Job Description
We are currently working on the below opportunity for a SEN Finance Coordinator working with an East Midlands based Local Authority to lead and manage the SEN Payments Finance function, ensuring customer-focused, best-practice financial services through effective resource and performance management.
SEN Finance Coordinator
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: 6 Months Initially (likely extension) or 12 Month FTC
Rate: Negotiable Hourly Rate (Inside IR35)
Hybrid Working Arrangement
Key Responsibilities:
* Lead and manage the SEN Payments Finance function, ensuring delivery is compliant with legislation, regulation, and best practice
* Develop and maintain strong partnerships with internal departments, care pathway leads, external providers, and agencies
* Ensure effective communication and coordination of financial processes, including provider engagement and response to queries
* Oversee staff performance, setting clear targets aligned with service priorities, managing development, and ensuring accountability
* Manage budgets and resources effectively, ensuring financial controls, reconciliation processes, and data integrity across systems (e.g., Oracle, Synergy, Mosaic)
* Ensure service performance, using data and performance indicators to inform decision-making and drive continuous improvement
* Support and lead service transformation, contributing to the redesign of finance systems, processes, and structures in collaboration with Strategic Finance and Children’s Services
* Deliver governance and compliance, overseeing responses to complaints, FOIs, data breaches, and ensuring secure information handling in line with Council policy
* Promote innovation and improvement, identifying opportunities to enhance SEN finance functions while maintaining statutory compliance
* Contribute to business continuity planning and maintain operational readiness during service changes or disruptions
* Represent the service in cross-departmental meetings, projects, and multi-agency forums
Key Skills and Qualifications:
* Educated to degree level, or Part CCAB or AAT qualification.
* Appropriate professional / management qualification, or equivalent management experience
* Strong understanding of core finance functions (e.g., transactional and management accounting).
* Knowledge of financial controls, performance indicators, and finance best practice.
* Familiarity with financial technologies, such as Oracle Fusion, ERP systems, and reporting tools like Power BI.
* Understanding of confidentiality, data protection, and HR processes (e.g., supervision and appraisal).
* Ability to clearly communicate complex financial concepts to non-finance audiences.
If this is of interest, in the first instance please can you please apply with a copy of your most updated CV or email dpalmer@venngroup.com directly and a member of the team will be in contact!