
- Reconcile balance sheet accounts
- Conduct regular ledger maintenance
- Coordinate and assist Finance & Admin Manager with conducting audits
- First point of contact with parents concerning financial accounts of students
- Issuing school fee invoices to parents before start of academic year
- Collecting all types of payments from parents and post to system
- Maintaining student accounts, journal daily transactions including Cash JVs
- Daily fees collection reconciliation, with balance posted to the bank on a daily basis
- Produce receivables report for Finance and Admin Manager on daily basis
- Assist with cash payments to staff for expense claims
- Send reminders to parents regarding outstanding balances/ follow up for any bounced
- cheques
- Follow up with other accounts receivable like debtors for canteen, uniform etc
- Reconciliation of Post-Dated-Cheques schedule
- Assist with cash management queries/ any other GL queries for annual audit
- Correspond with companies who pay school fees for their staff’s children
- Sending outstanding payment warnings to parents, correlate with Registrar on procedures and blocking student account with ADEK
- Any other accounting/administrative task assigned by the Finance & Administration Manager
Health and Safety
- Emphasizes the importance of safety in all areas of the curriculum, communicating to the pupils the importance of a responsible attitude towards personal safety, the safety of others and respect for Aspen Heights British School’s property and equipment
- Safeguard Aspen students.
- Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities
- Assist in implementing all policies and rules governing student life and conduct
- Ensure that, all the necessary health and safety rules and procedures are being followed
- Maintain an awareness of all the health and safety measures to be taken when in school
Communication & Working Relationships
Internal
Staff
Student
External
Parents
Vendors
Knowledge & Skills
Minimum Educational Qualifications Required for the Role
Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting from a reputable University
Minimum Years of Experience Required
2 years’ School Finance experience
Abu Dhabi school experience an advantage
Language Skills
English is Mandatory
Arabic is an advantage
Special Skills and Abilities
Competencies:
- Highly detail-oriented and organized
- Ability to meet a constant stream of deadlines
- Proven ability to work both independently and collaboratively with different levels of employees
- Superior analytical and problem-solving skills
- Familiarity with accounting software and programs
- Excellent command for MS office
- Ability to maintain accurate and auditable records
- Laws, rules and regulations related to assigned activities
- Interpersonal skills using tact, patience and courtesy
- Records, Reports and Correspondence by use of spreadsheets and databases
- Proficient financial and accounting skills
- Computer literate
- Customer Service skills, and interpersonal skills.
- Willing attitude to be a part of the school team
- Strong sense of professionalism
- Safeguarding and welfare of children
- Excellent communication skills and command of the English language, in spoken and written form
- A collaborative team-player with excellent interpersonal skills
- Behavior management
Attributes:
- Empathetic listener and patient
- Integrity and confidentiality
- Internationally minded
- Emotional intelligence
- Intercultural awareness, creative
- Flexible and a can-do attitude
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