Client

Local Authority in Hounslow

Job Title

Business Support Services Officer

Pay Rate

£15.77 an hour PAYE

Hours

36 Hours a week (Mon-Fri)

Duration

6 Month Contract

Location

Hybrid working- to be based from Hounslow House 2 -3 days a week

Description

PURPOSE OF ROLE:

To be the central point of access for all financial payments to organisations, managers and staff supporting the wellbeing of families and children. To work with heads of service and managers to provide a comprehensive, responsive and flexible financial support service ensuring robust and efficient systems and processes are in place across children's services. .The work carried out will be completed together with social workers and partner agencies including the police, schools, health, housing and probation.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

1 Organising BACs payments or setting up cashless payment cards for payments to organisations, service users, social workers and Care bank staff ensuring compliance with financial processes.

2 To use the departmental credit card for all one-off and travel related expenditure ensuring that the amount spent does not exceed the monthly permittable amount. Reconciliation and adjusting for VAT amounts completed monthly.

3 Issuing travel warrants and processing purchase orders to order equipment and services ensuring that managers and staff are following the correct procedure. Ensuring that there is an audit trail for all financial commitments.

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

2.1 To scan all documents to relevant systems and / or archived as appropriate.

2.2 To date stamp and distribute all incoming mail, check shared mailboxes and faxes and action.

2.3 To receive and bank all income ensuring the completion of all supporting documents.

2.4 Provide management information as requested.

2.5 Contribute to any audit both internal and external.

2.6 Contribute to the development of systems e.g. user acceptance testing, and training.

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