Finance Officer Debt and Control

Salary details: £34416 - £35448

The Corporate Debt Team currently has vacancies for Finance Officers. This is an exciting opportunity to join a knowledgeable team responsible for the issue and collection of the Council’s sundry debts.

We are recruiting one permanent officer and one 12 month fixed term contract/secondment.

The successful candidates will be responsible for undertaking a variety of tasks in connection with the raising and collection of debt along with the maintenance of records in accordance with financial procedures.  We would be interested to hear from candidates who:

• have experience of working in a financial environment
• have experience of debt recovery
• have excellent communication and negotiation skills
• have a desire to provide excellent customer service and assist those in financial difficulties
• possess strong IT skills
• can work independently, accurately and meet deadlines

If you are interested in applying, please note within your supporting statement whether you wish to be considered for the permanent vacancy, the fixed term/secondment or both.  

Interviews will take place the week commencing  9^th June 2025

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Sally Mercer;    Sally.Mercer@royalgreenwich.gov.uk     .  

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.

Internal to External: This opportunity has recently been advertised as an opportunity for current RBG employees (internal only advertising). Applications received during the internal advertising period have been considered and processed. If you were interviewed for this position via an application to this job advertisement during the internal advertising period, any further application will not be shortlisted.

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

Previous Applicants: This opportunity has recently been advertised. Applications received during the last advertising period have been considered and processed. If you were interviewed for this position, any further application will not be shortlisted.

Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.

Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.