Finance Assistant

3 weeks ago


Newbury, United Kingdom Akton Recruitment Full time

**Finance Assistant - 3-Month Contract (Hybrid)**

**Location**: Newbury, Berkshire

**Contract Type**: Temporary (3 months)

**Working Hours**: Hybrid - 2 days a week in the office

**Pay**: £13.30 per hour

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Finance Assistant to join a Local Authority team based in Newbury, Berkshire, on a 3-month contract. This is a hybrid role, with the flexibility to work two days a week in the office and the remainder remotely.

**Responsibilities**:

- ** Invoice Processing and Reconciliation**:

- Process and reconcile all Council invoices into the Care Director and Agresso Financial Systems.
- Check invoices for accuracy and liaise with relevant Services/Suppliers to resolve queries.
- ** Direct Payments**:

- Reconciliation and payment of Direct Payments for Adult Social Care and Children's Services Teams.
- ** Care Payments**:

- Process and pay Foster Care, Leaving Care, and Adult Shared Lives payments to carers and young people.
- Manage funding payments to Schools/Pre-Schools.
- ** Data Management**:

- Reconciliation and transfer of files between systems.
- Run relevant validation reports to ensure data accuracy.
- ** Weekly Payments**:

- Process and reconcile weekly payments to the Council's suppliers and Housing Benefit claimants.
- ** Invoicing**:

- Raise client invoices through the Agresso system.
- ** Customer Service**:

- Investigate and resolve customer and supplier queries.
- Assist in managing debts for service users.

**Qualifications**:

- Essential: 5 GCSEs including Maths and English (A - C grades).
- Desirable: NVQ in Business Administration.

**Experience**:

- Three years of experience working within a financial environment.
- Experience in handling large volumes of data entry.
- Experience of working in a customer-focused environment.
- Must be able to communicate effectively with both internal and external customers and suppliers.

If you have the required qualifications and experience, and you are looking for a challenging and rewarding role within a dynamic local authority environment, please apply.



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