Finance Officer - Income Collection and Financial Assessments
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 27 Chwefror 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £25,081.00 i £27,653.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | + 26 Days Leave & Local Gov Pension |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 06 Mawrth 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1QH |
| Gweithio o bell: | Hybrid - gweithio o bell hyd at 4 ddiwrnod yr wythnos |
| Cwmni: | Essex County Council |
| Math o swydd: | Dros dro |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | req21942_1772202356 |
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Finance Officer - Income Collection and Financial Assessments (Adult Social Care Finance)
Fixed Term, Full Time
£25,081 to £27,653 per annum
Location: Chelmsford
Closing Date: Thursday 5th March 2026 at 11.59pm
Please note that this is a Fixed Term Contract / Secondment opportunity for a period of 12 months.
Interview Date: W/C the 16th March 2026
The Opportunity
The Financial Assessment Service (FAS) is responsible for ensuring that Essex Citizens who are in receipt of care services are financially assessed to determine the charge they must pay towards their care.
The Income Collection and Banking Teams aim to provide a comprehensive financial transactional and support service, engaging with those being invoiced for care services to secure payments and reconciliation of income received.
We are looking for Finance Officers who are experienced in working as a team member across a flexible and multi skilled workforce, delivering excellent customer service to a variety of functions by maintaining financial transactions and data within local systems. Able to recognise and support changes in technology to streamline the customer experience, with a working knowledge of financial processes and systems across FAS, Income and Banking, ensuring data or income is input accurately, timely and within policy and legislation standards.
Accountabilities
- Provides financial support in relation to the assessment, payment and collection of income, to both internal and external customers, contributing towards delivery of the business plan for financial transactions, in support of the wider organisational vision.
- Provides technical support to team members and customers answering more complex queries in a professional manner in accordance with financial procedures. Acts as the subject matter expert for Assessment, Income and/or Banking processes.
- Contribute to the identification and clarification of customer needs, to deliver process and technology changes, which drive efficiency and value for money.
- Contribute to improving financial awareness and capability across the organisation, to promote the culture of empowering budget holders in line with financial regulations.
- Carries out data analysis to produce reports for Financial Assessments, Income, Banking and external customers, to support the management of organisational performance, maximise income and ensure compliance to Financial Regulations and audit requirements.
- Contributes to service improvement projects/programmes to achieve best practice and organisational efficiency by recommending process improvements and redesign.
- Contributes to maintaining currency on legislation changes and translating these into local policy and procedure, to identify and review potential changes in technology.
- Working collaboratively and flexibly across teams within Financial Assessments, Income and Banking to deliver a high level of service to all functions.
- Contribute to identifying risks and supporting the resolution, to minimise financial impact and loss to the organisation.
- Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework.
The Experience You Will Bring
- Educated to RQF level 3 (A level) including English and Mathematics, or equivalent by experience.
- Commitment to continued personal development within a working environment.
- Knowledge of financial assessments, income systems and banking.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written
- Aptitude and willingness to work flexibly in multi skilled Operational Teams.
- Level of good competency using Microsoft office packages including, Outlook, Word and Excel
- Ability to interpret varied information for supporting continuous improvements in service delivery.
- Ability to build effective working relationships with internal and external customers, suppliers and partners.