Finance Officer/social Care

5 months ago

London, United Kingdom MLH TRANSPORT LIMITED Full time

**PURPOSE OF THE JOB**:

- To make payments for Adult Social Care services on time and in accordance with payment processes and Council standing orders.
- To carry out all associated administrative and financial tasks to support the payment function.
- To carry out monitoring reviews of service users expenditure in accordance with Direct Payments procedures.

**MAIN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY**:
The post holder will have lead responsibility and accountability for the following:

- **Payments**
- To run, check and release Mosaic payment cycles in accordance with the agreed timescales.
- To reconcile payment cycles to the financial management system.
- To generate and distribute the home care supplier return to agreed timetable.
- To process all homecare payments and other ad hoc social care payments in accordance with payment procedures.
- To respond to customer / provider queries liaising with purchasing teams to resolve queries and expedite prompt payment.
- To be responsible for the recovery of overpayments and pursue debts in accordance with agreed procedures.
- To administer the petty cash account and the prepayment card arrangements for emergency / ad hoc payments as required by the service area.

**Direct payment Monitoring**
- To request monitoring returns from Direct Payment Scheme service users and monitor receipt, carry out checks for accuracy and arrange for budget holder sign off to agreed timescale.
- Identify non-compliance to monitoring procedures and take action to suspend or recover payments made.
- Recover all outstanding balances on Direct Payment Accounts and Pre-payment cards at annual balance review or closure.
- Respond to enquiries from service users and liaise with the Direct Payment Support Team to resolve queries.

**KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE**
- Knowledge and experience of accounting procedures in local authority or equivalent.
- Knowledge and experience of Accounts Payable.
- A general knowledge of Adults Social Care and Direct Payment Scheme.
- Experience of using spreadsheets for the provision of analysis of financial management information.

Experience of using Databases and MY OFFICE (Outlook, Word, Excel, E-Docs etc.) in the work environment on daily basis to a competent standard and speed.
- Knowledge and experience of operating financial administrative system Cedar and the Homecare Management System Mosaic would be an advantage.
- To have knowledge and understanding of equality and diversity issues and experience of delivering user sensitive services.

**ABILITY AND SKILLS**
- Ability to use, analyse and interpret financial and non-financial information.
- Ability to reconcile complex manual / computerised accounts to strict deadlines.
- Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing and to provide a responsive financial support / advisory within the department.
- Ability to determine priorities and work on own initiative.
- Ability to contribute to the development, implementation and monitoring of financial and administrative systems.
- Ability to work collaboratively with operational staff and managers and to assist them in the effective discharge of finance responsibilities.
- Ability to work effectively in a team.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Temp to perm
Contract length: 12 months

**Salary**: £18.00-£19.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance

Ability to commute/relocate:

- London, E9: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Accounting (required)
- local authority (required)
- Accounts payable (required)
- Social Care and Direct Payment Scheme. (required)
- spreadsheets (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: MLH962706

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