Senior Accountant at Braeburn Schools

Braeburn Schools Limited, is seeking an exceptional Senior Accountant to support the day-to-day effective financial management of the school in budgeting, reporting, internal controls, cash flow, and payroll administration. The role supports decision-making through accurate financial analysis, maintains accounting systems, and manages stakeholder relations to ensure compliance and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities include;

Budgets & Reporting:

• Preparation of the school's monthly management accounts, accounts analysis and bank reconciliations
• Preparing Management Reports for school's and company's senior management team
• Formulation and implementation of budgets and monitoring performance thereof.
• Preparing monthly cash flow forecast and weekly cash flow reports.

Internal Controls, Cash & Cost Management:

• Institution and continuous improvement of internal controls.
• Identification of key cost drivers and ways of managing them.
• Management of the school's working capital; cash flows, debtors and creditors' management monitoring of inventory levels according to company policies.
• Safe custody of the cash collections and ensuring any cash received is timely banked and banking reports processed immediately. Any unbanked cash should be queried and the issue raised to the line manager.
• Review and verification of all payments.
• Assisting in school safe related duties.

Accounting Systems & Processes:

• Ensure that all documentation for processing is updated and shared with head office in an efficient and timely manner.
• Implement and run the processing of data into the ERP at all relevant levels.
• Maintain the school's General Ledger, supporting schedules and documentation.
• Review processing done through the Smart School Office and assist with transaction posting as necessary.
• Ensure that any and all registers - including cheque, petty cash, withholding tax and VAT - are kept up to date.
• In charge of stores management ensuring that the store keeper posts into the right accounts and generating monthly stores journal and stock valuation.

Stakeholder Management:

• Be the finance focal point in providing support to school heads and other team leaders.
• Manage and address any escalated complaints relating to external parties including suppliers and customers.
• Coordinate with Head Office on the management and maintenance of the school's bank account while ensuring that branch level relations are kept cordial.

Payroll:

• Administration of payroll inputs.
• Receive and coordinate any payroll related issues with heads and payroll administration.
• Ensure that eligibility limits are adhered to.

General:

• Provide oversight and assistance to the Fees Administrator and Accounts Assistant as necessary.
• Assist in the internal and external audits.
• Perform any other tasks within your capability as may be assigned by the Head or Group Chief Accountant or their representative.

Experience and Competencies Required:

• CPA(K) plus any other relevant academic qualifications.
• At least 5-7 years of professional experience in accounting, with a minimum of 3 years in a senior or supervisory role.
• Previous experience in financial management and budgeting within a multi-site organization is highly desirable, especially in an educational or similar setting.
• Attention to detail with a strong focus on accuracy and detail.
• Proactive in identifying potential issues and resolving them in a timely manner.
• Ability to liaise with different stakeholders and provide support to various departments, particularly in explaining financial concepts. Ability to handle a dynamic work environment, particularly in an international and multi-cultural setting.
• Able to manage competing priorities, especially when dealing with multiple financial deadlines and reporting requirements.