Business Support Administrator

Location: Chorley PR7 6RA, UK

Job type: Permanent / Full Time

Sector & subsector: Office Support / Office Administration

**Salary**: Competitive Annual

We are seeking a proactive and dynamic full-time **Business Support Administrator**with strong IT and organisational skills, excellent communication abilities, a keen eye for detail, and a genuine enjoyment of working with numbers, to join our team in **Chorley**.

**About Us**:
**Family Care** are a family owned social care provider working therapeutically with children for over 30 years across the North West and Midlands; we are committed to creating a safe, nurturing, and supportive environment where every child and young person can thrive.

**About the Role**:
As a Business Support Administrator, you will play a vital part in ensuring the smooth operation of our finance and business services and provide high quality administrative support across all departments**.**

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Finance**

- Produce and circulate monthly payroll sheets and assist when required in setting up salary payments.
- Assist with compilation and payment of Foster Carer payments.
- Daily admin of pre paid cards including checking receipts and maintaining cash balances.
- Produce sales invoices for all companies and follow up any discrepancies.
- Process purchase ledger invoices in accordance with procedures and set up pay runs as required.
- Ensure all invoices are paid on time and follow up any discrepancies with customers. Produce weekly debtors’ reports noting progress.
- Assist with preparation for annual audit.
- Assist with daily bank reconciliation, including matching receipts, identifying unknow payments and flagging discrepancies.
- Assist in maintaining the fixed assets register, registering new assets and ensuring documents are filed correctly.
- Support Assistant Accountant in the review and verification of VAT postings to ensure correct coding and compliance with VAT rules.
- Checking daily cashflow balances in absence of Assistant Accountant and advising Finance Manager of transfers required.
- Check and authorise supplier pay run in absence of Assistant Accountant to make sure all payments match to invoices and all bank details are correct.

**General Business Support**

- Provide reception service on phone/in person including and managing business support in-box during time on reception as and when requested.
- Open and record incoming post. Frank and dispatch outgoing post.
- Undertake archiving by scanning and shredding documents.
- Deal with any helpdesk tickets raised on telephone issues.

**What We’re Looking For**:

- Strong administrative skills with attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and follow procedures
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Proficiency in finance systems (knowledge of Xero is a plus)
- Commitment to confidentiality and safeguarding children

**What We Offer**:

- Salary: up to £27,000 per annum
- Work in a friendly and supportive environment
- Be part of a team that promotes the welfare of children and families
- Home based - Hybrid working environment
- Access to Paycare and Employee Assistance Programme
- Contributory Pension
- Sick Pay (after qualifying period)-
- **Work with us**:

- We employ people with a range of Social Care experience including Social Workers, Educators and Level 3 Qualified Residential Care staff.
- Our core values

**Together, we are AGILE**:

- **Aspire**:

- To be the best we can be-
- **Grow**:

- Continuously improve and develop-
- **Innovate**:

- Think outside the box-
- **Legacy**:

- Leave a positive impact-
- **Ethical**:

- Always do the right thing