Accountant St George Barcelona
Accountant St George Barcelona
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Job Description
Description
ISP IBERIA Role Profile
Accountant
location: onsite St george school Barcelona
Purpose of Role
The Accountant is responsible for managing financial transactions recording those into the financial software ensuring compliance with accounting regulations and preparing financial reports.
The Accountant reports into the Head of Finance St George Barcelona and is a member of the school team.
ISP Principles
Begin with our children and students. Our children and students are at the heart of what we do. Simply their success is our success. Wellbeing and safety are both essential for learners and learning. Therefore we are consistent in identifying potential safeguarding issues and acting and following up on all concerns appropriately.
Treat everyone with care and respect. We look after one another embrace similarities and differences and promote the wellbeing of self and others.
Operate effectively. We focus relentlessly on the things that are most important and will make the most difference. We apply school policies and procedures and embody the shared ideas of our community.
Learn continuously. Getting better is what drives us. We positively engage with personal and professional development and school improvement.
ISP Accountant Key Responsibilities
Accountancy:
- Maintain and reconcile the general ledger ensuring accuracy and compliance with accounting standards under Spanish GAAP and IFRS GAAP.
- Manage accounts payable.
- Coordinate the purchase ordering process for the school to ensure supplies and materials on delivered as needed.
- Review and propose supplier invoices payments to be approved by the Head of Finance.
- Perform bank reconciliations and resolve discrepancies.
- Tax: record and reconcile taxes into the financial software (VAT Withholding tax SII report and Social Security)
- Process month end and year end accounting.
- Ensures month end deadlines are met.
- Ensures financial statements are accurately stated.
- Coordinate the information flow with schools to secure the supplier information is received in time and through the official channels.
- Expenses Tracking: Monitor and record personal and company expenses ensuring proper documentation.
- Manage Capex module through the financial software and reconciliation within the accountancy.
- Perform general ledger reconciliations and account analysis.
- Support the preparation of monthly financial reports.
- Assist with the audit providing necessary documentation and explanations.
- Support the financial budgeting and forecasting.
- Ad hoc tasks and responsibilities as required by the role.
School Partnering:
- Participate in review calls or face to face meetings with the Head of Finance FP&A AR team and school management teams to provide an overall understanding of matters impacting school performance against budgets forecasts and year and over performance.
Skills Qualifications and Experience
- Professional Qualified Accountant.
- Ability to work in a fastpaced environment.
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office applications is needed particularly Excel.
- Prior experience in using the NetSuite/PBCS applications or any other ERP systems would be advantageous.
- Ability to build good working relationships with all members and levels of the organization.
- A methodical highly organized approach to the execution of assigned tasks and responsibilities.
- Positive proactive passionate personable results orientated ambitious professional who is keen to progress within a global organization.
- Strong organizational timemanagement skills and an ability to deal with shifting priorities.
- Dealing with external advisors (suppliers auditors tax etc).
- Previous experience in a multinational environment is desirable.
- Fluent written and spoken Spanish a requirement. English language skills an advantage.
- Ability to handle confidential information with maturity and discretion.
- Capacity to take initiative and solve problems supported by the Head of Finance.
Key Relationships
To be successful in this position the Accountant must build strong working relationships with the following groups:
- School Finance Team
- AR School Team
- Regional Finance Team
- Schools Administrative and SLT teams.
ISP Principles
Begin with our children and students. Our children and students are at the heart of what we do. Simply their success is our success. Wellbeing and safety are both essential for learners and learning. Therefore we are consistent in identifying potential safeguarding issues and acting and following up on all concerns appropriately.
Treat everyone with care and respect. We look after one another embrace similarities and differences and promote the wellbeing of self and others.
Operate effectively. We focus relentlessly on the things that are most important and will make the most difference. We apply school policies and procedures and embody the shared ideas of our community.
Learn continuously. Getting better is what drives us. We positively engage with personal and professional development and school improvement.
ISP Leadership Competencies
You consistently demonstrate and rolemodel the ISP Leadership Competencies in all that you do.
- Collaboration. Takes an active part in leading their school or region; is cooperative and a genuine team player developing positive supportive relationships with colleagues to solve problems and maximise opportunities.
- Learning & Getting Better. Continually demonstrates personal commitment and passion for learning and getting better using evidence and feedback; supporting others in their continual learning development and growth.
- Innovation Leadership. Is good at creating an environment where ideas for learning initiatives and services are generated and is able to motivate and inspire others through the process of creation through to completion.
- Outcome driven. Can be counted on to find solutions. Is consistently looking to exceed goals and is focused on KPIs.
- Resilience. Can deal with setbacks and challenges calmly and effectively.
- Community Focus. Is committed to meeting and exceeding the needs and expectations of our students and their families.
- Integrity & Ethical Management. Has the ability to work ethically and with integrity; helps others feel valued; upholds and models the ISP Vision Purpose and Principles.
- Leading & Inspiring Others. Supports encourages and inspires students colleagues and teams so that they give their best.
- Understanding People. Is a very good judge of talent can objectively articulate the strengths and motivations of people inside or outside the organisation.
- Influencing & Communication. Consistently informs influences and inspires students parents and colleagues through timely and effective communication.
- Agile. Responds and adapts to changing circumstances; manages and solves problems by providing solutions in a climate of ambiguity.
- Strategic Commercial & Financial Awareness. Has the ability to apply understanding of the business and industry to improve effectiveness and profitability.
- Planning & Decision Making. Makes decisions on the best course of action and then plans organises prioritises and balances resources to achieve the desired outcome.
- Diversity & Equity. Has the sensitivity awareness and skill to understand the values behaviours attitudes and practices across cultures that supports all children and adults to learn and work effectively.
ISP Commitment to Safeguarding Principles
ISP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and satisfactory Criminal Background Checks or equivalent covering the previous 10 years employment history.
Employment Type
Full-Time
