Care Home Finance Lead: Payroll, Billing & Reporting

Brilliant Holdings; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Brilliant Holdings is seeking an experienced, hands-on finance professional to own day-to-day financial administration for a portfolio of three residential and nursing care homes in the Midlands.

This is an operational role requiring practical knowledge of care home finances, payroll, invoicing and funding streams. The successful candidate will interact with home managers and external accountants to deliver timely financial information.

Qualifications

• Previous hands-on finance or bookkeeping experience within UK residential or nursing care homes is essential.
• Strong understanding of care home staffing, payroll administration and agency costs.
• Experience with Local Authority funding, NHS payments and private resident billing.

Responsibilities

• Staffing & Payroll: Reconcile staff hours, rotas, overtime, agency usage and payroll data.
• Resident Billing: Manage private resident invoicing, payment collections and queries.
• Local Authority & NHS Funding: Manage invoicing, remittance reconciliation and payment tracking.
• Suppliers & Payments: Process supplier invoices, prepare payment runs and reconcile statements.
• Bookkeeping: Maintain accurate financial records, bank reconciliations and ledgers.
• Financial Reporting: Prepare weekly cash flow updates and basic monthly summaries for each home.
• Work with home managers and external accountants to ensure timely financial information.

Skills

Payroll management

Cash flow

Financial reporting

Education

AAT qualification

Tools

Sage

Xero

Job description

Brilliant Holdings is seeking an experienced, hands-on finance professional to own day-to-day financial administration for a portfolio of three residential and nursing care homes in the Midlands.

This is an operational role requiring practical knowledge of care home finances, payroll, invoicing and funding streams. The successful candidate will interact with home managers and external accountants to deliver timely financial information.