Finance Support Coordinator

Posted 24 Mar 2023

Cambridge County Council

Scott House, Huntingdon. PE29 3AD (Accounting / Finance)


Job Type:permanentDuration:
Category:Accounting / FinanceRecruiter Reference:Ref/9470/1461
URL for Applications:Apply HereSalary:£30151 - £32020

Cambridgeshire County Council is looking for 2 full time Finance Coordinators, 1 sitting within our Fostering Service and the other within Corporate Parenting. These roles are critical in ensuring that our young people in care and or care leavers receive monies, and our Foster Carers are paid.

This is a great opportunity to further develop your career in finance as well as taking on a managerial role. The team has experienced and permanent Financial Assistants in post with established links to the service areas.

 

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

  • Flexible working
  • Flexible Bank Holidays
  • A comprehensive wellbeing package
  • Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
  • A comprehensive pension scheme
  • IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
  • Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
  • An employee recognition scheme
What will you be doing?

You will be responsible for

  • managing up to 3 Finance Assistants and ensuring policy and process is followed
  • monitoring budgets and ensuring payments are made accurately and promptly
  • resolving complex queries with invoices and other payments
  • ensuring accurate budget reconciliation
  • ensuring effective debt management processes are in place and providing support to budget holders

Please refer to the Job description for further details.

 

If you have financial experience and want to support the positive work that the Council does in supporting children and young people, we are keen to hear from you.

 

 

About you

We are keen to support your development within the role and you will have access to apprenticeships and other training opportunities as well as monthly supervision.

The successful applicant will be expected to be in the Office at least twice a week and working at home the other days.

The Financial Coordinator salary grade is S01 paid between £30,151 to £32,020 subject to experience.

 

Interviews will be on Friday 14th April 2023

If you wish to discuss these posts, please contact Anita Hewson Fostering Head of Service

Anita.hewson@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to reflect this diversity, which we believe is beneficial for our employees, the organisation and the communities we serve. 

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities. 

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. 

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers

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