Job Introduction
Job Role: Finance Officer
Hours: 37 hours per week
Pay Rate: £28,000 per annum
Location: Hybrid Role once training completed. Office Address: Taunton TA1 2PX
Shift Patterns: Monday - Thursday 8.30am - 5pm Friday
What We're Looking For:
* Experience working within a busy finance environment
* High degree of computer literacy and system proficiency - good existing knowledge of Excel including lookup formulae and pivot tables; willingness to learn more
* Experience of credit control procedures, and understanding of Sales Ledger processes
* Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
* Effective communication skills both written and verbal
About Us:
As a major care provider in Southern England and one of the largest not-for-profit care companies in the UK, Somerset Care offers an extensive, holistic range of care and support services, tailored to an individual's needs.
As a Finance Officer you will:
* Work closely with the Community & Realise administrators and Systems Support, ensure that all invoices are either printed and distributed, or extracted electronically for additional processing where necessary, to meet invoice calendar deadlines.
* Adjustment of local authority invoices via extensive use of Excel, with varying formats to meet individual requirements of relevant County Council or NHS organisation.
* Export of invoices from the care planning system (Roster) into the general ledger system (Sun) and reconciliation of any differences.
* Processing of any necessary income/accounting adjustments in our Sun sales ledger system.
* Implementing and following robust credit control procedures, with support from colleagues and the Finance Manager as needed. This will involve liaison, either verbally or in writing, with local authorities, Community & Realise staff, and service users, to review and progress appropriate action to achieve effective debt recovery.
* Preparing aged debtor lists and credit control reports in Excel for review with managers.
* Ensure that queries from external customers and internal staff are dealt with professionally and within reasonable timescales.
At Somerset Care, we place a strong emphasis on supporting our team and providing them with outstanding benefits:
* Wagestream: Access your earned wages before payday.
* So Much More Rewarding: Save an average of £1,000 annually with discounts at thousands of high street retailers.
* Exceptional training & development with recognised qualifications.
* The Hub online learning platform - your one-stop destination for continued growth.
* 24/7 Free counselling service for you and your family.
* Fully paid induction and DBS paid by Somerset Care.
* And much more
Attached documents:
* Support Centre Finance Officer Job - Support Centre Finance Officer Job Description