Venesky–Brown's client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit 2 x Payment Verification Co–ordinators until the 31st of March on a rate between GBP14.51 and GBP18.03 per hour (PAYE). The working hours are 08:30 to 16:30. These roles will be mainly working from home with infrequent requirements to attend the Edinburgh office.Responsibilities:– Manage the payments process and reconcile the payments in an accurate and timely manner for Boards and Contractors. Update the appropriate systems and provide payment verification assurance in line with financial procedures / regulations and legislation.– Manage, plan, delegate and allocate staff resources to ensure accuracy and timeliness of payments in line with SLA.– Completes complex ad hoc calculations and analysis throughout the month for all payments to contractors, Boards members of the public and to be processed, e.g. maternity payment calculation / locum contractors.– Deal with payment and financial enquiries and deal sensitively and confidentially. This is with contractors, patients and colleagues; this includes communicating with contractors, members of the public and Boards providing appropriate feedback and solutions and advice on a daily basis over the telephone or email.– Investigate and analyse payment trends. This involves the analysis of data and the preparation of documentation for payment verification purposes and taking necessary follow up action e.g. obtain explanations on prescribing pattern or where necessary participate in a practice visit as directed and recover overpayments.– Manage the setting up of new contractors/customers details and verify all inputs for accuracy within the finance system and ensuring all records are maintained and stored in line with data protection standards and information governance on a daily basis.– Organise and plan the management of the Annual payment verification programme according to the schedules set out by the Scottish Government in line with regulations to provide assurance to Boards. This involves planning of what will be looked at during random and non–random sampling which may include a visit and provide all necessary support to the clinician responsible for accessing patient records. The post holder is also required to provide face to face verbal feedback to the practice in relation to any corrective action deemed necessary, and to prepare a written report for both practice and Board detailing the findings of the visit.–Ensures procedures for security and confidentiality of data are maintained and that all regulations and policies are adhered to, e.g. data protection. The post holder will review current operating procedures/ quality process documentation suggesting improvements to working practices for more effective delivery of the service.– Manage the production of routine and ad–hoc reports from excel and system reporting tools and prepare the production of quarterly management reports for Boards, which covers all aspects of payments/payment verification work undertaken, including annual risk assessment.– Maintain good relations with Boards and Contractors to facilitate submission of claims for payment and to ensure that queries on any aspect of the payments from practitioners or their staff are resolved in line with the quality standards.– Training, motivating and developing each team member to maximise their potential and make effective contributions to the work of the department, through objective setting and review and development process.Essential Skills:– Educated to Degree level, preferably in a finance/computer related discipline or have significant experience in a related environment.– Good communication skills with the ability to present information logically in both written and oral forms and deal with people at all levels with tact and diplomacy in a professional manner.– Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite of IT packages.– Planning and organisational skills including managing their own time, planning of work in line with tight and continually changing deadlines set down by legislation and financial instructions. – Staff management experience– Ability to train staff and delegate tasks when required– Demonstrate their ability to work autonomously using their own initiative without supervision. – Deal confidently with data in line with data protection, operating procedures and information governance– Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (See systems) for analysing financial data, inputting financial information accurately, preparing reports and for retrieval and storage of data.– Knowledge of Reporting tools for financial data analysisIf you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.