Role: School Bursar
Role Purpose: Ensures that the school maximize School fees collection, spend within budget & comply with financial management systems
Number of Available Roles and Location
Total number of available role – 1
Apeulai- Amuria district
Reporting to: Head Teacher as Line Manager Roving Finance Officer as Functional Manager
Line Management : Assistant School Bursar

Summary
The position is based in a Peas School. The School Bursar will support the School Director in School fees collections, Expenditure management and ensuring that financial management systems are properly maintained, and regular/ periodical School Finance reports are timely, properly and accurately compiled and submitted to the PEAS Finance.

Role Responsibilities
• Ensure that all revenue to the school is collected from parents/Students, receipted & the student ledgers are updated regularly.
• Daily reconciliation of revenue collections using the “daily School Fees Collection analysis”
Work with the School Head teacher to ensure that all fees collected are banked and a copy of the Bank deposit slip properly and securely filed.
• Work to maintain and update daily the students Ledger and ensure that every student in the School has a ledger by reconciling the ledgers with the daily attendance list from the class and the dormitory.
• Take safe custody of receipt book in use and request for a new one when used up.
• Management of all payments. Make sure that these are part of the budget, and approvals are in line with the policies
Procurement. Acts as a secretary to the procurement committee & guide the other members on all finance matters.
• Ensure all petty Cash payments are authorized and accountability obtained thereafter.
• Daily update of the petty Cash Account and request for replenishment when the buffer level is reached.
• Supports School leadership team on the preparation and management of school budgets

• Role Responsibilities Continued
• Work with the School Director in preparation of monthly School Finance report
• Support internal and external audit of the School Financials operations and follow up on the implementation of audit recommendations
Ensure the implementation of financial policies in the School.
• Supervise, mentor & guide the assistant school bursar
• Support the School Director to ensure smooth School pay operations in the school. Including generating of student codes, sensitizing the parents & students, receipting of payment & reconciliations.
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned by the supervisor.
• Who we are looking for
• No matter the role, we are looking for people who believe in what we do and how we do it; is passionate about transforming lives through education and aligned to our values.

• Experience & Qualifications Essential
• Minimum of Diploma in Finance or Accounting
• At least 3-year work experience in a similar role
• Good understanding of accounting and financial standards/Internal controls
Good knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office applications especially Microsoft Excel.
• Knowledge of Computerized Accounting with experience of using QuickBooks, is an added Advantage

• Skills & Personal Attributes:
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills
• Report writing skills
• Strong numeracy skills
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to work under pressure/ to deadline
• Confidence and maturity
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with all classes of people; students & parents
• Flexible and adaptable
• Strong team player
• Commitment to school finance operations
To be eligible to apply, you must have the right to live and work in Uganda.
As an organisation working to expand equitable access with a strong focus on girls’ and one
whose Diversity, Equity and Inclusion approach is prioritising increasing gender parity, we strongly encourage applications from female candidates.