Local Authority Revenue and Benefits, Revenue Manager, Northamptonshire
Pay rate up to £427.96 per day
Contract role, Local Authority Revenue and Benefits
We are recruiting for an experienced Revenue Manager for a Local Authority in the Northamptonshire area.
Responsibilities
1. Responsible for the strategic direction the Council Tax, Business Rates, and Inspections service, ensuring that legislation, strategies, policies, objectives, and procedures are implemented and kept under review in respect of all functions within the Revenues service, to respond to elected member and MP enquiries as required.
2. Monitor and evaluate the service provision to ensure service performance standards are met, collection rates are maximised, and the team delivers effectively and efficiently and to work with Finance colleagues to ensure accurate and timely completion of statutory returns.
3. Acting as the Council’s main specialist on all Council Tax and Business Rates issues ensuring the effective administration of Revenue services, advising on all legislation, maximising income to the Council through growth in the Council Tax base and rating list by identifying new domestic and commercial property and ensuring tax base is accurate. To ensure the effective administration of Council Tax and Business Rates accounts to maximise income to the Council from collection of Council Tax and Business Rates including liaison with the Valuation Office Agency and Enforcement Agents and to take action under delegated authority to ensure prompt collection.
4. Manage a team, ensuring performance is managed to deliver a high-quality service, establishing clear quality and practice standards for and ensure these are consistently achieved. Provide expert and pragmatic advice to ensure decisions taken by Team Leaders are well informed regarding risk.
You will need to have experience in a similar role in a Local Authority.
Please get in touch for more information.
This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:-
5. A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to
6. An easy registration process (all done online)
7. Referral schemes and incentives
8. Ongoing compliance managed for you
9. Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more.