Revenues Officer - Leeds, United Kingdom - Leeds City Council

Leeds City Council

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Leeds, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Internal vacancy. Applications will only be considered from existing Leeds City Council employees.

Fixed Term until 14/02/2025

As a Revenues Officer_ _you'll thrive on administrative duties and to assist with the day-to-day supervision of a team of officers dealing with the daily processing and reconciliation of payments and bank statement transactions, being specifically responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Authority's main General Fund bank account.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.

About you
As a Revenues Officer, you will bring to the role:

Highly motivated attitude and demonstrate a flexible and adaptive approach to work, including a willingness to develop and utilise technology in order to ensure service improvement.
Work towards the achievement of service and corporate objectives and targets.
Excellent team work skills to be able to support and coach other officers, committed to developing self and other team members
Able to maintain financial data and perform financial and systems reconciliations.
Able to assist in the daytoday supervision of a team of staff dealing with the daily processing of incoming payments and other bank statement transactions.

About the role
Every day is different within Exchequer, so work is varied to keep it interesting.

Though there will be daily / weekly / monthly tasks which need completing to, other work involving queries and day to day management of a busy team will keep work fresh and interesting.

Your role within Exchequer is a critical service to the functioning of the council to ensure payments and income is received and allocated.

Excellent everyday service is what we strive for on Exchequer and would love someone who is service orientated to support officers deliver that excellent service not just to the Councils departments but to the residents of Leeds.

As our next Revenues Officer, you'll promote the opportunity to raise the bar on service level agreements, reducing the length of time it takes to process and respond to queries, acting as a role model and supporting officers achieve this with a keen attention to detail to reduce errors.

The role is integral to our Exchequer team to work towards the achievement of service and corporate objectives and targets.

What we offer you
We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays

- membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
- a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
- a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

How to apply
We are looking to conduct interviews ASAP.

We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds and the communities we serve. Leeds City Council is an Inclusive employer, ranked 70 on the Stonewall top 100 employers 2023 list. We are also an Age friendly employer, a Mindful employer and a Disability Confident leader.

This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.

Job purpose

To undertake administrative duties and to assist with the day-to-day supervision of a team of officers dealing with the daily processing and reconciliation of payments and bank statement transactions, being specifically responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Authority's main General Fund bank account.

Responsibilities

Assisting in the daytoday supervision of a team of staff dealing with the daily processing and reconciliation of incoming payments and other bank statement transactions.
Dealing with the daytoday management of the Authority's main General Fund bank account.
Undertaking administrative duties in relation to all aspects of processing incoming payments.
Liaising with different services across the Council and representatives from external organisations, including the Council's bankers and the Cash in Transit contractor to identify and allocate entries on the bank account and resolve queries.
Undertaking systems and financial reconciliations to ensure the integrity of the authority's financial systems and accounts.
Assisting with the maintenance and development of documented procedures in relation to income management and bank reconciliation processes.
Assisting with the development, testing and implementation of new systems and operational proce