Financial Control and Reconciliation Officer

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🕒 4 days ago

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💸 Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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Business Smart Solutions

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2018

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Business Smart Solutions is a UK-based specialist recruitment agency focused on the public sector, particularly local government revenues and benefits functions. They connect candidates with temporary and permanent roles in areas such as Council Tax, Business Rates, Housing Benefit, Local Welfare Assistance, and enforcement services, while also offering payroll/perk solutions, policy support, training, and resilience services. The firm emphasizes a people-first approach, rigorous candidate vetting, bespoke client support, and community engagement to deliver high-quality, sector-specific placements.

📋 Description

• Reconcile systems between the Revenues and Benefits applications • Reconcile cash, payments/refunds interfaces • Calculate and complete Government Returns received from DCLG, DWP and CIPFA, including CTB1, QRC, Subsidy, NNDR 1, 2 and 3, and CIPFA Returns • Reconcile data held on Revenues and Benefits applications to clients’ financial systems • Interrogate systems to resolve reconciliation issues • Investigate unidentified payments and allocate accordingly • Raise and receipt purchase orders and handle related queries • Provide regular and ad hoc management information/statistics for reporting purposes • Manage stopped and returned cheque processes

🎯 Requirements

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent with a minimum 5 grades A-C or levels 9–4, including English and Maths • Experience/understanding in meeting targets and developing own performance • Good use of various IT systems and applications including Word, Excel, Access etc. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills • Good analytical skills and working with a high level of attention to detail • Good organisation and planning skills • Previous experience providing good customer service and ability to problem solve • Experience of working as part of a team to achieve departmental objectives • Experience of being able to adapt to changing situations

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote position • Permanent employment