PT SEN Finance Officer/Admin – Resources
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Temporary PT SEN Finance Officer/Admin – Resources
Job Ref: Cheshire W 5254652Pay Rate: £12.38 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 18.50 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
Remote working but an exception to be available if required at The Portal in Ellesmere Port.
The purpose of the role is to provide business and administrative support across to the Special Educational Needs (SEN) Service. To make sure that the SEN Team complies with corporate procurement, invoicing and supplier payment verification and processing activities.To provide financial support and advice to customers and providers.
Key Responsibilities:
Process and co-ordinate all procurement and payment related activity for the SEN Team including raising orders, invoicing and supplier payment verification and processing activities/reconciliations.Maintain and monitor financial and administrative systems, creating purchase requisitions, requests for payments, mark view, handling payments, to enable supervisors and managers to maintain budgets efficiently and effectively in accordance with financial regulations.
Receive and action requests for services via email, telephone, post or face to face, determining their importance and priority responding directly where possible or in the case of sensitive or complex requests, refer these to a more senior colleague thereby ensuring that service needs are met and business levels are maintained.
Maintain and monitor the use of financial and administrative information systems and databases in operation ensuring the accuracy, quality and integrity of the data base and systems, that proper control is exercised and that all data and information is accessible to enable services and managers to meet statutory requirements and meet service needs.
Respond to all internal and external communications sensitively, diplomatically and using discretion to provide up to date, constant and accurate advice, guidance and information in accordance with relevant regulations, policies and procedures, to ensure standards are maintained and business needs are met.
Monitor the performance of the teams, identify areas for improvement and make recommendations for action to supervisors and managers in order to contribute to the achievement of service and corporate objectives.Assist with monitoring any Service Level Agreements, making any payments due and monitoring any statistical returns providing these as required.
Assist with the preparation of statistics/analysis of work outstanding, including end of year returns.
Be aware of special educational needs and disability related legislation and to keep abreast of developments.
Support any ICT requirements, testing and implementing any new and existing systems, and upgrades.
Qualifications:
GCSE (or equivalent) in at least five subjects (at grade C or above) including Mathematics and English.Relevant NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent).
Skills & Experience:
Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.Sound working knowledge of the Councils Ordering, invoicing and payment systems and procedures.
Experience of working in financial / administrative environment.
Proven experience in dealing with customers, providing advice and information on a 1 to 1 basis.
Experience in communicating with vulnerable members of the community and effectively with other organisations.
Experience of Oracle/Liquidlogic/ Controcc/ Financial systems.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite, Adobe Pro).
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms.We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
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Job Ref: Cheshire W 5254652
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