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Temporary Senior Business Support Officer/Admin – Finance
Job Ref: Bristol 5259340
Pay Rate: £13.93 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday - Friday, 8.30am to 5pm
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: City of Bristol
The successful candidate will deliver business support services to support internal and external customers in one or more area using skills and knowledge which may be unique to specific business processes.
We are seeking candidates with experience in financial invoices and payments, and a keen eye for detail. You will have excellent customer service skills and work well under pressure.
Key Responsibilities:
Coordinate a complex area of administration or business support work, taking ownership and responsibility for the end-to-end processes.
Under direction from the Finance and Data Officer, deploy and plan resources to maximise efficiency of business support services and responsibility for day to day operational issues.
Actively promote the councils values: Dedicated, Respect, Ownership, Curious, Collaborative.
Make real time service decisions in response to operational issues in line with local procedures and established guidance.
Respond to enquiries from internal and external customers and stakeholders including escalated issues, taking responsibility for satisfactory resolution.
Provide information, data and advice on complex business support matters and carry out, monitor and reconcile financial transactions.
Monitor service compliance with local guidance and legislation.
Own and drive forward process improvements.
The provision of business support advice which could include a specialist area.
Qualifications:
Relevant level 3 qualification e.g. NVQ level 3, BTEC, relevant A levels etc. and/or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge and understanding through experience.
Skills & Experience:
Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
Previous experience of financial invoices and payments.
Good communication skills.
excellent customer service skills
Previous administration experience.
Working knowledge of effective business support systems and procedures.
Ability to manage a complex workload and to juggle and prioritise multiple tasks.
Ability to work with minimal supervision and to deliver work to agreed targets and standards.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address.
Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF.
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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