Temporary Billing

**What's involved with this role**:
**Temporary Billing & Debt Assistant**
**Reference no**:Cheshire W 5226318
**Pay Rate**:£18
**per hour** PAYE
**Role Length**: This opening assignment is for 3 months
**A Billing and Debt Assistant is needed provide an efficient service for the billing, collection and recovery of Income and Debt owed.**
**To operate in either the Local Taxation Billing or Corporate Debt Recovery teams as required.** Key responsibilities:

- Daily processing of council tax accounts.
- Negotiate payment arrangements on outstanding debts.
- Carry out effective changes to accounts as necessary, making decisions on exemptions, discounts, and reliefs.
- Input data, maintain/amend accounts, and issue bills.
- Provide documentation for instalment arrangements, update records and monitor payments.
- Set up direct debits and using various reports produced by BAC’S update direct debit details on individual accounts and process unpaid items.

**“Role Requirements” - to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria**: Experience/Knowledge:

- A working knowledge of the appropriate legislation and regulations.
- Extensive clerical background where figure work and accuracy are both important.
- Experience in an environment where compliance with the strict rules and regulations are essential.

Skills/Technical skills:

- Computer literate where the use of a finance related package or similar is a routine part of the job.
- Must be able to communicate with the public either by personal contact, telephone or correspondence.

**_To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF._**
**_If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity._**

**Other “Essential Requirements” - Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items**:

- **Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours.**
- Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
- Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
- Please refer to the Role Requirements section above - your CV must address the requirements listed.

**Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable**:

- Any local authority/public sector experience
- Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for.

**Job Ref: Cheshire W 5226318**

**Anticipated Length of Assignment**: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.