Financial Services
Strategic financial advice to school senior management and governors and technical accounting advice to school bursars
Lewisham Council’s Financial Services is a strategic advisory service with expertise in long-term planning and managing school budgets to provide value for money. All Lewisham Council-maintained schools benefit from budget notifications, monthly transaction reports and VAT reimbursements regardless of the SLA.
In addition to the above services, schools are able to purchase the following additional support:
• Strategic Financial Service
• Technical Accounting Advice
In addition to the above services, schools are able to purchase the following additional support:
• Strategic Financial Service
• Technical Accounting Advice
Strategic Financial Service
Technical Accounting Service
As part of accounting service schools will receive:
Schools who purchase Technical Accounting Service benefit from:
- advice on coding issues for capital and revenue funds and are within the CFR framework
- assistance with meeting DfE financial standards
- on-site advice on reconciling schools accounting systems to CFR and LA budgets
- general accounting guidance
- visits to new headteachers / School Business Managers (SBMs) on request
- resolution of issues arising from internal audit recommendations.
Schools who purchase Technical Accounting Service benefit from:
- reassurance that there accounts are soundly based and their planning can be based on reliable information.
Terms
Annual contracts and other packages
Ad-hoc support and other services