Revenues Billing And Recovery Officer

Post Title: G8 Revenues Billing and Recovery Officer

Team: Revenues and Benefits

An 18-month temporary role within Revenues and Benefits has been created to provide additional resilience in the accurate and efficient delivery of Council Tax, Business Rates liability, billing, collection and Recovery.

Accountable to: Executive Director of Finance

Immediately Responsible to: Revenues Billing and Recovery Team Leaders

Immediately Responsible for: n/a

Location: Bury Town Hall and Agile Working.

The ideal candidate will have the ability to determine liability for Council Tax and Business Rates customers within Bury in accordance with policy and legislation. Processing discounts to maximise support to local residents and businesses, processing efficient Billing and Recovery of liability and calculate and process refunds in a timely manner.

You will provide billing, recovery and enforcement documents as required. and, with the support of others, ensure that the most appropriate and effective means of recovery is used and work with other areas within the council to support enforcement of monies due to the council. You will be committed to providing the service in accordance with legislation and internal practices, and respond to changes promptly through appropriate office procedures, computer systems and retraining.

You will ideally have experience of the accurate and appropriate recording and storage of all information relevant to your role and understand the importance of ensuring that appropriate financial procedures are adhered to and relevant performance deliverables are achieved.

You will have knowledge of new schemes, legislation and policies which apply to responsible areas and support the process and policy on the councils’ response to these areas whilst also supporting the provision of training and awareness to key stakeholders, partners, finance staff and the wider council on above areas of responsibility.

The role represents a fantastic opportunity to help support in shaping the future of our revenue collection and safeguard the council’s financial position, as well as being a brilliant development opportunity for the right candidate.

Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. The salary is Grade 8 SCP 12-17, £26,421 to £28,770 per annum.

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment is subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.

In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.

We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Jennifer Beales – j.beales@bury.gov.uk

For further information please see:

• Job description and person specification

• Work demands form (JA1)

• Privacy notice

£25,000

temporary

full time