Utility Billing and Customer Solutions Specialist I
Summary
Handles utility billing, customer service, and administrative tasks for water/wastewater services, including payments, collections, and account management.
MAJOR FUNCTIONS
This is a front-line administrative position that provides basic and semi-complex accounting and/or utility billing functions. Employees in this position will perform customer service to the members of the general public in matters related to applications for water and/or wastewater service, responding to customer utility billing inquiries and complaints, and processing of billing and collection and recording of utility payments.
UTILITY BILLING AND CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS SPECIALIST
BILLING AND COLLECTIONS
• Processes monthly utility statements.
• Accurately processes utility payments and deposits.
• Daily bank runs.
• Reviews overdue accounts and prepares correspondence related to collections.
• Maintains customers’ accounts and files on a daily basis.
• Prepares clear and comprehensive reports.
• Monitors meter inventory.
PAYABLES
• Processes invoices.
• Issues purchase orders.
• Maintains vendor files.
• Issues annual tax related documentation.
• Handles petty cash.
SERVICE RELATED
• The primary contact for customers.
• Receives and processes applications for service for residential and commercial properties.
• Processes daily work orders.
• Performs data entry for new meter installations and replacements.
• Processes monthly meter reading.
• Ability to analyze customer ledgers and reports.
• Demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• Works efficiently and tactfully in a demanding high stress environment
• Works well in a team environment.
• Maintains professional appearance.
NON-ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
• Performs general custodial duties to keep work area clean and orderly.
• Occasional travel to training seminars.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
SUPERVISION
This position has no supervisory responsibility.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
• Required to sit for prolonged periods of time.
• May on occasion require lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling less than twenty (20) pounds without assistance.
• Acceptable eyesight (with or without correction).
• Acceptable hearing (with or without hearing aid).
• Ability to communicate both orally and in writing.
(Reasonable accommodations will be made for otherwise qualified individuals with a disability.)
BENEFITS AND PERKS
We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, financial well-being, and work-life balance. Eligible employees enjoy medical, dental, vision, life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance, along with optional supplemental coverage including accident, cancer, critical illness, and hospital confinement plans.
In addition, we value and reward our employees through paid holidays, generous paid time off, a retirement plan with employer matching contributions, length-of-service bonuses, and opportunities for professional growth and advancement within the organization.