FPS Dental Team Leader Band 5

Closing: 23 rd

FPS Dental Team Leader Band 5

Franklin Street, Belfast

Temporary (Until 21/12/2026)

£15.88 per hour

37.5 hours per week

Main Purpose

The postholder will support and assist the FPS Service Manager, who is responsible for the overall management of one of the FPS Payments functions. The post holder will manage a Payments Team, on a daily basis, with responsibility for ensuring all documentation is processed accurately and promptly in accordance with the BSO's Standing Financial Instructions and department procedures.

Main Roles and Responsibilities

1. Responsibility for scheduling workload and providing direction on a day to day basis to the Payments Department. Ensuring that resources are available and arrangements are in place for staff and the department to meet directorate and organisational deadlines and comply with Standing Financial Instructions.
2. Utilise IT based solutions for the management and control of the workload of the department, producing routine and ad hoc reports as required.
3. Lead in the development of consistent and efficient working practices across the teams involved in the payments process, ensuring that the most effective and efficient payments processes are in place across all teams.
4. Review processing throughput with FPS Service Manager weekly to ensure that backlogs do not build up and that contractors are paid promptly, accurately according to the relevant payment regulations and the BSO Standing Financial Instructions.
5. Ensure controls are in place to eliminate fraudulent and unauthorised payments.
6. Review list of any outstanding payments/approvals weekly with staff to ensure that payments are being monitored and followed up in accordance with the relevant procedures.
7. Monitor the expenditure of payments department and other related expenditure, ensuring monitoring of the entitlement of contractors to payments
8. Support the FPS Service Manager in developing and implementing payment monitoring mechanisms for contractors.
9. Implement robust payment review processes with contractors, though the use of activity, benchmarking data and health care governance information.
10. Analyse and interpret relevant payments data for presentation to stakeholders (internal and external).
11. Develop standardised reports to improve quality and consistency of reporting.
12. Develop specialist knowledge of the relevant payment regulations, to advise HSC colleagues on contractual issues as required and ensuring all developments and initiatives are implemented in a timely manner.
13. Identify variation in payments, contractor performance and submission trends and to recommend actions to improve quality, reduce variation and increase payment throughput.

Essential Criteria:

(Please note that Platinum Recruitment NI Ltd require original certificates as proof of all qualifications listed on CV)

1a) Relevant University degree/professional qualification and have worked for at least two years in a managerial capacity within a Finance / Payments role

OR

1b) Have worked for four years in a managerial capacity with experience of working in a Finance / Payments department

2) Hold a current full driving licence which is valid for use in the UK and have access to a car on appointment. This criteria will be waived in the case of applicants whose disability prohibits driving but who have access to a form of transport approved by The Organisation which will permit them to carry out the duties of the post.

3) Have excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing and the ability to develop and maintain good interpersonal relationships with staff at all levels.

4) Have excellent organizational skills and experience of working to tight deadlines.

5) Relevant knowledge & experience of using financial software packages, including payment systems.

6) Relevant knowledge & experience of interpreting legislation/statutory guidelines.

7) Working knowledge and competency in use of information technology.

8) Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Access & Excel.

9) Have the ability to collate and analyse data and produce reports, including recommendations for action

10) Working knowledge of GDPR and data protection principles.

Platinum Recruitment NI Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and a Corporate Member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). Platinum Recruitment NI Ltd adheres to all current employment legislation.

We reserve the right to close vacancies earlier than the specified date, should we receive sufficient applications. If interested, please send your CV as early as possible.

Please note only those candidates shortlisted may be contacted.

Applicants must be authorised to work in the UK and Ireland. We are unable to sponsor or take over the sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Successful candidates may need to apply for an Access NI Certificate with Platinum Recruitment NI Ltd regardless if you already have a valid certificate. It will be a cost of between £16 - £32 depending on clearance level.