Financial Control and Reconciliation Officer

Business Smart Solutions; United States; Remote; USD 55.000 - 85.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Business Smart Solutions seeks a Financial Control and Reconciliation Officer to manage reconciliations between Revenues and Benefits systems and produce financial reports for four local authorities.

You will reconcile cash interfaces, prepare government returns, and provide ongoing management information. The role requires strong IT skills, attention to detail, and team collaboration.

Qualifikationen

• GCSEs including English and Maths; minimum five A-C grades.
• Experience meeting targets and developing own performance.
• Strong IT skills with Word, Excel, Access.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Good organisation and planning abilities.
• Customer service experience and problem solving.
• Team-based working experience and adaptability.

Aufgaben

• Reconcile systems between the Revenues and Benefits applications.
• Reconcile cash, payments/refunds interfaces.
• Prepare government returns (CTB1, QRC, Subsidy, NNDR) per client requirements.
• Reconcile data between Revenues/Benefits and client financial systems.
• Investigate unidentified payments and allocate accordingly.
• Raise and receipt purchase orders and handle POS queries.
• Provide regular and adhoc management information for reporting purposes.
• Manage stopped and returned cheque processes.

Kenntnisse

Analytical thinking

Verbal & written communication

Organisation & planning

Teamwork

Adaptability

Target-driven

Ausbildung

GCSEs including English and Maths

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Access

Jobbeschreibung

Financial Control and Reconciliation Officer

Our client's Revenues Team provide the financial control function for 4 local authorities contracts on the NEC system. Specifically, this relates to the financial reporting and reconciliations service for Council Tax, Business Rates and Housing benefits.

The main objective for this position will include the reconciliation of the Revenues & Benefits system and production of financial reports and reconciliations, direct debit payment files.

Key tasks and responsibilities:

• Reconcile Systems between the Revenues and Benefits applications.
• Reconcile Cash, Payments/Refunds interfaces.
• Calculate and Complete Government Returns received from DCLG, DWP and CIPFA (i.e. CTB1, QRC, Subsidy, and NNDR 1, 2 and 3 and Cipfa Returns) as per client requirements.
• Reconcile data held on Revenues and Benefits applications to Clients Financial Systems.
• Interrogate systems to resolve reconciliation issues.
• Investigate unidentified payments and allocate accordingly.
• Raise and receipt Purchase Orders and handle queries in relation to Pos.
• Provide regular and adhoc management information / statistics for reporting purposes.
• Manage stopped and returned cheque process.

Requirements

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent with a minimum 5 grades A-C or levels 9 – 4, including English and Maths.
• Experience\understanding in meeting targets and developing own performance.
• Good use of various IT systems and applications including word, excel, access etc.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good analytical skills and working with a high level of attention to detail.
• Good organisation and planning skills.
• Previous experience providing good customer service and ability to problem solve.
• Experience of working as part of team to achieve departmental objectives.
• Experience of being able to adapt to changing situations.