Senior Revenue Controller Business Rates (GL Hearn)

Apexcontractingwa; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Revenue Controller to oversee the billing process and manage a dedicated team. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with key stakeholders and contribute to the financial success of the organization. You will be responsible for ensuring timely and accurate invoicing, maintaining database integrity, and producing financial reports. With a hybrid working policy, you can enjoy flexibility while collaborating with a skilled team. If you have a passion for finance and a drive to deliver high standards, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Proven billing coordination experience and accounting qualification required.
• Strong Excel skills, including formulae and pivot tables.

Responsibilities

• Oversee invoicing and manage a team to meet financial targets.
• Prepare client invoices and ensure compliance with regulations.

Skills

Billing Coordination

Organizational Skills

Self-Motivation

Attention to Detail

Communication Skills

Education

AAT or similar accounting qualification

Tools

Excel

GL Hearns Information Management System

Job description

Senior Revenue Controller Business Rates (GL Hearn)

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What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

A Little More About Your Role

Your role reports into the National Head of Business Rates and the Commercial Director, with interaction with key stakeholders from around the business.

In More Detail, Your Role Involves

Supervision

• Overseeing the invoicing process for the Business Rates team.
• Working closely with revenue controllers and business support to ensure all billing requirements and deadlines are achieved for the team.
• Overseeing pass-through costs and Purchase Orders for the team.
• Overseeing WIP, forecasting and mid-month Flash reporting for the Business Rates team.
• Managing a team to deliver the month-end financial targets.

Proactive Management of Billing Process

• Preparation of client invoices in accordance with instructions from Directors/Fee Earners, including sending out invoices for client projects.
• Ensuring that invoicing meets all statutory/legislative requirements.
• Maintaining database integrity.

GL Hearns Information Management System (GLHIMS)

• Proactive management of the billing process (including interaction with fee earners/directors to work to strict deadlines).
• Management of sub consultants invoices/processing etc raising POs and maintaining spreadsheets for fee earners highlighting anything outside of normal trading to the SMAs so it can be forecasted.
• Produce relevant financial reports to Directors/Fee Earners as and when requested.
• Working closely with our joint agents (pass-through) so they can invoice promptly on major contracts.

The Rating team at WSP GL Hearn is a highly skilled and specialised group, dedicated to providing exceptional Rating and Valuation services to clients in the commercial real estate sector. With an in-depth understanding of the complex rating landscape, our team combines extensive industry knowledge with strategic insights to deliver accurate and insightful assessments.

We pride ourselves on our ability to navigate changing regulations and market conditions, providing clients with the expertise they need to optimise their property portfolios and minimise their tax liabilities.

We'd want to hear from you if you have the following:

• Proven billing co-ordination experience.
• An accounting qualification (AAT or similar).
• Previous working knowledge of preferred or other time recovery solution.
• Good knowledge of Excel (formulae, pivot tables, Vlookups minimum) and working knowledge of other MS packages.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Experience in operating Work in Progress (WIP).
• Proven ability to self-motivate and be innovative and a drive to deliver to a high standard.
• Confidence meeting and working with Directors.
• Confidence in liaising with finance team and providing financial support both to the business and the Finance Manager.
• Attention to detail and high level of accuracy in work produced.
• Willingness to travel, if required, to other WSP offices.

Dont quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

Whats In It For You

WSP recognises that work is only one part of your life and making time for other things is important whether that's for your families, friends, or yourself. Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work from the comfort of your own home as well as collaborating in our contemporary offices across the UK.

We want our people to achieve rewarding careers, bringing their whole selves to work. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP.

We appreciate that development and training is important to you and that's why we have a supportive environment that invests in your development, whether that's chartership, training or mentoring.

APPLY NOW AND BE THE FUTURE OF WSP!

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Finance