Financial Assessment Officer - Derby, United Kingdom - Derby City Council

Derby City Council

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Derby, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Application closing date

28/03/2024

Working Pattern

Full time

Salary

Grade F:
£27,803 - £30,296 a year

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full time

Job category/type

Finance / Accounting

Attachments

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Job description

Directorate:
Chief Executives

Hours: 37 hours a week

Contract Type:
Temporary for minimum 12 months - Possibility of extending for a further year
We're looking for experienced Financial Assessment Officers to join our friendly team based in Derby City centre.

The Social Care Charging team plays a key role in serving the people of Derby ensuring that customers receive a fair, accurate financial assessment and any financial contribution required is clearly communicated to them.

The Social Care Charging team is also responsible for ensuring that care providers receive accurate payments for the services they provide.

If you have proven financial assessment experience and want to make a difference this is an exciting time to join our existing Financial Assessment team.

You will be joining us at the start of our transformation journey, utilising new technology and reviewing processes, to enable us to provide enhanced support, service and guidance to our customers and suppliers - so you should be happy in an environment that is evolving and changing.

If you enjoy working with figures, have excellent attention to detail but enjoy communicating often complex information to a range of audiences in a clear way we'd love to hear from you.

Who We Are

Here at Derby City Council, we're dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands.

People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities.

Find out more about what it's like to work for us.

What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you'll also receive:

Flexible work/life balance scheme
Hybrid working
Modern office environment
Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
27 days annual leave
Local Government Pension Scheme
Team Derby Rewards retail and leisure discounts
Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
Employee Assistance Programmes & Support
Access to our Equality Employee Networks
LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network
Support for colleagues who are carers

The Opportunity
In the role of Financial Assessment Officer, here's an example of what you'll be doing to make an impact:

Assessing financial information to calculate care and support charges in relation to the requirements of the relevant legislation, Council policies and procedures
Utilising IT systems to record, assess, review and report on financial assessment information and ensure financial records are accurately maintained
Update IT systems as required to enable the collection of all relevant charges, monitor payment of these and take recovery action in cases of nonpayment
Update IT systems as required to provide accurate and timely payments to customers and providers, monitor payment of these and take recovery action where required in accordance with the appropriate legislation
Carry out monitoring, reviews and reconciliation of customer accounts as required to ensure expenditure complies with the relevant legislation, Council Policy and procedures

About You
To be successful in this role, you'll ideally have...

Financial Assessment Experience
GCSE Maths & English Grade A
C or equivalent qualification
Experience of working in a customer focused financial administrative role
Experience of accurately maintaining computerised financial systems and payment systems
High level of numeracy skills
Ability to record and present information accurately
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with sensitive and challenging issues in a confident and professional manner with a variety of audiences
Very good working knowledge of MS Office inc. Excel, Outlook & Word

If you've got the below experience that'd be great, but it's certainly not essential:

Debt recovery experience
Experience of working with state benefit rules

Experience of adhering to Financial Regulations & Procedures

Next Steps
Interviews will be held within - 2 weeks of the closing date of the vacancy

Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.

All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.

Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.

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