Location: London
Contract: Temporary (3-months initial)
Rate: £22.00 per hour umbrella // £19.91 per hour PAYE inclusive // £17.76 per hour PAYE exclusive
Start Date: ASAP
*Hybrid Working – once per fortnight in office*
Contact: greg.waite@servicecare.org.uk
Job Description
Service Care Solutions are currently recruiting on behalf of a Local Authority in London for a Finance Officer to join the team on a temporary basis. The postholder will support the Schools and Education payments team with all administration duties and query resolving.
Main Responsibilities
- The management of the schools advances monthly process and support for other education related payments to external organisations.
- The collation of monthly schools VAT returns and submission of the information to Corporate Accountancy team for inclusion in the Council’s VAT claim within the deadlines.
- The collation of other schools related financial information for monthly, quarterly and year end returns.
- Logging and responding to queries raised in a timely manner and escalating issues where appropriate.
- Liaison with schools and other third-party organisations.
- Experience within a related finance environment, ideally within Schools/Education
- Experience of managing schools payments and VAT returns
- Experience of dealing with customer queries and taking responsibility of resolving issues
- Great communication skills with the ability to work well on own initiative as well as part of a team
Service Care Solutions also offers a £250 referral bonus! So, if you know of anyone who would be perfect for this position and they are placed into work, you will receive £250 for the referral once their probationary period has been completed.
