Job: Finance Business Support Officer
Job Location: Gloucester or Lancaster
Pay scale: £23,810 to £25,346 pro rata
Hours: Part-time - 15 hours per week
Closing date: 31/01/25
Please find full role description below and email your application form to staceyh@communityfostercare.co.uk in the first instance. The application form can be downloaded below.
Key drivers of considerations
As Finance Business Support Officer, you will at all times:
Work consistently within Community Foster Care’s values and contribute to achieving its mission;
Seek to develop and enhance good working practice (to include suitable levels of work performance) for yourself and for your team.
Promote Community Foster Care’s reputation and protect its ability to achieve its mission.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
To support the Finance Manager with all finance functions as required. This includes (but is not limited to): accounts receivable, accounts payable, direct income and expenditure, petty cash etc.
Prepare and input supplier payments and reconcile against accounts
To Liaise with Foster Carers about payment matters and prepare annual foster carer statements.
To record and monitor petty cash and expenses claims including reconciliations.
To use the organisations accounting software (Xero) confidently and appropriately.
To complete all tasks related to daily banking, invoices and data entry.
To Support the administration of corporate credit cards and expense claims.
To assist colleagues, as required, with the weekly purchase orders. Making purchases where appropriate approval has been given.
To work within the framework of the organisation’s Finance Policy.
To Support Supervising Social Workers with cost agreements and Individual Placement Agreements.
Support the wider business support team to ensure a consistent level of support e.g. answering phones, welcoming guests etc.