Adults Finance Assistant - Woking, United Kingdom - Surrey County Council

Surrey County Council

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Woking, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Introduction

The salary for this role is £26,569 per annum for 36 hours per week (pro-rata for part-time staff)

What we can offer you:

26 days annual leave with the option to also buy additional leave if required (prorata for parttime staff)
Agile working opportunities your work/life balance is important to us
(For the first couple of weeks, the expectation would be that the role would be more office based to enable the initial on the job training to take place)

Training and Development superb opportunities for development
A supportive, 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
Car lease scheme and many more discounted lifestyle benefits, please visit MyBenefits for Surrey County Council staff for more information

About the role

Are you interested in joining the North West Finance Team who are looking to recruit a Finance Assistant to join their busy and supportive team? This role is integral to the delivery of services across Surrey.

The role of a
Finance Assistant involves working as part of a team providing financial support to ensure the efficient operation of an area Finance Team, to ensure it meets the needs of people who use the service and their Carers.

The role provides opportunity to shadow senior staff with a view to progressing your career.

This key role involves processing invoices and payments for services, to ensure accurate and timely payment to suppliers, providers, and people who use services.

You will also support the team to prepare and reconcile monthly finance returns.

You will be responsible for processing and reconciling payments to clients to enable them to purchase their own care via a Direct Payment, as well as managing payments in accordance with corporate and service policies and procedures.

Minimum AAT level 4 or an equivalent apprenticeship qualification or be willing to study for an equivalent diploma or qualification, this will be essential
Your communication skills and ability to work as part of a team to ensure accurate and timely financial information
Your experience of working with and interpreting financial data & interpreting it with your through your problem solving and analytical skills
General administration such as monitoring of mailboxes, following up queries, filing and providing customer service/cover for the team

At Surrey, our values and behaviours are just as important as our skills and abilities. They shape who we are as an organisation. Find out more about the values we follow.
Additional Information
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 25th June 2023.

Interviews will take place on 5th July 2023.

An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.

Contact Details

Benefits
From flexible working to job sharing we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance.

For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit MyBenefits for Surrey County Council staff.

**Our Commitment