Senior Business and Finance Officer

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Job Description

• Suffolk County Council - Various locations - Hybrid
• £32,076 per annum (pro rata if part time)
• 37 hours per week - Flexible working options available
• Permanent

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Home First Business and Finance Team as a Senior Business and Finance Officer. This is a county-wide service so your base can be at any of the following Home First offices: West Suffolk House, Landmark House or Hamilton House.

• Do you have recent experience of line management?
• Do you have an in depth understanding of ContrOCC, Oracle Fusion and LAS?

We would love you to come and join Home First and be a part of the exciting changes that are happening within our service.

Your role and responsibilities

You will be:

• Line managing Business and Finance Administrators.
• Developing training and guidance of LAS, ContrOCC and Oracle Fusion processes.
• Undertaking financial recharging.
• Supporting with financial forecasting.
• Identifying areas of data that require cleansing.
• Using excel at an intermediate level daily, therefore you must have excellent IT skills.
• Producing monthly financial reports to a high standard providing recommendations on your analysis.
• Day to day management of the Business and Finance Team.
• Plan your workload and manage your priorities whilst working to tight deadlines.

You must be able to work flexibly as part of a team, have strong interpersonal skills and have a good understanding of how to deliver a good customer service experience. We will provide you with training and on-going support to achieve this.

You will need:

• Proven experience of using LAS and ContrOCC to a high level and being able to share this knowledge with others.
• Experience of working in an environment where you have produced reports including analysis.
• Proven experience of integrated working across ACS and Health.
• Excellent communication skills.

You can view a full list of requirements in the Job and Person Profile (docx). If you believe you can succeed in this role, apply. Even if you don't meet all requirements, still apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.

The team

• The Home First Business and Finance team are crucial to the smooth running of a service that provides a seven-day week care provision across the county.
• We are committed to ensuring the best outcomes for our customers.
• We ensure value for money and strive to ensure effective process management.
• Our team has a culture of being supportive, inclusive and we seek to improve processes.
• Join our team for a varied, fast paced, and interesting job where you'll meet friendly, encouraging people. You'll be offered on-going training and opportunities to gain knowledge and experience.

Home First has main offices based in West Suffolk House (Bury St Edmunds), Landmark House (Ipswich) and Hamilton House (Lowestoft), along with several satellite offices. You will need to travel to all the main offices routinely as part of this role.

Empowering Everyone

We're big believers in potential, possibility and the power of different ideas. We're always searching for ways to encourage, respect and enable everyone to be the best they can be. We want to represent the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals, especially those from groups that are currently underrepresented in the organisation, as shown in our Workforce Equality Report

For more information

Please contact Yvonne Stanford for a casual conversation. You can reach them by calling (01284) 758505 or 07719 567572 or emailing yvonne.stanford@suffolk.gov.uk.

How to apply

Step 1 - Read the Job and Person Profile (JPP) (docx).

Step 2: Write a supporting statement answering the following questions:

1. What is the most significant change you've had to implement; how did you go about achieving it and what were the barriers you overcame?
2. Describe a time you found a creative solution to a problem.
3. Describe a time when you found a solution to save your employer money; how did you achieve it?

• You should use the Supporting Statement template.
• Please use Arial font size 11 and keep each answer to a maximum or 200 words.

Step 3: Click 'Apply Now' to start your online application. Upload your supporting statement and a copy of your CV (without name and personal details) on the final page.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process before the next selection stage, please contact our Recruitment Team by emailing recruitment@suffolk.gov.uk or calling 03456 014412. If you are invited to the next stage of selection, you will have another opportunity to request adjustments for the next stages of the process.

Closing date: 11:30pm, 20th May 2024

Interview date: 23rd May 2024

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts. #LI-Hybrid

About Us

As a modern and effective council, we offer a wide variety of careers to suit people with a range of skills, abilities and ambitions. We offer working options that flex to reflect the way people work today and take the time to understand and support your individual needs. We're driven to make a positive difference to the world around us and encourage everyone with drive and focus to join us and build an influential and impactful career. Reimagine the possibilities.

In return, you'll enjoy:

• up to 29 days annual leave entitlement (pro rata), plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days
• membership of a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits
• performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase
• training and encouragement to expand your knowledge
• a variety of career development opportunities across our organisation
• diverse and active staff networks
• flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day
• plus more!

If you would like to know more about our benefits, values and equality commitments please visit our Suffolk County Council careers website (careers.Suffolk.gov.uk).