Finance Controller

**Description**

**JOB DESCRIPTION**:
Job title: Finance Controller

Reporting to: The Head of Administration and The Principal

**JOB SUMMARY**:
The Finance Controller is responsible for the administration and recording of expenses, with conciliation of Balance Accounts of the accounts payable area, ensuring the accuracy and recording of figures, as well as strict adherence to compliance with local and corporate policies and procedures.

The Finance Controller consistently works towards outstanding performance across all professional

standards, ensuring safeguarding, successful outcomes and the efficient and effective administrative

operations.

To work as part of the administrative team, providing a friendly and welcoming service to students, staff, families and visitors in a manner that truly reflects the values of our school.

The post holder is expected to be able to prioritise tasks and to manage their workload initiative and minimum supervision. The school’s pursuit of excellence begins at our front gates and this role should actively seek to ensure an outstanding public perception of our operations and provision.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Using Netsuite or other ERP systems for Accounts management and bank reconciliations.
- Center's accounting Spanish GAAP and IFRS
- Analysis of balance sheet items and reconciliation with data dumped from Engage to Netsuite
- Prepare monthly tax information and personal income tax settlements.
- Control and report staffing costs. Accounting of employee payroll and division by cost centers.
- Process, schedule and payment of suppliers and service providers, coordinated with the accounting analyst
- Treasury control.
- Leading accounting audits.
- Monthly debtor reports
- General account and petty cash management. Report cash flow & Banking
- Bank remittance
- Post invoices for services that do not require purchase order
- Monitor bills for fixed monthly expenses such as electricity, telephones, rents, etc.
- Outsourced services providers's control.
- Review company documentation for supplier payments (Requirement, purchase order, entry note, invoice and corresponding supports) delivered by the Purchasing Department.
- Match balance between accounts payable module and accounting.
- Consolidate invoices paid in the month and send to taxes
- Customer Support.
- Correspondence with parents and attending parents queries
- Monthly closings and reports to the central management.
- Monthly debtor reports
- Delinquencies' monitoring.
- General administrative support

**PERSON SPECIFICATION**:
Education and Skills

Essential:

- Fluent level of English and Spanish
- Flexible, positive and “can-do” attitude to work
- Successful relevant experience in a Business environment
- Full understanding of Equal Opportunities and able to implement it in everyday practice.
- To communicate clearly and resolve any issues quickly and professionally.
- Excellent management skills and to be able to follow the school’s disciplinary code.

Desirable:

- Similar experience in a business or academic environment.

Competencies for the Role

Role Specific:

- Accounting knowledge, Spanish GAAP and IFRS
- Numerical reasoning
- Planning
- To be approachable to children, families, and staff.
- To be able to work professionally as part of a team.
- To be flexible, friendly and cooperative when working with colleagues.
- To communicate clearly to families, students and staff and resolve any issues quickly and professionally.
- To communicate effectively and with empathy both verbally and in writing.

At Laude San Pedro we have high academic expectations for all of our students. Our vision is that every child will achieve more than they imagined possible, in a happy and inclusive environment where everyone is supported and encouraged to excel.

In addition, our whole community shares a common understanding of the personal qualities and values which we hope all of our students will demonstrate and uphold.

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The above details are not exhaustive and the postholder may be required to undertake tasks, roles and responsibilities as may reasonably be assigned to him/her by the Leadership Team.