Salary:
up to £22,000 (depending upon skills and experience) Type: Perm

Location:
Silver Street, Lincoln At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsiblefor delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public servicesfor the benefit of everyone. We are currently recruiting for an ambitious, driven and talented Senior Finance Assistant to join our Financial Assessments Team in Lincoln. About the Role: As Senior Finance Officer the key element of your role is to deputise and support the Team Leader in leading and managing the financial assessments and business support team to ensure assessment forms are distributed within the agreed timescales and non-residential financial assessments are completed in line with the Local Authorities Policies and Procedures. You will be responsible for the resolution of complex/sensitive issues relating to the work of the team and will be responsible for effectively planning, resourcing, organising and managing workloads. You will support the Team Leader with managing customer complaints/queries; managing all planned and unplanned absences, training plans and development; and with the provision of statistical data. About You: If you are already an experienced Finance Assistant or Senior Finance Assistant, who is used to working with high volumes of work, then we want to hear from you Knowledge of the Care Act and Adult Care Financial Assessment would be highly beneficial. We do ask that you have experience of working in a financial environment and of administrating financial systems as well as previous experience in supervising a small team. Due to the nature of the role you should possess a good level of education - GCSE Grade C or above in English and Maths or proven literacy and numeracy skills as well as competences in Microsoft applications and/or computerised financial systems. Benefits: Our success reflects our people and that is why it's important that we reward you, to say thank you for the dedication to Serco. One of the ways we do this is by providing a wide range of core and voluntary employee benefits to you do more with their money. Along with a competitive salary you will be rewarded with 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, contributory pension (matched up to 6%), training & development opportunities, and as a valued employee you will have access to a world of exclusive discounts and privileges including Childcare vouchers, Cycle to Work scheme, Mobile Phone discounts, Merlin Attractions and more What to do next... If you want to chance to further develop your skills, as well as gain valuable insight across a diverse range of financial administration functions for Adult Care, please apply now and upload a copy of your CV. On occasion we receive significantly more applicants than expected for some vacancies and under such circumstances we reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the advertisement. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly to avoid disappointment should the closing date be brought forward. Serco is a Disability Confident Employer committed to employing and retaining people with disabilities. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. For help with your application please contact 0345 010 4000. This job was originally posted as www.cwjobs.co.uk/job/86831848