Senior Corporate Payments & Reconciliation Officer

WYPF; Bradford; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Bradford Council is seeking a motivated Corporate Payments & Control Officer to join its Revenues, Benefits and Customer Service team. The role involves processing and reconciling millions of pounds across BACS, CHAPS, Faster Payments, card payments and cheques with precision.

The successful candidate will be fluent in English and have strong numeracy, literacy and accuracy. You will work in a busy team handling large-scale payments and reconciling complex transactions daily.

Qualifications

• Must be fluent in English.
• Excellent numeracy and accuracy with numbers and records.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work accurately under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Process and reconcile BACS Direct Debit, Auddis Direct Debit Mandates and Direct Credit files.
• Process and reconcile BACS Direct Credit recalls/rejections, Direct Debit rejections, indemnity claims, council tax and business rates refunds, and card refunds/charge backs.
• Process Faster Payment and CHAPS requests.
• Investigate bank credits with missing references to correctly allocate them; individual payments can exceed millions.

Skills

Numeracy

Attention to detail

Data accuracy

Fluent English

Job description

Bradford Council is seeking a motivated Corporate Payments & Control Officer to join its Revenues, Benefits and Customer Service team. The role involves processing and reconciling millions of pounds across BACS, CHAPS, Faster Payments, card payments and cheques with precision.

The successful candidate will be fluent in English and have strong numeracy, literacy and accuracy. You will work in a busy team handling large-scale payments and reconciling complex transactions daily.