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Accounts & Financial Management

Manage income, expenses, bank accounts, budgets, fee income and advanced accounting reports from JestEdu.

Accounts menu Income & Expense Banking & Transfers Finance Monitor Budget Planning Jest Finance Pro

Accounts menu

Tool	What it is used for
Profit & Loss	Compare income and expenses for the selected period and determine the operating surplus or deficit.
Income	Record and manage non-fee and other income transactions.
Expense	Record school expenditure and maintain supporting details.
Chart Of Account	Organize the accounts used to classify financial transactions.
Bank Account	Maintain the bank accounts used by the school.
Fund Transfer	Record movement of funds between configured accounts.
Finance Monitor	Review financial activity and trends from one management view.
Budget Planning	Prepare and compare school budgets against collections and planned spending.
Ai Finance Drill	Use JestEdu's finance analysis tools to drill into financial information and identify areas requiring attention.
Fees Income Report	Review income generated from fee collection.
Jest Finance Pro	Access journal entries, general ledger, trial balance and balance sheet functionality.

Income, Expense & Profit/Loss

Use Income to record incoming funds that should appear in the accounts and Expense to record expenditure. Classify transactions under the appropriate income or expense head so reports remain meaningful.

Keep financial records classifiedConsistent use of the correct account or income head makes Profit & Loss, Finance Monitor and other reports easier to reconcile.

Profit & Loss summarizes income and expenses over the selected period. Use it as a management report, then drill into the underlying income or expense entries when a total needs explanation.

Bank Accounts & Fund Transfers

Use Bank Account to maintain the school's configured banking records. When money moves from one configured account to another, use Fund Transfer so the movement is recorded as a transfer rather than duplicated as new income or expense.

Finance Monitor & Fees Income

Finance Monitor provides management visibility into financial activity. Fees Income Report focuses specifically on income generated through the fees workflow. When fee totals do not match expectations, compare the fees reports with the relevant collection records before editing transactions.

Budget Planning

Budget Planning allows management to prepare financial targets and compare planned values with actual collections and expenditure. Use the correct academic year and period, review the assumptions behind each budget line, and update the budget only through authorized school processes.

Jest Finance Pro

Report / Register	Purpose
Journal Entries	Record and review accounting entries that affect the ledger.
General Ledger	View transactions grouped by ledger account.
Trial Balance	Review debit and credit balances before preparing financial statements.
Balance Sheet	Review the school's financial position based on configured ledger balances.

Accounting controlsFinancial adjustments should be made by authorized staff and supported by the school's source documents and approval process. Avoid deleting or re-entering transactions simply to force a report total to match.