Business Rates Team Leader
Job description
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time 37 hours per week
Working Style: Mobile Hybrid
As a Business Rates Team Leader you’ll be assisting the Senior Rating Officer managing a small team dealing with Business Rates accounts and associated Business Improvement District (BID) Levy accounts. Ensuring the Council delivers an effective billing, collection, and recovery process. You'll take a customer focused approach to maximising revenue whilst making sure we meet our legal and statutory requirements.
You'll provide a professional and proactive service assisting in identifying and developing robust recovery action against businesses, this will require you to attend and represent the Council at Magistrates Court to obtain liability orders. This role can be challenging, as you'll be assisting in managing a team dealing with a range of queries relating to billing, collection, and recovery. However, you'll be playing a crucial role in supporting the Council in maximising its resources to deliver the best possible outcomes for the business in our borough.
The main duties of the post;
1. To develop and maintain a high degree of technical knowledge of Business Rates administration and to be part of the Council's specialist team in this field.
2. To assist the Senior Rating Officer in the day to day management of the Business Rates Team.
3. To deputise for the Senior Rating Officer.
4. To undertake general activities in relation to the administration and recovery of Business rates including :
5. Processing amendments to accounts
6. Issuing of bills, reminders, summons and liability orders
7. Interviewing rate payers
8. Processing direct debits mandates, unpaid direct debits including liaison with bank / building societies
9. Calculate interest payments
10. Recommend write offs
11. To carry out site inspections and visits for various purposes as required.
12. To attend the Magistrates Court in respect of Business Rates and BID related matters including the issuing of summonses and obtaining liability orders.
13. Maintain work records and provide management with statistical information as and when required.
14. To deal with bankruptcies, liquidations and external Enforcement Agents.
15. To liaise with other departments in relation to new and altered properties and to notify the Valuation Office of relevant matters.
16. To assist the Principal Council Tax Officer as
You will have experience in/of;
Business rates legislation and administration.
Sound financial and numeracy skills
Excellent computer skills and be fully conversant with all Microsoft packages
Ideally you will have;
A minimum of 5 GCSE’s or equivalent including Maths and English
Be IRRV qualified or working towards the qualification or prepared to study for the qualification.
If you think that you have the necessary experience and qualifications for this role, we would love to hear from you.
For an informal discussion,