Senior Payments Officer

Maternity Cover for Senior Payments Officer within Oxfordshire County Council for up to a year.

About Us

The Payments and System Data Team is responsible for managing the input, updating and closing care provisions, payees, and payments data across the Adults and Children's Social Care and Corporate Finance systems.

The Senior Payments Officer role will sit in the Payments Team, but it is expected that officers are able to work across any of the three functions as the manager requires to support fluctuating demands or changes in priority.

The Payments Team processes payment runs daily, totalling in excess of £35 million each month and we strongly believe that it is a great team to work for. We support each other and have clear values and behaviours that we work to and pride ourselves on our delivery, standards and customer service.

About the Role

We are looking to recruit an experienced finance officer with compassion and motivation to manage a small team of Payment and System Data Support Officers, dealing with the processing of invoices and payments to providers and individuals across Adults and Children's social care.

The role involvessupportingthe PaymentsLeadto deliver the objectives of the Payments team including adhering to all statutory legislation, as well as providing cover for the PaymentsLeadin their absence.

You will oversee the processing of invoices, ensuring they are dealt with accurately and timely along with dealing with queries from providers, individuals and internal colleagues.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-paced dynamic team which will give you the opportunity to develop your leadership skills.

For more detailed information please refer to the job description.

About you

We are looking for someone who has significant financial experience and can demonstrate the ability to lead a small team. You will need to have excellent IT skills and the ability to adapt to new systems as and when required.

You will be confident working with a wide range of internal teams and providers, and be able to prioritise competing demands to ensure key deadlines are met within the team.

Excellent communication, attention to detail, numeracy skills including ability to gather and compile statistical data in various formats, analyse and presenting the data in a clear way is essential for this role

Rewards and benefits

It really is true that every single job role here contributes to bettering the lives of the people in our county - we want to do this for our employees too.We are proud of our strong flexible working culture, including the opportunity for flexibility on working hours and the use of technology tosupportagile working.We offer some of the very best learning and development opportunities tosupportyour ongoing development.

We have a generous holiday allowance which rises as you remain in employment with us up to 30 days, as well as giving you the option to buy additional holiday. You will also have access to a Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions of up to 19.9% of your salary; a range of local and national retail discounts; and a host of enhanced family friendly policies including carers leave and paid time off for volunteering.

Would you like to know more?

For an informal discussion about the role please email Bhupinder Bhele, Payments Lead on bhupinder.singhbhele@oxfordshire.gov.uk or Julie Waller, Payments and System Data Team Manager on julie.waller@oxfordshire.gov.uk

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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

At Oxfordshire County Council we are proud of our diverse workforce.Everyone is accepted for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, or on maternity or family leave. We have a number of staff network groups which provide peersupport, education and safe spaces for all.

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As a DisabilityConfidentemployer, we guarantee an interview for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job.We also guarantee interviews to care leavers who have completed further education and who meet the essential criteria for the job. For those leaving care without any further education, we guarantee an interview for our apprenticeships.We are alsocommittedto helping andsupportingthose transitioning from HM ArmedForcesto civilian life and guarantee an interview for those demonstrating the essential criteria for the role, within three years of leaving the service.

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Safeguarding

Oxfordshire County Council arecommittedto safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers tosharethiscommitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect these commitments.

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Flexible Working

We are open to discussions about flexible working, which can include flexi-time, part time working, jobsharing, nine-day fortnights and annualised hours, depending on the requirements of the role and the service.

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