Central Funding Administrator

Job Title: Central Funding Administrator

Reports to: Funding Manager

Employment Type: Permanent, Full time 35 hours per week

Based: Remote

About the role

As we gear up for the upcoming year, we're thrilled to announce plans to expand our funding team. With the anticipation of the government’s rollout of additional funded childcare, we're on the lookout for dedicated individuals to join us in making a positive impact. If you're passionate about supporting early education and have the skills to navigate funding dynamics, we want you on our team Get ready to be a key player in ensuring every child gets the care and education they deserve.

In this role, you'll handling termly and monthly funding claims, ensuring accurate records on local authority portals, and efficiently managing funding allocations on our billing system.

About Busy Bees and our culture

Established in 1983 we are now not only the largest but also the leading provider of childcare in the UK and the fourth largest provider in the world with almost 1000 Centre's globally to date.

Working at Busy Bees offers several benefits, including competitive pay, flexible scheduling, opportunities for professional development and advancement. We also offer a supportive and collaborative work environment where you can learn from experienced colleagues and make meaningful connections here.

**Benefits**:

- Sector leading Family Leave.
- Remote working
- Big Benefits. Dedicated 24/7 employee benefits and wellbeing platform ‘Hive’ with retail, cinema, and travel discounts
- Childcare discounts.
- Birthdays off.
- Further Training and development. Access to our own training company to help support you in your development and gaining further qualifications.

**Responsibilities**:

- Advise and support Centre Directors on funding related matters.
- Manage local authority updates, actioning as per company processes.
- Update term dates and Early Years rates on the nursery billing system.
- Extract ad hoc, monthly, and termly data from Nurserycare to Excel.
- Validate Funding Codes on LA portals within HMRC and company deadlines.
- Process Early Years funding claims accurately in line with Local Authority schedules.
- Track and reconcile outstanding Early Years payments, addressing discrepancies.
- Maintain precise records of funding on local authority portals and nursery billing system.
- Process milk claims and Childcare Grant (CCG) following company procedures.
- Identify children eligible for EYPP and 2YO funding, providing details to centres.
- Regularly communicate with centres, reviewing changes, leavers, joiners, etc.
- Review the validity of local authority refund requests and process parent paperwork.

Key skills & Experience
- Minimum of 2 year’s experience working within a finance environment.
- Practical experience with Nurserycare or other billing systems is desirable.
- Ability to work effectively without supervision.
- Excel knowledge to intermediate level is essential.
- Ability to manage workloads and prioritise based on matter of importance to ensure deadlines are met.