Bursar

Bursar

Broughton Manor Preparatory School, Milton Keynes

Competitive Salary - Dependent upon qualifications and experience

About about Broughton Manor Preparatory School:

Broughton Manor Preparatory School is an IAPS co-educational day school which is located on the east side of Central Milton Keynes. The school is very proud of its previous inspection by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (June 2017), which found us to be ‘Excellent’ on all aspects of the school and was judged as ‘Outstanding’ on all 5 aspects of the EYFS.  The school’s aim is ‘to create a happy environment’ and above all else, we aim to give our children the best preparation for their senior school, so that when they leave us they have the confidence to build on the academic and personal foundations we have helped to establish.

About this Bursar position:

The main purpose of this Bursar position is to manage the school’s fee income. Our Bursar will be report to the Head Office Bursar and be responsible for a Finance Assistant. The position is available on a permanent and full time basis, and will be subject to probationary period of six months, together with the receipt of satisfactory references and subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Disclosure Check.

Duties required of our Bursar include but are not limited to:

• Fees: Will include collating invoices, meeting with prospective families to discuss fees, maintaining monthly credit control and producing monthly returns.
• Accounts: Manage, operate and administer bank accounts for Domestic and Trip account, control Petty Cash account and Manage Supplier payments and record.
• Playscheme: Manage bookings, take payments and produce and monitor registers for playscheme weeks.
• Nursery Education Grant: Ensure prompt termly submission of returns for claim purposes, that parental contacts are distributed and returned each term and handle parent queries.
• Childcare vouchers: Register schools with companies, redeem vouchers, monitor remittance advises and handle queries.

See attached document for complete list of duties, person specification and further information.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications required of our Bursar:

• Professional Accountancy Qualification.
• Previous financial experience gained preferably in senior financial role.
• Good IT skills • Sound knowledge of Excel.
• Experience of Sage and Sims would be advantageous.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Good communication skills in English, both oral and written.

Working Hours:

40 hours per week , Monday to Friday, 52 weeks per annum. This includes 33 days paid holiday which must be taken during school closure dates.

Broughton Manor Preparatory School is committed to providing CPD for the successful candidate. We expect the successful candidate to undertake available training courses and research to enhance personal knowledge, skills and experience

All Applications must include a completed application form - see attached document.