📍 London Borough | Hybrid Working
💰 PAYE: £224.59 per day / Umbrella: £302.65 Per Day
📅 Contract until December 2026
🕒 Full Time
We are currently recruiting for an experienced Payments and Care Charging Manager to join a busy Adult Social Care Finance service within a London local authority.
This is an excellent opportunity for a finance professional with strong Adult Social Care experience to lead a specialist team delivering payments, care charging, financial assessments, debt management and direct payment processes in line with the Care Act and statutory guidance.
Key Responsibilities
* Manage and develop a Payments and Care Charging team delivering high-quality financial operations across Adult Social Care
* Oversee billing, payment cycles, financial assessments, debt recovery and income collection activities
* Ensure compliance with Care Act legislation, local authority financial regulations and statutory guidance
* Lead on Direct Payments monitoring and audit processes
* Support and improve integrated finance systems and payment processes, including social care systems such as Mosaic and CedAr
* Deliver management reporting, performance monitoring and service improvements
* Work closely with operational social care teams, commissioning, ICT, finance and external stakeholders
* Manage escalated queries, complaints and complex financial cases
Essential Experience
* Previous experience working within Adult Social Care Finance in a local authority setting
* Strong knowledge of Care Charging, Financial Assessments and Direct Payments
* Understanding of the Care Act 2014 and associated statutory guidance
* Experience managing payment processes, billing, debt recovery and income collection
* Experience supervising or managing staff within a finance environment
* Knowledge of systems such as Mosaic, CedAr or similar social care finance systems
* Strong analytical, reporting and stakeholder management skills
Desirable
* AAT, finance qualification or equivalent experience
* Experience implementing or improving finance/system processes
* Knowledge of Welfare Benefits and Deferred Payment arrangements
This role would suit candidates with backgrounds such as:
* Adult Social Care Finance Manager
* Care Charging Manager
* ASC Payments Manager
* Financial Assessments Manager
* Direct Payments Manager
* Social Care Finance Team Leader
Please apply with your updated CV for immediate consideration