Commissioning /Finance Officer

FOSTERCARES

LIMITED Jan 2018

Commissioning /finance officer

Job description

The role includes monitoring and management of the company finances, banking and payments. This will include maintaining accurate records of all transactions using Sage, Microsoft office and the agency data collection system.

Communicating with customers as necessary, manage credit control, maintaining the purchase and sales ledgers. The overall management of the Companies accounts and payroll.

The role will include all aspects of commissioning including monitoring and identifying potential contract opportunities, completing and submitting contract tendering, pricing, negotiation with external and internal colleagues and services, contract compliance and building working relationships with our service stakeholders.

The description includes –

To invoice as required
Financial management and credit control
To maintain accurate purchase and sales recordsas required
Commissioning of services on behalf of the company
Ensure all transactions are fulfilled, accounting systems and records are accurately maintained at all times
Competency in the use of IT and all associated systems deemed necessary for the post in order to provide accurate data collection and transparency.
Ability to manage all financial matters relating to a successful company
Demonstrated track record of ensuring payments including salaries are complied with, in line with the agency timescales.
Provision of accurate profit and loss records at the end of each month
Ability to ensure accounts are maintained accurately and efficiently

Undertaking on line banking and other associated duties.
Manage all matters relating to petty cash including daily reconciliation.

The management of suppliers and services on behalf of the company
Negotiation of new contracts, service level agreements and services to achieve the best possible deal for the agency
Liaise with the company’s auditors and accountants and reconcile the accounts on a daily basis
Provide accurate information, reports and information to the company directors on a regular basis
Responding to Agency contract queries from LA regarding contract expectations, financial disputes and claw backs.
Taking a lead role in tendering for new contracts utilising skills of those within the Agency
Under take any other tasks commensurate with the post or deemed reasonable as identified by the company directors

Job specification

You will be able to demonstrate -

Relevant qualifications
Proven background in financial management
Ability to accurately manage finances on an ongoing basis
Experience in working in commissioning or contract tendering
Negotiation skills and ability to form working relationships with both internal and external colleagues.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills to support your dealings with the employees, sessional workers and sub-contractors of The Group as well as customers and suppliers of the business.
To be able to work on your own initiative
Excellent IT skills and competent in using word, excel, sage, esocial etc and any other required software.
Plan, prepare and project future needs
Demonstrated ability of working within timescales
Good organisational, planning and co-ordination skills including time management
Ability to develop innovative solutions to difficult situations that are acceptable to a number of stakeholders
Attention to detail, client focussed, positive approach and motivated
Diplomatic, perceptive and enthusiastic
Resilient and the ability to work to tight deadline
Good presentation skills
Good influencing and negotiationskills[CR1]
Experience of report writing and experience of presenting reports
Ability to provide accurate reports where required
To have concern for accuracy and confidentiality
To contribute to the development of new systems in order to maximize efficiencies and attend training as required.
The post holder must have the capacity for independent travel across the region and possibly to the North West office on occasion.

[CR1]