We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Wirral to assist with the appointment of a Finance Officer, on a 3-month contract, highly likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £13.41 - £16.71 per hour

Summary:

Responsible for providing financial and administrative services which support the Fostering teams operations, and which meet local and statutory reporting requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Provide advice and guidance both to colleagues, customers including providers on services, policies and processes including non-routine enquiries to ensure that correct procedures are being applied.
• Provide and promote a customer focused service.
• Develop constructive working relationships with colleagues and customers including providers. Liaise with customers proactively
• Undertake a range of financial management processes, including processing orders, payments and invoicing, petty cash, resolving non-standard issues, reconciling accounts and handling cash.
• Responsible for ensuring accuracy of information and payments that impact on budgets or financial controls.

Qualifications:

• Excellent literacy and numeracy skills to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent.

• Experience of basic data input entry to business support systems and extrapolation.
• Understanding of confidentiality requirements.
• Experience of working in a customer service or office environment.
  Able to work to deadlines.

Please note:

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent. Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Incase the role requires an enhanced DBS, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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