Account Receivable

Accounts Receivable

Purpose of Role

Accounts receivable specialist play a crucial role in managing a company’s finances by ensuring that incoming payments are tracked and processed efficiently.

Centro Studi Leonardo Da Vinci is a private (“Paritaria”) middle and high school located in the town of Bergamo, Lombardy, catering to students between the ages of 11-19. The school offers each type of Italian upper secondary curriculum: middle school, high school, technical and vocational courses.

Centro Studi has also an academy specializing in courses Post diploma.

Key Responsibilities

Administration and maintenance of the billing ledger involved several key tasks:

• Invoicing: Generate and send out invoices to customers.
• Payment Processing: Record and reconcile customer payments to the general ledger.
• Clients’ Master data creation and validation: Keep accurate and up-to-date customer data
• Reconciliation: Regularly reconciling the ledger to ensure all payments are accounted for and correctly posted.
• Tracking Receivables: Monitor all outstanding debts and ensure timely collection.
• Financial Reporting: Prepare monthly financial and aging reports.
• Discrepancy Resolution: Identifying and resolving any discrepancies or errors in billing and payments.

Expectations

• Basic Accounting Knowledge: Understanding accounting principles and practices.
• Technical Proficiency: Familiarity with accounting software and spreadsheets.
• Data Entry: Proficiency in entering and managing data.
• Attention to Detail: High degree of accuracy in processing financial transactions.
• Organizational Skills: Ability to manage deadlines.
• Communication Skills: Effective communication with clients (families) and internal teams.
• Problem-Solving: Ability to resolve billing issues and discrepancies
• Fluent in Italian (English not mandatory but desirable).

Skills, Qualifications and Experience

• Qualified accountant or finance professional, with demonstrable experience in accounting and customer relations
• Fluent in Italian (English not mandatory but desirable).
• A dynamic and proactive individual able to work in a dynamic environment.
• Good organisational skills
• Self-motivated and autonomous.
• Good interpersonal skills to form effective working relationships with people at all levels of the School.
• Able to articulate him or herself in a clear and concise manner in writing and verbally.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.

International Schools Partnership

The International Schools Partnership (ISP) is creating a leading learning-centred international family of private schools that provide high quality education for 2 - 18 year olds. ISP has grown rapidly over the past 9 years and is now one of the largest schools’ groups globally and currently has 80+ schools, delivering multiple curricula and building on local brands and reputations, operating in 9 regions with ambitions to be 120 schools within 4 years.  With over 50,000 students and 9,000 staff it is a complex group and one which is growing very rapidly both through investment in its existing schools, opening new schools and through acquiring schools.  

The Europe region currently has 10 schools. In Italy there are currently 3 schools spread across Milan, Bergamo and Alexandria, offering a combination of international and national curricula to nearly 3,200 students.  ISP’s operating model is to support schools through a regional team.

Our Vision is to be an international schools group of quality and scale recognised across local communities and the education sector for amazing learning, ambition and growth. We believe that successful schools are the ones that put learning first, always aiming to create rounded individuals that are able to forge successful careers and lives in a rapidly changing world. Progressively, our goal is to position our schools as the leading School of Choice in their local area.

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 well-being 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 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.

ISP Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

ISP is committed to strengthening our inclusive culture by identifying, hiring, developing, and retaining high-performing teammates regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender expression, age, disability status, neurodivergence, socio-economic background or other demographic characteristics. Candidates who share our vision and principles and are interested in contributing to the success of ISP through this role are strongly encouraged to apply.