The ICT Service MIS Team provides SIMS training courses specifically for new school administrators and these are now available in a variety of attractively-priced session bundle options.
The ICT Service MIS Team provides FMS training courses specifically for new school finance staff and these are now available in a variety of attractively-priced bundle options below.
We recommend that all new school finance staff complete at least the ‘FMS New User’ full course, but the options outlined below allow for a choice of complementary courses to be purchased at the same time at a discounted bundle price.
All workshops comply with correct and current processes and procedures required by FMS, DfE and the local authority county finance team.
Each Session Bundle Option also includes a delegate place to attend the regular FMS Roadshow (usual price £35 per delegate per roadshow). Held in the spring term, our FMS Roadshow provides an ideal time and place to get much needed peer support and for updates / developments to be shared with you by our experienced consultant trainers.
This bundle comprises four half-day workshops and the FMS Roadshow; each session is designed to take the new user through the monthly processes required to be carried out by the school and the county finance team, adhering to the financial regulations for schools.
Session 1: Accounts Payable, Purchase Orders, Invoicing, Cheque Processing / Barclays 3-Day Payments (for those schools using BACS or schools looking to move to BACS).
Session 2: Handling Income including Cashbook, Non-invoiced income.
Session 3: Preparing systems for Period End and exporting reports into the County BCR or the Academy month end reporting requirements.
Session 4: Budget Adjustments Profiles and CFR Mapping.
FMS Roadshow – typical two-hour roadshow taking place in the spring term.
This bundle comprises the content of the FMS Basic Bundle, two half-day workshops and the FMS Roadshow; each session is designed to take the new user through the full financial year processes required to be carried out by the school and the county finance team, adhering to the financial regulations for schools.
FMS New User Course – Four half-day workshops as outlined in the FMS Basic Bundle.
FMS Year End and Structure Management – a half-day workshop to prepare systems for Financial Year End. Editing Structure.
FMS Budget Input and Managing Commitment – a half-day workshop tackling Budget Input into FMS from the County Budget Toolkit Structure, changes and setup.
This bundle comprises the content of the FMS Basic PLUS Bundle, the Streamlining the Link Between Agora & FMS Workshop AND YOUR CHOICE of THREE Additional Courses as listed in ‘Your Options a Glance’.
Streamlining the Link Between Agora & FMS Workshop.
AND THREE Additional courses of your choice.
This bundle comprises the content of the FMS Full Cycle Bundle AND YOUR CHOICE of SIX Additional Courses as listed in ‘Your Options at a Glance’.
Paperless Finance Office PLUS 3-Day Payments Set-Up Workshop.
AND SIX Additional courses of your choice.
recommend you include in your bundle.