Finance Support Assistant
| Posting date: | 26 November 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 December 2025 |
| Location: | Leicester, LE3 8RA |
| Company: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6591 |
Summary
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicestershire LE3 8RL
Worker Category: Fixed Location Worker
Salary: £25,188- £26,409 per annum (Pro rata for part time)
Working Hours: 37 Hours
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 7th of December 2025
Interview Date(s): 16th and 17th of December 2025
About the Role
Leicestershire County Council is looking to appoint a Finance Support Assistant within our Managed Payments Team. In this role, you will play a vital part in enabling the timely and accurate payments of providers delivering essential care services, which include Residential Care, Shared Lives, Home Care, Day Services and Supported Living. The role ensure payments are processed efficiently and in line with agreed payment schedules, supporting both our providers and the people who rely on these services. We are looking for applicant, who like being part of a vibrant team and enjoy working in a fast-paced financial environment serving the citizens of Leicestershire and attending to Internal teams. Being customer focused, understanding the fundamentals of finance and be motivated to deliver change and strive within a performance management culture. This post will provide an excellent opportunity to gain experience and understanding of Local Government Finance by being a member of Corporate Resources, working with key stakeholders and partners across all levels.
Key Responsibilities
- Process payments accurately and on time.
- Managing weekly and monthly payment runs.
- Reconcile payments and resolve discrepancies promptly.
- Analyse weekly reports to identify pending payments and take corrective action.
- Investigate and analyse negative payments.
- Liaising with providers and internal team for payment queries.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
- NVQ level 2 qualification in a relevant area (e.g. Finance or Business Administration) or similar appropriate equivalent.
- Experience of working with computerised financial systems and good knowledge of MS word and Excel.
- Strong attentional to details and understanding of financial control within processes.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Commitment to delivering quality customer service.
- Effective communication skills (written, face-to face and telephone) .
- Ability to adapt quickly to change and new process as the service expands.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Victoria Tolley
Team Leader Managed Payments
Telephone: 01163054128
Email Address
Or
Amie Halford
Team Manager
Telephone: 01163050392
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.
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