Financial Accounting Supervisor

Job Description

Job title: Financial Accounting Supervisor

Company: Barking & Dagenham College

Job description: Shortlisting date: 17/01/2023

Join a vibrant college committed to the success of our staff, learners, businesses and communities!

We have some exciting opportunities available at Barking and Dagenham College. We are looking for a knowledgeable and experienced Financial Accounting Supervisor.

As part of your role, you will supervise/manage the purchase and sales ledger assistant, and oversee the credit function for all sales ledgers and reconciliation of purchase and sales ledgers. You will have experience in reviewing BACS runs for payments, reviewing outstanding invoices each month to ensure suppliers are paid in a timely manner, as well as reconcile purchase and sales ledger controls and other balance sheet control accounts. You will be required to participate in the College’s year end routines, such as preparation of working papers for statutory accounts, including the college’s subsidiary company.

You will need to submit a cover letter demonstrating how your personality, skills and experience meet our values for this role.

Please see the attached job description for full details.

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*Please note, that we have the right to interview candidates before the application deadline*

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What are our values?

We are:

• Learner Focused- ensuring they are at the heart of everything we do;
• Respectful- valuing and treating all fairly as individuals;
• Passionate- demonstrating energising, engaging and inspiring all to achieve their potential;
• Collaborative- always working together to achieve excellence and growth;
• Excellent- in learning, teaching and assessment, the key to our success.

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About Us

Barking & Dagenham College is a vibrant and highly successful college in East London with circa 7,500 students, circa 500 established staff and a turnover of £35m. The College offers routes into learning from entry level through to MBA level, including apprenticeships, higher level apprentices, higher education and Job Centre plus clients. We have technical specialist areas from level 3 and above with a broad-based curriculum up to level 2.

We are immensely proud of the achievements of our students, our entrepreneurial and motivated staff team and our extensive partnership network. The College trains circa 850 apprentices, including circa 110 higher level apprenticeships and delivers work place training, traineeships and higher level technical and professional specialisms up to MBA level in our 4 strategic vocational areas; Construction, Design & Management; Engineering including mechatronics & robotics; Digital Creative; Health & Social Care and Leadership and Management across the pan London occupational sectors.

If you are passionate about success and can do the above, then we want to hear from you!

Join the team. Be part of it.

To find out more about BDC, visit

Expected salary:

Location: Dagenham, Greater London

Job date: Sat, 09 Dec 2023 05:26:14 GMT

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