R102 - Financial Administration Officer - Colindale United Kingdom
Job description
About the role:
This role in the Finance Team is office based and is primarily concerned with carrying out the means testing and annual financial reviews on families receiving allowances. Other duties will be varied including raising and processing invoices, making payment to families, young people and carers and making travel arrangements for staff and clients.
You must be able to manage and schedule reviews in an efficient manner, keeping the review timetable on track and capable of working with families that fall behind in the process.
About you:
We are looking for a dynamic and motivated person to fill this post within the Finance Team, providing a financial administrative service for Family Services. You will be working in a team delivering high quality, responsive financial support, advice and information to the entire service. As an integral part of the team, you will be providing financial management information and advice to budget holders to enable them to monitor and manage their budgets.
Good knowledge and experience of e-finance systems in a large organisation would be an advantage.
The Successful Applicant will be:
- Experienced working within a finance function and ideally of carrying out similar reviews
- Highly numerate with excellent attention to detail
- Capable of working in a demanding environment
- Able to work independently and to tight deadlines
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- A proficient Excel user
- Confident working with different systems (any experience with Integra/CONTROCC would be a bonus)
- Confident when dealing directly with families and providers
About Family Services:
The aim of the Family Service is to ensure that all children and young people in Barnet achieve the best possible outcomes and to enable them to become successful adults, especially our most vulnerable children. They should be supported by high quality, integrated and inclusive services that identify additional support needs early, are accessible, responsive and affordable for the individual child and their family.
About Barnet Council
Barnet is a borough with much to be proud of. Our excellent schools, vibrant town centres, vast green spaces, and diverse communities all help make it a wonderful place to live and work. As a council we want to build on these strengths as we move into the future. We are growing and developing as an organisation to meet the challenges facing our borough and we are committed to working with partner organisations and residents to make Barnet even better. As an organisation, our staff are committed to Our Values: Caring, Learning to Improve, Inclusive, Collaborate.
What we offer:
- 30 days annual leave, plus public and bank holidays
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, which provides a valuable guaranteed income in your retirement together with security for your dependents
- Work-life balance options may include hybrid working, flexitime, job share, home working, part-time
- A vast range of lifestyle discounts from major retailers, supermarkets, energy suppliers and more
- Broad range of payroll benefits including cycle to work, eye care vouchers, travel and gym membership
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Employee well- being training programs including confidential employee assistance
How to apply:
Read the job description and person specification before clicking ‘Apply’ to commence the online application form. If you would like any further information about the role before applying, please contact Shital Shah - Finance Manager [email protected]
Interviews are planned for W/C 17.04.23
Barnet Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Barnet operates stringent safer recruitment procedures.
To deliver Barnet Council’s commitment to equality of opportunity in the provision of services, all staff are expected to promote equality in the workplace and in the services the Council delivers. As such we value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds including from the LGBT+ community, genders, ages, disabilities, faiths/beliefs and candidates from Black, Asian, and ethnic minority backgrounds. For further information, please read our equality statement.
Barnet Council embraces all forms of flexible working (including part-time, compressed hours, and remote working) and is committed to offering employees a healthy work-life balance. Candidates are encouraged to talk about relevant requirements and preferences at interview. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.
Barnet Council is a Disability Confident Committed Employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme, further details are available at www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply
All posts with the council are subject to a probationary period of six months, during which time you will be required to demonstrate to the council satisfaction your suitability for the position in which you will be employed.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close vacancies before the stated closing date if sufficient number of applications are received. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible.
Please ensure you regularly check the email account (including JUNK MAIL folders) that you use to submit your application, as any further communication regarding your application will be sent electronically. Should you not hear from us within four working weeks of the closing date for this post, then regretfully in this instance, you have not been shortlisted.
