Description The Service & Team: You’ll be joining a forward-thinking, collaborative team that values innovation, partnership, and continuous improvement. We work closely with families, education providers, health services, and national partners to ensure the best possible outcomes for children and young people with SEND. The Role: The Financial Review Officer plays a vital role within the organisation, providing support and in respect of the financial oversight of payments .The post holder will work closely with Statutory SEN officers, LA commissioners and SEND Stage 3 panel members to identify opportunities for fee reduction. They will ensure that fees are checked annually or in line with provision changes which ever is sooner. This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies. This position will be subject to a standard criminal record disclosure check. Working Pattern: 37 Hours per week. What you’ll need to succeed: You have a pro-active approach You have analytical finance and data skills You have a knowledge of the SEND system You plan and organise your work and manage your time effectively You gather relevant information, analyse it and make timely informed decisions in the course of your work You are flexible and adaptable You respond constructively to change You demonstrate financial awareness relevant to the job you do You use your initiative and are creative in problem solving You deliver results and manage customer expectations The post holder will look to monitor and audit all financial aspects in relation to SEND funding, ensuring best value is being achieved. This is to include tracking and resolving funding issues and prepare to challenge providers from all different sectors. The postholder will monitor high and medium cost provision to ensure that the provision in place matches the provision that is being commissioned. The postholder will ensure that transport times and costs are available when decisions regarding provision are being made so that opportunities to increase independence and reduce transport costs are considered. What you’ll get in return: Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met. Our core employee rewards and benefits include: · a competitive salary. · a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions · a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave. · A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme · Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services. Additional Information: Please note, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role The full role profile is attached here We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview. For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Les Hall on Les.Hall@cornwall.gov.uk Application Process Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process. Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application. Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.