Job Description

Dean Close Foundation are recruiting for a new Accounting Administrator.

The Accounting Administrator will be part of the Finance Team, reporting to the Billing Ledger Manager. There will also be contact with academic and support staff in the Nurseries and Schools. To ensure the continuity of cover, there may be the opportunity to cover other duties within the Finance team. Full training and support will be given.The duties of the role will involve but not be limited to the following:

• Undertaking or assisting with the timely monthly billing of Nursery fees
• Prepare monthly billing for DCSL invoices, including lets and box office agreements
• Participating in various credit control activities, including bank reconciliations, to ensure the prompt settlement of outstanding accounts within the Foundation\xe2\x80\x99s terms of business
• Assisting with billing of School fees as and when required
• Support the Billing Ledger Manager with the training, support and supervision of the accounting apprentice assigned to your ledger section
• Support the Billing Ledger Manager in the roll-out of improvements to the Foundation\xe2\x80\x99s systems for billing, sales invoicing and debt collection
• Support for other finance department processes and Ad hoc projects

Dean Close School is a co-educational day and boarding school which provides continuity of education from age 2 to 18. The School was established in 1886, and is set in 50 acres of parkland in the centre of Cheltenham. In 2015 the Dean Close Foundation was formed, when the School acquired St John\xe2\x80\x99s on-the-Hill Preparatory School and three nurseries in the Chepstow area. In 2017 the Foundation purchased a further two nurseries, Tree Tops in Cheltenham and Gloucester, taking its total to five.

Dean Close is renowned for focusing on individual development. Small classes, excellent learning facilities plus a 550-seater professional theatre, amphitheatre, 2 floodlit astro-turfs, 25m indoor pool, climbing wall, indoor rifle range, dance studio and fully equipped gymnasium all help to nurture each child\xe2\x80\x99s strengths and talents. With around 300 pupils in the Prep School and 500 in the Senior School, Dean Close is small enough to allow everyone to know one another and to feel valued. It also allows everyone to get fully involved in the life of the School. However, it is large enough to have an extremely strong boarding community, vibrant and exciting creative arts, impressive academic results and great sports achievements across all ages.

Visitors to Dean Close regularly comment on the atmosphere, saying how warm and friendly they find it, and we believe that this positive environment can be attributed directly to the Christian heart and principles of the School.

Dean Close Foundation