Job Description

ROLE SUMMARY:

To be part of the PASS team which supports people who are in receipt of a direct payment or a personal budget. The team offer a range of services including supporting people to employ their own personal assistants to support them to lead a fulfilling life and engage in social interactions. The service also supports people to manage their direct payment/personal budget.

AAT Level 3 qualification will be desirable but not essential Previous experience in accounting/finance essential

MAIN DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

Setting up folders for new clients, calculating the costings, arranging Insurance and registering clients with HMRC. Management of the Money Manager and Direct Payment Card recording system for client accounts - and ensuring accuracy of recording client's personal funds. Reviewing high-volume bank statements and allocating income and expenditure to the relevant accounts - monitoring over 270 accounts and ledgers, and processing end of year tasks on MM. Bank reconciliations - identifying and resolving any discrepancies. Proactively ensuring sufficient balances on each client account to meet payment obligations. Investigate reasons why account balances are low and resolve the issues. Purchase invoices recording, checking validity and payment runs from both Money Manager and DPC accounts Liaising with both the local authority and Focus finance teams and social workers for audits and all other aspects of the direct payment accounts. Remove ended clients from DPC or Money Manager Add new clients to the system and add to starters, changes leavers list. Providing monthly report of client balances to the PASS Team Leader, and Head of Finance noting any anomalies or trends requiring attention. Responsible for Nurtrio records of HMRC payments and correspondence to ensure that they are correct, chasing any refunds due, liaising discrepancies with payroll and our wage slip provider. Pay wages on DPC accounts and import bank payments on Santander Send email to clients who hold their own funds and post report/wage slip information Provide payroll information from timesheets submitted from Personal Assistants, checking for accuracy Keep accurate pay records for PA payroll, and prepare the four-weekly submission to Nurtrio payroll Assess current requirements for client's insurance renewals Suggest changes or improvements to increase accuracy, efficiency, and cost reductions. Answering queries from both internal and external contacts providing advice, guidance, and issue resolution as needed. Ensuring sufficient balances on each client account and checking service charges and any client contributions are paid. Reconcile any discrepancies or errors identified. Any other duties that fall within the scope and responsibility of this To become familiar with the finance transaction aspects of the role within the PASS office and gain a good understanding of the other roles within the team. To receive, transmit and store information in line with good practice according to Nurtrio policies and procedures. Record any information relevant to a client within their folder and doing so in a timely manner. Ensuring all clients and personal assistants files are kept up to date and accurate in line with PASS procedures.

Our values are:

We truly care about the people we support and we put people before profit We enable people to maximise their independence and to achieve their aspirations for the future We ensure that our services deliver high quality, are responsive and are person-centred Staff wellbeing is very important to us We work together and in partnership to deliver the best possible outcomes for people We take responsibility and are accountable for our decisions and actions We provide services we would be happy for our families to use.
Job Type: Part-time

Pay: 12.97 per hour

Expected hours: 23.5 per week

Work Location: In person