Finance Officer - Debt and Control

Job Introduction

The Corporate Debt Team within the Revenues & Debt Service is advertising for 2 permanent finance officers. This is an exciting opportunity to join a knowledgeable team responsible for the issue and recovery of the Council’s sundry debts.

Successful candidates will be responsible for undertaking a variety of tasks in connection with the raising and recovery of debt along with the maintenance of records in accordance with financial procedures. Responsibilities include raising invoices, liaising with council departments, resolving queries, answering calls via a busy duty line, making contact to obtain payment of outstanding invoices and commencing recovery action.

Interested candidates should:

• have experience of debt recovery
• have experience of working in a financial environment
• have excellent written and verbal communication and negotiation skills
• have a desire to provide excellent customer service and assist those in financial difficulties
• possess strong IT skills
• be able to work independently, accurately and meet deadlines

For an informal discussion please contact Sally Mercer at sally.mercer@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or 0207 167 1977

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.

Early Advert Close: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any job advert earlier than the advertised closing date where there is reason to do so (for example high volume of applications).

Previous Applicants: This opportunity has recently been advertised. Applications received during the last advertising period have been considered and processed. If you were interviewed for this position, any further application will not be shortlisted.

Internal to External: This opportunity has recently been advertised as an opportunity for current RBG employees (internal only advertising). Applications received during the internal advertising period have been considered and processed. If you were interviewed for this position via an application to this job advertisement during the internal advertising period, any further application will not be shortlisted.

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statements addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statements section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

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