Adults Finance Assistant – Scott House, United Kingdom
Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About the role
Finance Assistant – Adults Finance Team
Are you looking for a rewarding finance role where your work directly supports Adult Social Care services across Cambridgeshire?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Assistant to join our friendly and supportive Adults Finance Team. This role is ideal for someone with strong administrative and customer service skills who enjoys working with financial information, solving problems and helping people.
As a Finance Assistant, you will play a vital role in ensuring that adult social care services are accurately funded, providers are paid correctly, and service users receive timely and accurate invoices. You will support a wide range of financial processes including billing, payments, direct payments administration, debt management and customer enquiries.
You will work closely with colleagues across Adult Social Care, service users, families, care providers and partner organisations, helping to resolve queries and provide an excellent customer experience.
This is a full-time permanent position (37 hours per week) with Scott House, Huntingdon as your contractual office base. The team currently works largely remotely, supporting flexible ways of working, although attendance at Scott House will be required to meet service and business needs.
We are looking for someone who is organised, self-motivated and committed to delivering high standards of accuracy and customer service. In return, you’ll join a team that values collaboration, continuous improvement and personal development.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Jo Drennan by email: jo.drennan@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
About you
We’re looking for someone who can demonstrate:
- Experience of working with financial systems, records or financial administration.
- Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook.
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
- The ability to prioritise workloads and work effectively to deadlines.
- Strong communication and customer service skills, particularly when dealing with sensitive enquiries.
- Confidence in building positive relationships with colleagues, service users, families and external providers.
- The ability to work independently while contributing positively to team objectives.
- An understanding of confidentiality, data protection and handling sensitive information appropriately.
Desirable
- Experience within Adult Social Care, local government or a public sector environment.
- Experience of direct payments, invoicing, debt recovery or finance administration.
- Knowledge of social care charging and financial assessment processes.
About usCambridgeshire 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.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.https://youtu.be/DDE1nplZttYVisit 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.http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers…