Finance Professional

Colbern Limited; York and North Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency seeks a Revenues and Benefits Officer based in Scarborough. The role involves managing billing and collection of Council Tax and Business Rates and administering Housing Benefits. Hybrid working is optional, and candidates may need to collect IT from a local office. The agency values equal opportunities in employment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the billing, collection and recovery of Council Tax and Business Rates.
• Administer Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support scheme.
• Provide day to day management and financial control for the services.

Job description

Overview

Revenues and Benefits Officer – Scarborough – Contract – £15.06 per hour. Hybrid is optional; fully remote work is also accepted for these assignments. Candidates may need to collect IT from a North Yorkshire office base.

This is one of many opportunities we are currently recruiting for. Please visit our website colbernlimited co uk for more jobs.

Responsibilities

• This role spans both the Revenues service and the Welfare & Benefits service.
• The North Yorkshire Revenues Service has the purpose to deliver the billing, collection and recovery of Council Tax and Business Rates due to the local authority to enable it to deliver services to its residents. It is also responsible for collecting local Business Improvement District (BID) levies.
• The Welfare & Benefits service has the purpose to deliver and administer Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support scheme in accordance with Government legislation, case law and local policy, contributing to financial support for the most vulnerable members of the community.
• Reporting directly to the Revenues and Benefits Senior Control Officer, providing day to day management and financial control for the Revenues and Welfare & Benefits service areas.
• The team will ensure that all business critical processes are scheduled and performed on the council's systems, including but not limited to Housing Benefit payment runs, Direct Debit approaches, council tax and business rate daily calculation and bill production, calculation and upload of council tax reduction, processing of ATLAS files, extract and transfer of refunds to customers. System housekeeping including data deletion and financial reconciliation processes.
• Use of business objects (or similar) to produce reports, data intelligence, freedom of information requested data, and focused information to assist the service.

Additional Information

The first part of our recruitment process is to send your CV. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 5 days or about other job opportunities. Colbern Limited, along with our clients, are an equal opportunities employer.