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Finance Administrator - Early Years

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced administrator to join our small team, in a key role. Are you passionate about customer service and business transformation, with good business support experience? If so, you are just the kind of person we need to join the team!

We are the Early Education and Childcare Team who provide and are responsible for the administering and monitoring the early entitlements funding to Early Years sector, which include full day care nurseries, preschool, childminders, Primary schools with nursery classes and Maintained Nursery schools. We aim to deliver efficient and accurate financial services, to support providers to deliver early years services and contribute to improving outcomes for children and families.

What will you be doing?

The role is varied and includes:

Updating Capita One system, using system reports to determine payments.
Paying invoices
Raising invoices
Analysing financial data for accuracy of payments
Processing Early Years Targeted SEND Panel applications
Providing admin support for the Early Years Targeted SEND Panel process
Communicating with Early Years settings and other professionals
Providing financial information to Early Years settings
Supporting the early education team and Funding Compliance Manager
Supporting other teams and professionals

About you

Applicants will need previous experience of office administration and be comfortable working in an open plan environment as well as working remotely. This is a fast-paced, varied role which will suit someone who can work under pressure, meet deadlines, is friendly reliable and flexible.

We are looking for someone who has great organisational skills and has the ability to use their own initiative. Excellent communication skills are essential.

You will need:

Experience of helping to deliver a complex financial or business process
Great customer service skills - we provide a point of contact for service users dealing with funding and process enquiries and queries.
Excellent IT skills, in particular using Excel and accurate data input skills.
A real ‘eye for detail’, and to be methodical and accurate.
To be a great team player who is flexible and enjoys tackling a wide variety of different tasks in an interesting but changeable and fast paced environment.

If you would like to discuss this position, please call
Rehana Karim on 07919 065000 or Beckey Roberts on 07765 781220

Our benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits to our employees, these include:

Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 28 days annual leave per year, 29 days for senior managers (pro rata, depending on how many hours per week you work), plus bank holidays. An additional 5 days, linked to continuous service, and ability to purchase up to 6 weeks additional leave per year.
Cycle to Work scheme.
Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.
Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
Car Lease scheme
Payment of professional subscription / membership - If your job description requires that you are registered with or are a member of a professional body, WNC will pay for your professional subscription or membership fees.
Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
Ongoing training and development opportunities.
A variety of flexible working options to support your work/life balance, including full or part time, term time, 9-day fortnight, etc. (subject to business needs).
Our West Ways of Working – We want our workforce to thrive, and we equip our employees with the right technology to support hybrid and collaborative working, on or off site, depending on the role.
Making a difference - If you want to use your skills and experience with an organisation that are genuinely invested in making a difference, are committed to improving people's lives, and whose success has a direct impact on the wellbeing of your family, friends and people in your local area, then West Northamptonshire Council is the place for you.

About us

At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.

Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.

Hear more from our Chief Executive, Anna Earnshaw, about what it's like to work at West Northants Council https://youtu.be/lV0EfeUF4aU

We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential.  We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner

The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us.

If you need additional support or reasonable adjustments during the application process, including needing the job description in another format or language, please email careers@westnorthants.gov.uk for support.

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