Business Consultant (Council Tax & Business Rates)

NEC Software Solutions; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join NEC Software Solutions as a Business Consultant and make a difference. You will provide consultancy and training for NEC's Council Tax and Business Rates products, engage with customers directly, and contribute to product development. This home-based role involves frequent travel across the UK, offering the chance to leverage your expertise in a meaningful way.

Benefits

Private Medical Cover

25 days paid holiday

Group Pension Plan with employer contributions

LinkedIn Learning access

Qualifications

• UK Driving license required.
• Experience in Council Tax or Business Rates preferred.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultancy and training on NEC products.
• Deliver on-site and remote consultancy services.
• Develop new consultancy offerings for software/services.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Teamwork

Tools

NEC Products

Council Tax

Business Rates

Job description

Company Description

Come join us and make a difference in the world!

Discover more atwww.necsws.com

Job Description

We are recruiting 2 Business Consultants to join our established Revenues and Benefits, and Central Government Consultancy (RBCG) Team.

We require 1 Business Consultant with a background in Council Tax and/or Business Rates Administration.

The Consultancy team comprises consultants with specialist knowledge of NEC Council Tax & Business Rates products, Data Migration Services, Systems Integration and Interfaces.

The successful candidate will bring their skills and experience in one or more of the NEC’s products or services to extend the capabilities of the team and will be keen to both share and extend their own knowledge within the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide consultancy and training on NEC Products and Service Implementations in your area of expertise.
• Deliver consultancy/training on-site and remotely via Webinar / Screen share facilities.
• Carry out presentations / demonstrations for delegates depending on facilities available, as and when required.
• Contribute to the development of new consultancy offerings for newly developed software / services.
• Make recommendations relating to best use of NEC software in line with the client’s business needs.
• Ensure all consultancy and training is delivered effectively and achieves positive customer feedback.
• Ensure customer satisfaction with the products and services feeding back any issues into the consultancy group and other internal stakeholders.
• Assist with product development including attending user groups and creation of user guides.
• Deliver quality seminars to large customer groups.
• Progress and update knowledge of relevant legislation and NEC products and services.
• Extend your own and other consultancy team members capacity to deliver consultancy through internal training and mentoring.
• Provide the flexibility to support management decisions as and when workloads and priorities require that you work for periods in related areas such as product management, business analysis, testing or support within the NEC business.
  
  This is home based remote role requiring fairly frequent travel around the UK, on average you would stay away around 5 nights per month so you must be happy with the travel element of the role.

Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Expertise and extensive up-to-date knowledge in one or more of the following business areas, NEC products or Services:
  • Revenues (Council Tax and/or Business Rates)
  • Benefits (CTR/CTS and/or Housing Benefits)
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to problem solve in demanding circumstances.
• Ability to work on own or part of a team and on multiple projects in parallel.
• UK Driving license and willing to work away from home as required.

Desirable Skills

• Integration / Interfaces (with NEC R&B products)
• Experience of working with customers and / or external agencies.
• Experience of delivering training and / or seminars.

Additional Information

We pride ourselves in offering an excellent benefits package, including an aboveaverage pension scheme. When you join the team at NEC Software Solutions, you are provided with the following:

• Private Medical Cover funded by NEC for Employees (with the option to add family members at an additional cost)
• 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy/sell
• 4 x basic salarylife assurance coverfunded by NEC (with the option to increase cover at an additional cost)
• A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributionsup to a maximum of 8.5%
• A selection of flexible benefits to suit your individual needs
• All colleagues get free access to LinkedIn Learning. Over 15000 courses covering a huge breadth of subjects. Learn about what you like, when you like, how you like.

OTHER INFORMATION

• Candidates must be able to demonstrate a pre-existing right to work and travel within the UK. Documentary evidence will be required.
• All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting and reference checks. Depending on the nature of the role a DisclosureBarring Service (DBS) check may also be required.

NEC Software Solutions is an equal opportunities employer, welcoming applications from all communities.If you require any reasonable adjustments or have specific accessibility needs during the recruitment or interview process, please feel free to share these with us. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accommodating experience for all candidates.

Who We Are:

We’re NEC Software Solutions (part of global tech giant NEC Corporation). While you read this ad, our software is helping to dispatch ambulances, support families, keep trains on the move, locate missing people and even test the hearing of newborn babies.

Working with us, you’ll be helping our 3,000+ employees push the boundaries of what’s possible and support amazing public services.

We work with governments, hospitals, police forces, housing providers, local authorities and more. We help them pay financial support faster, speed up treatments for patients and respond to emergencies in the right way. The more we do, the more our customers can do for others. And together, we make a world of difference.

We’d love your help. And we’ll support you all the way.