Chelmsford City Council is recruiting for a Finance and Compliance Officer in its Strategic Housing Service. We are looking for someone with knowledge and experience of housing finance, especially payments to suppliers, rent accounts, and housing benefit.
The role includes the reconciliation and payment of supplier invoices within the contractually agreed timescales and ensure good working relationships are maintained. Liaising with our clients to ensure the council maximises it’s rent collection, consider and agree payment arrangement for rent arrears and make decisions on appropriate enforcement actions on a case-by-case basis. Applicants must be able to demonstrate excellent administrative skills and the ability to work under pressure in what can at times be a challenging but also a very rewarding role.
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As an accredited Essex Family Friendly Employer, this full-time role can be job-shared or part-time if we can fill the remaining hours. Please mention this in your supporting statement. if you are interested. For more details please visit: https://www.essex.gov.uk/family-friendly-charter.
Chelmsford City Council is committed to safeguarding vulnerable groups and expects all employees to share this commitment and have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services. The Council's Safer Recruitment process contains pre-employment checks which includes safeguarding training, obtaining references and ensuring compliance with Disclosure and Barring Service process.
