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Finance Service

The Service Offer

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We make it easier for you to deliver best value from limited financial resources by working collaboratively with you to bring financial assurance to your academy plans with the focus on building positive outcomes for learners.

Benefits

  • Our financial planning helps you to meet the strategic objectives identified in your School Development Plan through robust financial planning and budgetary control.  We will support you to set budget priorities at the start of the year and work together to ensure that priorities are met and updated as required.
  • We save school business managers and head teachers time and money by making the process of managing school finances quicker and more efficient.                
  • We offer technical and system support on a number of finance package, including the AcademyBPS Budget Planning Software, and our practical knowledge of SIMS FMS & Agresso enable us to offer an immediate cover service for payment processing should the need arise.

Why Buy our Service

In today’s economic climate with budgets tightening and costs rising, efficient and effective financial management is an increasingly important part of school management. Our long history of supporting Warwickshire’s schools enables us to support you to optimise resources effectively and make sound financial decisions that are at the heart of your academy's success.

Our service offer fully recognises the different needs of academies and the financial obligations of a limited company with charitable status.  We provide practical and workable solutions specifically tailored to your requirements.  Our wide range of services mean we can support you at a high level through the provision of a Business Manager or Bursar Service right through to supporting and empowering your own business managers and finance staff to carry out tasks. Services are delivered by academy finance consultants who hold appropriate qualifications, training and experience to provide guidance and advice in academy finance.

 

The Effectiveness of our Service

  • 95% of governor approved staffing budgets are within 5% of the draft budget provided
  • 99% of queries are resolved within 24 hours.  
  • 100% of delegates rate our training courses as either good or excellent

Our Specialisms

  • Strategic financial planning
  • Budget monitoring
  • Technical system support
  • Financial consultancy
  • Internal audit
  • Audit of Teachers' Pension Scheme
  • Compliance with financial regulations
  • Training and development

Tailored Services

Our services are flexible and can be tailored to meet your individual needs – please contact us if you would like to discuss arranging a tailored package for your school.