Job Description

Senior Finance Officer - Fixed Term (minimum 12 months)
Role: Senior Finance Officer - Fixed Term (minimum of 12 months beginning Summer 2025)
Location: Hertford - Partial remote work flexibility (potential office relocation to Letchworth)
Hours : Full Time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary: 30,000 per annum
Working Hours: Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm
Herts at Home are a care provider working with Hertfordshire County Council to provide care for people living in their own homes in the community and Extra Care schemes.
We are seeking an individual that presents as dynamic, enthusiastic and proactive to join our small friendly team as Senior Finance Officer on a fixed term basis. Working closely with the Finance Officer and Management Accountant to support the effective delivery of finance services for Herts at Home.
Main Areas of Responsibility
To focus on the needs of all stakeholders, including suppliers, service users and budget managers, to ensure that transactional activity is carried out as efficiently and effectively as possible.
To provide timely, accurate and business focused financial information to all stakeholders making use of standard IT packages to produce reports.
To promote best financial practice and compliance with the relevant accounting reporting and working with Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) finance team and in-house Finance Team to ensure procedures are adhered to for reporting purposes.
To develop and deliver practices and policies to ensure that Herts at Home and HCC stakeholders can fulfil their responsibilities in a financially secure manner, incorporating the effective management of risk.
To respond in a business-like and customer focussed manner to queries from the public and HCC stakeholders in relation to the services for which the Company is responsible.
To train, supervise, help to develop and motivate staff within the Finance Team to ensure that professional standards are maintained.
To support the delivery of effective professional development to ensure staff have appropriate professional finance knowledge and understanding of front-line work and of the wider context/market in which the Company operates.
To contribute to the development of departmental strategies, work programmes and business cases relating to charging across the Company in line with budget requirements.
To identify and contribute to the realisation of opportunities for service improvement and increased efficiency, including through the use of new technology and to communicate such change confidently, persuasively and authoritatively.
To assist in the production of financial management information to meet the needs of HCC stakeholder, Accountant and Managing Director in line with the budget requirements.
To supervise the provision of timely, accurate and business focused financial advice to staff, customers and other organisations.
To contribute to the development of the team's understanding and delivery of Herts at Home's Culture, Values and Behaviours framework.
To undertake any other duties of a similar level and responsibility as required.
The duties and responsibilities listed above describe the post as it is at present. The post holder is expected to accept any reasonable alterations that may from time to time be necessary.
About the role
Person Specification
You will be a highly motivated individual, capable of developing professional relationships with all stakeholders, including suppliers, customers and Senior Management.
You will have experience of working in a team environment and have excellent communication skills demonstrating the ability to communicate either verbally, on the telephone and by letter with a variety of stakeholders including customers, providers and other departments connected to the Company.
You will also demonstrate the ability to deal with difficult telephone conversations.
You will possess a good knowledge of financial practice, procedure and regulations and demonstrate the ability to deliver accurate and timely financial information to a variety of stakeholders. You will demonstrate the ability to work to and apply all relevant policies and procedures and to ensure that your team adhere to them.
You will be competent at keeping accurate records using a variety of IT systems including excel which you will be able to interpret and report on. You will attend meetings and be able to present data accurately.
You will have the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check before commencement of employment.
Office Location: Herts at Home, Registry Office Building, County Hall, Pegs Lane, Hertford, SG13 8DG
Benefits:
Company pension
Health & wellbeing programme
Free on-site parking
Referral programme
Store discount
About the company
Herts at Home Limited, established in 2018, is a care provider wholly owned by Hertfordshire County Council. The company offers local care services, including support at home, reablement and Extra Care aiming to deliver high-quality care that enables individuals to maintain their independence and engage in activities they value.
Required Criteria

• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

Desired Criteria
Skills you'll need

Skills Required