Finance Assistant Corporate Parenting

3 months contract with a Cambridgeshire based Local Authority.

Job Summary:

To accurately process Corporate Parenting transactions ensuring that Providers and Carers are paid in a timely manner.

To ensure that all details relating to the setup of Provider s and Carer s bank and payment details are processed and implemented on ERP and ContrOCC in a timely manner.

To support Providers Carers and Corporate Parenting Managers to understand and resolve queries regarding invoices and other noninvoice payments.

To assist with the monitoring of budgets in accordance with County Council financial processes systems and instructions and complete regular integrity checks to ensure that all payments made are correct and the Commitment Record accurately reflects full year costs.

To ensure that all paperwork relating to the setup of Direct Payments is received and saved in order to provide appropriate audit trail.

To contribute to effective debt management processes and provide financial support to budget holders where required.

Key Duties/Accountabilities:

Accurate loading of all Corporate Parenting payments onto the Commitments Records and associated systems to ensure that accurate payments are made.

To ensure that Other Local Authority s contributions are recorded correctly and invoices generated in a timely manner.

Ensure that all financial data is recorded in a consistent and accurate way across all systems.

Provide financial statistics to relevant managers as requested in order to comply with CCC regulations.

Ensure duties are undertaken with due regard to the Council s financial regulations national charging guidance and departmental policies and procedures.

Ensure all invoices bills and other charging correspondence sent to other Authorities (and/or their representatives) are accurate meet quality standards and adhere to agreed processes.

To ensure all Suppliers/Carers are set up accurately so that payments are generated and made correctly.

Dealing with and resolving Provider/Carer queries including the ceasing of provision.

To be proactive in dealing with Provider/Carer queries either around payments made or charges applied.

Record investigate and sensitively resolve Provider/Carer enquiries referring complex matters to line manager for advice or reallocation as appropriate.

Highlight and investigate issues in relation to Debt providing a resolution where possible.

Assist with monitoring and/or management of budgets in accordance with County Council financial processes systems and instructions as necessary.

Complying with GDPR rules and policies.

Sensitive dealing with data especially when it comes to service users (Children and Carers).

Essential Experience Required:

Must have ContrOCC system experience.

Must have Corporate Parenting Processes experience.

Additional information to note:

Hybrid one day in Council office in Huntingdon. 4 days working from home.

The closing date for this position is Friday 06/09/2024.