Provider Compliance Officer

Role Responsibility

Adult Social Care and Health | Adults Commissioning and Partnerships Team | Grade KSE  | 1-year fixed term contract  | Full time  | Based in Maidstone with hybrid working 

Do you have a good eye for detail, excellent accuracy, numeracy and data skills and do enjoy working in partnership to achieve better outcomes? 

We are looking for a professional, organised and analytical colleague to join the Adults Commissioning and Partnerships Team as a Provider Compliance Officer. 

This is an opportunity to help Kent County Council strengthen provider invoice compliance, secure value for money and continuously improve the way provider invoicing and payments are managed, through detailed audits and improved relationships and partnership working.

About the role

Working closely with the Senior Commissioning Manager, the Counter Fraud team and colleagues across KCC, you will support and deliver audits of provider invoicing compliance in line with the approved audit plan. You will undertake fieldwork, analyse evidence and sensitive information, contribute to audit clearance meetings and prepare clear first-draft audit reports for review.

• Support and deliver provider invoicing compliance audits to agreed timescales and quality standards.
• Analyse financial and operational data, including sensitive and confidential information.
• Work constructively with providers, KCC colleagues, managers and other stakeholders.
• Help align operational and commercial processes to improve outcomes, efficiency and value for money
• Respond positively to feedback and look to continuously improve the way we do things.

About you

You will be confident managing competing priorities and fixed deadlines while maintaining high standards. You will be able to interpret and follow guidance, analyse data and draw sound conclusions, and communicate clearly in writing and in person.

You will bring tact, sensitivity and a respectful approach when handling challenge or disagreement. Adaptability, sound judgement, confidentiality and a clear commitment to equality, inclusion and diversity are essential.

How to apply

This opportunity is open to internal and external applicants. Please submit your application through the KCC recruitment portal. Within your application please include an explanation of why you would like the role and how your experience and skills match what’s required. Please refer to the full job description for further details. 

For internal applicants: Please note that 1-year secondments within KCC will first need to be agreed by your current line manager. 

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 14 October 

Interview dates

Interviews are scheduled to take place in person during the week commencing 2 November.

Additional Information

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Contact Details

If you are interested in this role and would like to have an informal discussion, please contact Lisa.Clinton@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.