Funding Administrator
Salary: up to £25,000 DOE
Hours: 37.5 per week / Monday to Friday
Job Type: Permanent, Full-time
Location: HO Northampton (hybrid working within office & home.)
The Role
As a Finance Funding Administrator, you will be responsible for timely and accurate submissions of local authority funding which is a key revenue stream for Bright Horizons. As a key member of the financial control team, you will ensure sufficient controls are in place to ensure completion and accuracy of claims with correct supporting documentation, and timely invoicing and reporting on the finance ERP system.
What We Can Offer You:
Our benefits include, but are not limited to:
1. Flexible working and holiday entitlements
2. Discounted childcare
3. Quarterly Employee Appreciation Weeks
4. Annual gala award evening
5. Fantastic range of discounts on high street retailers, grocery stores, cinema tickets, holidays and more
6. Wide range of wellbeing resources, supporting our teams for the ups and downs of daily life
Why Bright Horizons?
We’ve been voted Great Place to Work for the last 17 consecutive years, as well as being awarded the newly created Great Place for Wellbeing and Great Place for Women 2023.
Our support functions enable our nurseries to deliver the best possible care and education to over 10,000 children across the UK. Through this support, our nurseries can deliver excellence – with 98% of our 300+ portfolio being rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted.
We’re on a mission to change the future for children, families, and the people we work with, and are committed to progressive working values like flexibility, work-life balance, and wellbeing.
What You Will Be Doing:
7. Timely and accurate submission of termly local authority funding claims, with appropriate supporting documentation.
8. Invoicing and payment allocations
9. Quarterly control checks
10. Timely and accurate submission of local authority funding claims
11. Implementation of efficient processes and strong control checks
12. Supporting nurseries with funding model queries and corrections, and ensuring all supporting documentation is retained.
13. Raising invoices
14. Payment allocations
15. Perform monthly analysis and reconcile Balance Sheet
16. Collaborate and communicate with other Finance Departments
17. Work effectively with different parts of the organisation to achieve common goals.
18. Working closely with local authorities
19. Keep up to date with organisational changes, financial regulations, and the marketplace.
20. Respond appropriately to issues requiring confidentiality.
21. Interact with Internal and External Auditors
What We Are Looking For:
22. Experience of finance administration tasks
23. Confident using different financial systems.
24. Strong knowledge of MS Office Suite (Excel, Word)
25. Studying towards AAT or similar is beneficial, but not required.
We look forward to receiving your application!