Finance Support Officer

Finance Support Officer

Duration: Initially 3 monthsHours: 22.5 hours per weekRate: £16 umbrella an hour (£13 PAYE an hour)Location: Chichester

West Sussex County Council are looking for a Finance Support Officer to join their Children and Young People service based in Chichester (hybrid)

Responsibilities:

• Provide financial administration and act as the liaison for school's funding and associated activity.
• You will be the liaison between education settings and the traded and funded financial affairs
• You will provide clarity on activity, and associated risk for financial activities between Education and Skills and the customers, supported by Schools Finance, the Education Business, Communications Manager and the Business Development and Partnership Manager
• You will provide reliable, efficient and effective flexible support of a high-level administrative nature relating to the delivery of a specialist financial service
• This will include typical client queries, giving standard information and guidance relating to the service, maintaining records and producing standard correspondence, providing support and day to day processing

Requirements:

• Excellent analytical and numeracy skills
• Technical skills in the use of MS Excel
• Experience of working in a customer orientated environment
• Relevant experience in a commercial environment