Finance Officer

Job summary

Job Role: Finance Officer 

Hours: 37 hours per week 

Pay Rate: £28,000 per annum 

Location: Hybrid Role once training completed. Office Address: Taunton TA1 2PX

Shift Patterns: Monday – Thursday 8.30am – 5pm Friday 8.30-4.30

What We’re Looking For:

• Experience working within a busy finance environment
• High degree of computer literacy and system proficiency – good existing knowledge of Excel including lookup formulae and pivot tables; willingness to learn more
• Experience of credit control procedures, and understanding of Sales Ledger processes 
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
• Effective communication skills both written and verbal

About Us:

As a major care provider in Southern England and one of the largest not-for-profit care companies in the UK, Somerset Care offers an extensive, holistic range of care and support services, tailored to an individual’s needs.

As a Finance Officer you will: 

• Work closely with the Community & Realise administrators and Systems Support, ensure that all invoices are either printed and distributed, or extracted electronically for additional processing where necessary, to meet invoice calendar deadlines.
• Adjustment of local authority invoices via extensive use of Excel, with varying formats to meet individual requirements of relevant County Council or NHS organisation.
• Export of invoices from the care planning system (Roster) into the general ledger system (Sun) and reconciliation of any differences.
• Processing of any necessary income/accounting adjustments in our Sun sales ledger system.
• Implementing and following robust credit control procedures, with support from colleagues and the Finance Manager as needed. This will involve liaison, either verbally or in writing, with local authorities, Community & Realise staff, and service users, to review and progress appropriate action to achieve effective debt recovery.
• Preparing aged debtor lists and credit control reports in Excel for review with managers.
• Ensure that queries from external customers and internal staff are dealt with professionally and within reasonable timescales.

At Somerset Care, we place a strong emphasis on supporting our team and providing them with outstanding benefits:

• Wagestream: Access your earned wages before payday.
• So Much More Rewarding: Save an average of £1,000 annually with discounts at thousands of high street retailers.
• Exceptional training & development with recognised qualifications.
• The Hub online learning platform – your one-stop destination for continued growth.
• 24/7 Free counselling service for you and your family.
• Fully paid induction and DBS paid by Somerset Care.
• And much more!