Campus Bursar at ADvTECH

• The Campus Bursar shall report directly to the Senior Financial Administrator and School Principal. The Campus Bursar is responsible for overseeing the schools full finance function and assisting the school principal with budgetary control and expense management. The Campus Bursar will provide financial support to staff and customers and act as a conduit between the school and Group Shared Services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Finance business partner and financial management of the school.
• Participate in campus management meetings and brand campus meetings.
• Drive and manage the annual opex and capex budget process at the school.
• Monitor school expenses against budgets.
• Customer and third-party billing accuracy.
• Overseeing procurement and accounts payable.
• Ensuring that discounts and bursaries are accurate and that processes are adhered to.
• Overseeing debt management and collections.
• Timely financial reporting.
• Accurate and complete income and expenses.
• Accurate and timely submission of CAPEX applications.
• Monitoring school event budgets.
• Preparing monthly reconciliations.
• Review and submit accurate billing information to Group Shared Services.
• Procurement and accounts payable.
• Bursaries and discounts.
• Debt management and collections.
• Financial reporting and month-end closing.
• CAPEX requisitions.
• Collections from parents for school events, grade camps and sports tours.

Education: 

• Minimum Grade 12.
• Bookkeeping diploma preferable.

Experience: 

• 7 to 10 years’ experience in a similar finance role.
• Bookkeeping / accounting knowledge is required.

Competencies: 

• Attention to detail.
• Ability to function in a high-pressured environment.
• Meticulously organised.
• Competent in problem solving and analytical thinking.
• Task driven.
• Customer centric.
• Comfortable with working on excel.
• Ability to multitask.