Financial Control and Reconciliation Officer in Swindon

Overview: The Southwest Region 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.

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.

Essential Skills and Attributes:

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent with a minimum of 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 a team to achieve departmental objectives.
• Experience of being able to adapt to changing situations.

Security vetting and checks: If you are successful, you will need to comply with the government's Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) verification process. This includes a basic criminal record check which will identify any unspent convictions. If you are unable to meet these requirements, your offer may be revoked.

The Company: Liberata is a leading business service provider to public and private sector organisations throughout the UK. We pride ourselves in revolutionising our clients' operations using our expertise and innovative solutions across a wide range of services including Revenues & Benefits, Finance and Accounting, HR & Payroll, and Customer Services. Our aim is to work in partnership with our clients to assist them in becoming more efficient; leveraging our best-in-class business process outsourcing and operational transformation expertise. Liberata is committed to creating opportunities for its employees, its clients, and its partners. Our passion for process and an intense client focus ensures that we deliver an award-winning service and our entire workforce are encouraged to demonstrate our company values.

The Benefits: Liberata will provide the opportunity for you to develop your skills and experience with a leading supplier of services and software to public and private organisations across the UK. For the full list of benefits please click here but below is a taste of what we offer:

• Holiday — 26 days rising to 27 and then 28 after qualifying length of service.
• Pension scheme — Contribute up to 6% and the company will match the contribution.
• Professional development — Support towards gaining professional qualifications.
• Reward scheme — A wide range of benefits, rewards, and discounts.