Municipal Administrator

Role Purpose:

The Municipal Administrator will be responsible to assist with council billing, reporting, and risk management. Utilities include but are not limited to Water, Electricity, Sewer, Effluent, refuse. Alternative Energy Solutions, Back-up Electricity, Gas, and/or other utilities that may be used.

Responsibilities:

Utility management

• Sourcing Accounts from the respective supply authority
• Dealing with Queries (tenant and Council related)
• Logging calls for outages and services
• Opening of new accounts with Council
• Reconciliations
• Preparing accounts for timely payment
• Data Capturing
• Preparing property packs for new acquisitions
• Processing transactions and maintaining accurate financial records
• Record Keeping
• Assist with financial analysis and reporting as needed
• Supplier Reconciliations

Verification and Optimization

• Tariff checking and verification
• Meter reading, checking and verification

Requirements

• Property industry and municipal accounts experience essential
• Creditors/Account reconciliations and payments experience essential
• Intermediate Excel
• Valid Drivers Licence

Skills

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Friendly, helpful and service-orientated
• Analytical / accurate / attention to detail
• Numbers orientated
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Planning and organizing
• Assertive and energetic person
• Ability to adapt to change
• Deadline-driven, with a sense of urgency/result-orientation
• Time management
• Ability to work under pressure
• Utility Management
• Office, retail and Industrial experience