Job Introduction
An opportunity has arisen for a motivated, organised, and enthusiastic individual to work as a Corporate Payments & Control Officer within Bradford Council’s Revenues, Benefits and Customer Service.
Working in a busy team, the successful applicant will be involved in processing and reconciling millions of pounds of both incoming and outgoing payments across BACS, CHAPS, Faster Payments, Card Payments and Cheques using multiple systems. As well as being fluent in English, you should enjoy working with numbers and demonstrate a high level of numeracy, literacy and accuracy.
The main responsibilities of this role:
- Process and reconcile multiple BACS Direct Debit, Auddis Direct Debit Mandates and Direct Credit files
- Process and reconcile BACS Direct Credit recalls and rejections, Direct Debit rejections, Direct Debit Indemnity Claims, Council Tax and Business Rates refunds and Card Payment refunds and charge backs.
- Process Faster Payment/CHAPS requests
- Investigate bank credits with missing references in order to correctly allocate them. Individual payments often exceed millions of pounds.
This post is subject to a basic check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Contract
If you are interested in joining our team and would like some further information, please contact Shamsa Iqbal on 07977235994 or email shamsa.iqbal@bradford.gov.uk.
Employee Offer
Why work for Bradford Council? Find out why by taking a look at Our Employee Offer.pdf
Equal Opportunities
We do not discriminate against any applicant or employee directly or indirectly on the grounds of gender, marital status, gender re-assignment, pregnancy, sexual orientation, disability, race, colour, ethnic background, religion or belief nationality or age. And, as an equal opportunities employer, the Council strives to employ the best qualified people from a diverse range of applicants.
The RESPECT Allyship Programme is available to all staff, which offers the opportunity to learn more about the diverse communities & groups and provides added benefits and resources to its members.
