SEN Funding Systems Support Officer - Finance

at  Cleantech

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Previous finance experience working within an SEN local authority team - desirable
• Experience of maintaining manual and computerised databases.
• Experience of establishing and monitoring procedures relating to Statements / EHC Plans of SEN.
• Demonstrable experience of working in an educational environment with children of school age and their families.
• Experience of working and liaising with other agencies in a multi disciplinary setting.
• Experience of maintaining manual and computerised databases.

KNOWLEDGE:

• Knowledge and understanding of the necessity of financial control.
• Knowledge of school based systems and policies.
• Knowledge of issues relating to pupils with SEN.
• Knowledge and understanding of the necessity of financial control.

ENHANCED DBS REQUIRED FOR THIS ROLE

A SEN Funding Systems Support Officer - Education/Finance is needed for 2 to 3 months to deliver a highly effective finance service that enables the SEND Service to deliver outcomes.
You will support the SEND QA Manager by facilitating and maintaining accurate budget monitoring data working closely with finance and using the Oracle Planning & Budgeting tool for the purpose of revenue budget monitoring. Ensuring that SEN pupil placement and funding information for all local SEN pupils’ remains accurate and up to date.
You will be responsible for the effective management of funding/payments for service providers, including schools, parents and independent providers.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide financial support, advice and information to a range of customers and organisations, responding to routine procedural queries as well as non-routine issues and requests, including the co-ordination of payments to service users.
• Work on computerised financial transaction systems and standard software packages to support the delivery of effective budgeting systems throughout the year (including budget profiling).
• Maintain financial systems data for the purpose of budget forecasting and to ensure financial control for agreed funding for SEND children.
• Support the QA Manager by providing support to facilitate the delivery of an efficient and effective service across the SEN Teams. In this regard to take responsibility for conducting regular quality assurance of all SEN Financial data and supporting the development of effective systems to facilitate quality of service delivery across the SEN Team.
• Responsible for the maintaining quality assurance mechanisms to ensure that payments are actioned within agreed time limits.
• Promote effective working relationships with both external suppliers and colleagues i.e. Commissioning and Financial Support to ensure good outcomes.
• Participate and contribute to projects as required, enabling managers to meet their financial and budgetary responsibilities by providing effective financial support and monitoring.
• Pro-actively identify problem areas and work closely with the QA Manager to develop and improve systems and processes.
• Maintaining accurate budget monitoring data working closely with finance and using Oracle and Mosaic Planning and Budgeting tools for the purpose of revenue and budget monitoring.
• Ensure that all SEN pupil placement and funding information for all Lambeth SEN pupils remains accurate and up to date by using the panel outcomes and alerting the team of anomalies or gaps.

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