Senior Local Taxation Officer
7 months ago
Full Time - Permanent
37 hours
Mon - Fri
Predominantly Home Working
Up to £30,000 per annum + Corporate Company Benefits
Here at Serco, we have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Local Taxation Officer to join us at Peterborough City Council. If you are enthusiastic and embrace change, this is an exciting time to be joining us due to the ongoing transformation of our Revenues Service.
You will provide an effective and efficient service for the billing, collection, and recovery of Council Tax income for the Council in accordance with legislation, case law, local policies, strategies, and government directives that support Shared Transactional Services.
This role will be predominantly home working once fully trained; however, you must be able to attend our Peterborough Office if requested to do so until your initial training is complete.
**Key responsibilities**:
Process information received in respect of Council Tax (CTAX) and update integrated computer systems to ensure the production of accurate bills and/or invoices for payment.
Deal with CTAX schedules received from the Valuation Office Agency within agreed timescales, updating accounts correctly, ensuring that property banding totals are balanced to the VOA totals once the schedule updates are complete.
Deal with customer complaints and councillor/MP enquiries, appeals and valuation tribunals, liability courts, training/mentoring colleagues.
Process amendments to accounts including changes to occupation, discount and exemption entitlement, and changes to payment methods.
Maintain accurate records and prepare well-presented written communications to the customer and other organisations to obtain information and in response to enquiries.
**What you will need to do the role**:
A minimum of 2 years’ experience working in a revenue’s environment.
Excellent verbal, written communication and letter writing skills.
High level of experince using the Acadamy system (Capita)
Why Serco
Meaningful and vital work - Using specialist behavioural analysis you’ll contribute to the reintegration of ex-offenders back into society, helping them to address the factors that influence offending behaviour.
A world of opportunity - With six prisons across the UK and a breadth of roles, you’ll be wholeheartedly supported with development and career progression. We actively fund psychologists towards chartered and/or registered status and with ongoing CPD activities and look to promote from within.
Great people - You’ll become an integral member of a well-defined and supportive team, who believe passionately in the value of our work. We promote an empathic and therapeutic approach, respecting individual differences and promoting self-efficacy.
What we offer
Salary of up to £30,000 for fully experienced applicants.
Up to 6% contributory pension scheme.
Employee Assistance Programme.
Flexible work from home options available.
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays with chance to purchase more.
Serco discounts which include cinema, merlin entertainment and online shopping. discounts, cycle to work scheme and discounts on mobile phone plans and leisure centre memberships.
We are constantly challenging ourselves and each other to deliver brilliantly, and you will too, working in a company passionate about diversity and inclusion.
About Serco
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play, from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 50,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world in areas including defence, transport, justice, immigration, healthcare and citizen services. We are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.
Apply
At Serco we support fair access to employment for those with unspent criminal convictions through the ‘Ban the Box’ pledge (some may be exempt due to the nature of the role and the security clearance required). Please contact our recruitment team directly on 0345 010 4000 to discuss.
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