Revenue Officer

Southern Rural Water; Maffra; On-site; AUD 87,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Sick leave: 15 days

14 weeks paid parental leave

Health and wellbeing: annual up to $?"

Job summary

Southern Rural Water in Victoria is seeking an experienced Revenue Officer to join our Commercial Services team. You will deliver accurate customer billing, strengthen debt management and maintain effective revenue systems and processes.

A key focus will be improving overdue account management, engaging with customers to resolve balances, and coordinating recovery actions in line with SRW policies. This is a great opportunity for a finance professional to contribute to revenue planning and

Qualifications

• Experience in accounting administration, revenue management or financial operations.
• Experience in customer billing, accounts receivable and debt collection.
• Understanding of property management and conveyancing principles.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills to handle overdue accounts.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate customer billing and manage accounts receivable.
• Strengthen debt management and coordinate recovery actions.
• Maintain and improve revenue systems and processes.
• Contribute to revenue planning and reporting.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives in revenue management.

Skills

Customer billing

Accounts receivable

Negotiation

Financial systems

Communication

Education

Accounting administration or finance background

Job description

Business Services Band C: $87,104 – $100,836 per annum plus 12% statutory superannuation.

Location: Negotiable across SRW major offices in Maffra, Werribee and Mitcham

About Southern Rural Water

Southern Rural Water (SRW) is a Victorian water corporation with nearly 170 staff, managing major dams, weirs, water licencing and more from Mallacoota through to the South Australian border. At SRW, we believe that diversity makes us stronger, and we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and empowered to thrive and contribute to collective success. Through providing a flexible, always safe workplace and promoting employee development, we empower employees to contribute to our strategy of great value for customers and community through excellence in rural water management.

How We Support You

At Southern Rural Water, we recognise and prioritise the wellbeing and fulfillment of our staff members. Here's what we offer to ensure a balanced and rewarding work experience:

• Embrace flexibility: We support various working arrangements including WFH, 9-day fortnights, tailor your work schedule to accommodate for school drop off and pick up hours.
• Generous leave provisions: 15 days sick leave and 14 weeks paid parental leave to support you during life’s important moments!
• Health and Wellbeing: Yearly reimbursement of up to $150 per financial year to support you in physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
• Professional development: We support your growth through a range of internal and external training initiatives and offer study assistance programs to empower you to reach your full potential.
• Employee Assistance Program: Receive comprehensive support for yourself and your family through our employee assistance program.
• Salary Sacrifice: Salary Sacrifice options for vehicles, equipment, and superannuation to enhance your financial benefits.
• See what else we can offer you on our Careers Page!

Southern Rural Water is currently seeking an experienced Revenue Officer to join our Commercial Services team. In this role, you will play an important part in delivering accurate and timely customer billing, strengthening debt management practices and maintaining effective revenue systems and processes.

A key focus of the role will be improving the management of overdue customer accounts, including engaging with customers to resolve outstanding balances, monitoring payment arrangements and coordinating recovery action in line with SRW policies and delegated authorities. You will also contribute to revenue planning, reporting and continuous improvement initiatives.

This is a great opportunity for a finance professional to broaden their experience in revenue management and financial operations, while contributing to process improvements and effective revenue management within the water sector.

About you

The successful candidate for this position will be able to demonstrate some of the desired experience and abilities below:

• Demonstrated experience in a professional business environment, ideally in accounting administration, revenue management or financial operations.
• Experience in customer billing, accounts receivable and proactive debt collection
• Understanding of property management and conveyancing principles.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to manage difficult conversations about overdue accounts and establish payment arrangements within policy and delegated authorities.
• Proficiency in revenue, billing and financial systems, including maintaining data accuracy, investigating discrepancies and supporting system users.

Southern Rural Water is committed to diversity and inclusion in employment and is proud to encourage applications from people of different backgrounds, abilities, ages, genders, gender identities and/or sexual orientations.

Southern Rural Water acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands and waters we work with and within, and pay respects to Elders past and present.

We welcome applications from people with disability and aim to provide an inclusive and accessible workplace. If you need any help with the application process or would like to discuss your reasonable adjustments during interviews, please contact: