Finance Assistant

About the role

Dorset Council is committed to improving outcomes for children and young people in education across Dorset. We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Finance Assistant to join our dynamic team. This is an opportunity to make a difference to the lives of Dorset children through helping early years providers and schools make the best use of funding and data.

Responsibilities

• Checking early education funding payments for children aged 9 months to 4 years old.
• Handling queries from both early years providers and schools via telephone and email.
• Supporting termly and annual tasks such as the early years census, web pages, financial statements for providers, audits for disability access funding and compliance checks on early years provider websites.
• Co‑ordinating actions from meetings and training.
• Assisting with school budget‑related tasks, traded services, and invoicing.
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