Training

School Finance Staff

All aspects of school finance including the following:

• Budget setting and monitoring
• Salary calculations
• Monthly control account reconciliations
• Bank reconciliations
• VAT
• Petty Cash
• Financial systems input
• Trial Balance reviews
• Finance Office Procedures
• Retention of documents
• Internal Audit
• Monthly/quarterly and yearly returns to Local Authority

Academy Finance Personnel

As school functions above but also includes the following:

• Asset & Depreciation recording
• Valuation of assets transferred from predecessor school
• Responsible Officer requirements
• Year end financial statement requirements
• Annual audit
• Quarterly, Bi Annual and Annual returns to EFA/DfE

School Governors & Leadership Team

Two half day sessions covering the following topics:

• School funding
• Budget planning
• Budget monitoring
• Financial Procedures
• Computer accounting systems
• Governors responsibilities
• School private funds
• Academies

Academy Responsible Officers

Two half day sessions covering the following topics:

• Responsible officer checklist
• Internal audit, responsible officer, peer review. A review of each.
• Duties of the responsible officer in regard to financial responsibilities, resources management, internal financial control etc.
• Payroll checks to be undertaken
• Purchases checks to be undertaken
• Income checks to be undertaken
• Accounting system checks to be undertaken
• The responsible officers report to Governors' - Trustees