3 months contract with a Local Authority Job Summary: • The Finance Support Assistant will provide essential financial and administrative support within Somerset Council’s Adult Social Care Finance Team. • The role includes maintaining financial systems, processing invoices, managing payments and records, supporting statutory returns, and acting as a key point of contact for colleagues, suppliers and service users. Key Duties/Accountabilities (Sample): • Maintain financial systems and procedures, including administering imprest and unofficial funds and verifying clients’ personal financial records. • Ensure the security, management and accurate recording of cash and financial information. • Prepare purchase orders, check delivery notes, match invoices and process payments following certification. • Review and amend financial information, including monthly downloads and journal uploads. • Respond to routine supplier, staff and client enquiries regarding payments and financial processes. • Prepare invoices for services or goods provided, receive and check payments and update financial records. • Support debt recovery by investigating outstanding payments. • Use IT systems (including SAP, spreadsheets and databases) to input, extract and distribute financial information. • Extract statistics to support the completion of statutory returns, highlighting any issues to senior officers. • Act as a point of contact for staff, clients and suppliers, providing routine advice and information. • Produce and process routine correspondence, reports and other documentation. • Contribute to the general office management of departmental buildings, helping resolve issues related to ICT, accommodation and health & safety. • Uphold and promote Somerset Council’s values, including equality, diversity, inclusion, health, safety and wellbeing. Skills/Experience: • Experience working in a busy administrative or finance support role (public sector experience is beneficial but full training will be provided). • Ability to use financial and administrative systems confidently, particularly SAP, Excel and other IT systems. • Strong attention to detail and accuracy when handling financial information. • Ability to process invoices, manage orders, handle cash and reconcile financial records. • Good communication skills, with the ability to deal with staff, suppliers, clients and members of the public. • Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities. • Ability to extract and interpret data for reports and statutory returns. • Reliable, organised and able to follow set procedures and controls. • Understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion practices. Additional Information: • The closing date: 21/11/2025. • The position is temporary for 12 weeks, with training provided, and requires one day per week in the office at The Crescent, Taunton. • Council: Somerset Council. • Hours: 37 per week.