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    This document provides details about Bharti Sidhpura's qualifications, experience, and skills relevant for the position of School Bursar. Specifically: 1. She has over 20 years of experience in financial management roles in the education sector including experience setting school budgets, managing accounts, interpreting financial reports, and ensuring compliance with financial regulations. 2. She has extensive qualifications and training in areas such as accounting, financial management, IT, and human resources. 3. As a current governor and former employee of the local authority, she has in-depth knowledge of the school financial management system and supporting schools with budgeting and financial reporting requirements.

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    Bharti Sidhpura SCHOOL BURSAR REF:

    Longfield First and Middle Schools

    Essential

    1. Education, Training and Qualifications

    I have the following qualifications starting from current to previous:-


    Training – Financial Appraisal System, Oracle Business Objective, Oracle ADI system, Oracle Accounting
    System, Unity Accounting System, SIMS accounting system, Budget Setting and Financial Management,
    Excel Advance, Web Designing, Diploma in Management Studies NVQ Level 4, Part Qualified AAT, BTEC
    National Diploma, European Computer Driving Licences, IIP training management, Human Resources
    System (HRPro), Interviewing skills, Governors Training, Financial Management in Schools, Secretarial
    Certificate A-Level,
    5 GCSE, given opportunity, I am interested in completing my CCAB qualification in the near future or
    DMSB.

    2. Computer Literate

    I have excellent IT Skills and I enjoy developing my IT Skills. In my present post as Bank Reconciliation
    Officer I have made use of advanced Excel to complete my daily bank reconciliation, which includes using
    filters. Pilot tables, IF-statements and using Advance Desktop Interface to uploading excel worksheets
    (journals) onto Oracle Accounting system and also downloading various Oracle Reports.
    One of my weekly tasks is to download reports to analysis un-reconciled items on the bank statement. Here
    I would use Window 97 programme, which includes excel to get my workbook. I would use word to write a
    letter to my internal customers regarding any payments and debt reports. I have also knowledge of using
    powerpoint for my report presentations and Access for all other database programme. I am familiar in using
    various accounting package including SIMS and LRM2, Unity System. I use email (Lotus notes) for my
    daily emails and internet for DCSF websites.

    3 School Finance Management System

    As a Governor of Uxendon Manor Primary School – Chair of Finance Committee, I am aware of


    all the Finance Management System, which includes Schools budget setting timescale, budget
    monitoring reports for Finance Committee, completing various forms for monthly consistent
    financial reporting in timely basis. Working for Children and Families Finance Section in Children
    and Families Department I have had responsibility of chasing up monthly budget monitoring
    reports, setting all school budget (Section 52 Statements), guiding them to complete their monthly
    reports schools. Advice them of their Staffing budget, which is largest budget for schools.

    I have experience of preparing school budget as I personally help Uxendon Manor School for their
    budget setting exercise working out staffing budget, taking into account inflations, on-cost etc,
    working out all the non teaching costs, making sure that budget is balanced everything that
    schools require is balanced. I understand that well managed financially means well managed in
    other respects.

    4. Experience in interpreting and explaining financial reports generated by FMS

    At our quarterly Finance Committee Meeting we read and interpreted data from Financial reports
    where we need to understand each and every items, spent budget according to months and plan
    if there is any foreseeable overspent or under spending. We need to have clear understanding of
    these reports and often help Bursar to get information that we require. Inclusive with Financial
    reports are some of the contracts for example, Cleaning Contact, Catering Contract, Building
    Contract. One of the major items to see is Devolved Funding, so that we can see that budget is
    wisely spent for the benefit of school. Staffing budget which included Supply cover was costing
    schools substantial expenditure each year therefore we introduced two float teachers which
    helped school tremendously, therefore last year we could actually see extra funding to be able to
    incorporate major work.
    Bharti Sidhpura SCHOOL BURSAR REF:
    Longfield First and Middle Schools

    Financial Regulation

    As Finance Officer I have always used financial regulation at all time for following
    procedures and policy. I have also guided all Brent Schools for all relevant part of the policy
    and procedure. Every year we update this “Financial Regulation for School” therefore I am
    fully aware of what schools require to follow. For example scheme of delegation for schools
    is very important, and divisional of duties to avoid fraud.

    Experience of handling, accounting for and banking money efficiently and confidently

    For the last 12 years I have managed petty cash for Children and Families Department. The
    float I have managed is for £2000 plus. Managing for all different units, balancing the
    accounts and reconciled.

    As a Capital Accountant post for the last 15 years I have gone through separate bank
    account, paying by cheques to contractors complying with Construction Industrial Tax.
    Balancing Capital Accounts monthly. Fully involved in the setting the capital budget,
    reconciling expenditure using bank statement. Monthly Statutory returns which includes
    VAT Returns, budget profile and balancing the accounts. Yearly I have completed year-end
    closing of accounts for Capital. I have managed 30 million budget for capital accounts.

    In addition to all the financial duties I have managed procurement arrangement for Financial
    service to secure value for money for all material product required for the service.

    My job at Children and Families Department was as PA to Assistant Director of Planning,


    Information and Resources plus Capital Accountant. Therefore I have worked very closely
    with Headteachers on financial matters. I have also organised financial training for Bursars
    whenever there was new policy and procedures which Brent Schools needed to follow.
    Most of the financial regulation and procedures, Budget preparation for schools, Key
    Services and traded Services to schools booklets I have designed and taken into account all
    the services delivery across the Brent Council covered so that schools are able to buy back
    the service.

    More recently, we got reorganised and my new post has been as Reconciliation Officer
    where I managed Children and Families Department bank account. Here I made sure that I
    reconciled children and families large bank account accurately and timely manner so that all
    the electronic bank account is downloaded, receipted where income has been received.
    Charged the correct budget holder for relevant charges etc. On monthly I make sure that
    most of the lines are reconciled. Last year Children and Families Department moved onto
    new Accounting package Oracle. I have taken the challenge and learned the new
    accounting packaged, mastered the new role. I have also taken lead role in sorting the
    coding structure for transferring the data from old Unity accounting system onto oracle
    system. I have always been able to sort out all the office equipment and train colleagues on
    how to use new software, hardware or also using telephone network system appropriately.
    Even my managers always taps on my expertise whenever they needed equipment sorting
    out,

    I have worked independently for developing the capital projects, making improvements, and
    also worked closely with Asset Management team for liasing all the budget and expenditure
    on daily basis. Within this Capital Projects I have also managed Early years capital
    programme. At the same time I work very well in a team, I believe that if you work with
    positive happy environment you bring to the team encouraging approach on whatever task
    Bharti Sidhpura SCHOOL BURSAR REF:
    Longfield First and Middle Schools

    we have in hand. One example of this is sending out booklets or document to schools
    which requires team input to meet the post deadlines.

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