School Accountant (12 month fixed term maternity cover – followed by a permanent appointment for a qualified Accountant)
Merchant Taylors' School
Hertfordshire
- New
- Salary:
- Salary £50,000 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- 1st October 2024
- Apply by:
- 12 September 2024
Job overview
Start date: 1st October 2024
Hours: 35 hours per week (9am – 5pm) one-hour unpaid lunch Monday to Friday
Salary: £50,000 per annum
Holiday: 25 days per annum
Other benefits:
- 15% employer contribution to a defined contribution pension scheme (Contributory)
- Life cover 4 x annual salary and income protection
- Access to a cash flexible benefit in lieu of pension contribution
- Access to a number of lifestyle benefits including Cycle to Work, ULEV cars, and retail discount vouchers via our benefit provider (all of the above subject to eligibility criteria)
- Use of School leisure facilities, including pool, gym and lake
- Lunch provided free of charge when the School Catering Department is open
- Free parking on site, with access to electric vehicle charging (payable via app)
Summary of role
To assist the Head of Finance in preparing the statutory accounts, preparation of papers for the board and smooth implementation of VAT when it becomes applicable to the Independent School Sector.
Main duties and responsibilities
- Assisting with preparation of the statutory accounts and liaising with the auditors during the audit process.
- Production of management accounts for Merchant Taylors’ Prep School.
- Competently manage the practical implementation of VAT and filing of the VAT return via Making Tax Digital.
- To develop and document processes for the introduction of VAT and train team members with its application.
- Keeping up to date with relevant knowledge on the implementation of VAT in the independent school sector.
- Completing questionnaires from National Statistics Office, Charity Commission & Companies House.
- Production of School bills, reconciliation of ledgers, maintaining the pupil database, producing debtors’ lists, point of contact for parents and staff of the Merchant Taylors’ Prep School.
- To undertake any other duties as may be reasonably required and requested by your line manager to ensure the office runs in a smooth and efficient manner and to meet the School’s priorities and demands.
Closing date for applications: Thursday 12 September 2024 – 12pm.
For further details about the opportunity please contact Shirin Irani – Head of Finance on 01923845513 / sirani@mtsn.org.uk
Please apply as soon as possible as shortlisting/interviews will progress up until the closing date. Should a suitable candidate be appointed, we reserve the right to close the advert early.
Interviews to be held: w/c Monday 16 September 2024
Merchant Taylors’ School is an equal opportunities employer committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. As this role will bring you into contact with children you are expected to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Further information on how the School uses personal data is set out in the School’s Staff Transparency Notice, which can be found n the Vacancy page of the School Website.
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About Merchant Taylors' School
Merchant Taylors' is an independent day school of more than 850 students. Taylors' is well-known for the high academic and sporting standards our boys achieve, but also for its warm, friendly atmosphere and our boys' support for each other and commitment to their community.
At MTS we believe in the virtues of an all-round education that emphasises a rich sporting and cultural programme. MTS has always valued itself as an unpressured school where boys are free to grow and discover their own character through diverse sources of personal fulfilment. The Good School Guide notes: "The school’s philosophy... is about achievement without pressure: it’s a place to breathe and experience a childhood."
The boys enjoy superb facilities and a fantastic campus: 286 acres of lakes and countryside where Middlesex, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire meet, with over 55 acres devoted to sport. Boys travel in from Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Middlesex, yet the school is just 25 minutes from central London on the Metropolitan line and 10 minutes from both the M1 and M25.
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