Utility Billing Representative

Regional Municipality of Peel • Brampton, ON

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role involves providing customer support for utility billing issues in a fast-paced call center environment. The Utility Billing Representative is responsible for producing timely and accurate water bills and handling written correspondence with customers. The position is available as one contract full-time (13 months) and one contract part-time (13 months).

Requirements

• Three (3) years of relevant office experience in a fast-paced customer service/call centre Utility Billing environment. An equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered.
• Must have experience within a high call volume call centre environment.
• Superior customer service skills, displaying effective communication and timely problem solving.
• Strong judgment, tact, and diplomacy to handle difficult clients.
• Organized, with the ability to multi-tasking, prioritize and process a high volume workload.
• Proficient computer skills including Word, Outlook and Excel.
• Strong accounting and math skills with abilities to analyze data and provide conclusions.
• A satisfactory Level 1 Criminal Record Check obtained directly from a police station (third-party background checks will not be accepted).

Nice To Haves

• Experience using a computerized billing system, a utility-based system would be considered an asset.
• Exposure to Customer Care & Billing System as well as Five9 would be considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Engage with utility customers using the Five9 softphone system to address and resolve customer inquiries.
• Accurately process change of ownership information into billing software.
• Interact with law firms to resolve conflicting information received or closing problem issues.
• Accurately process and input all relevant tenant information.
• Answer and address all utility billing related written correspondence or issues received through the BillingOps inbox.
• Work on yearly project for the Monthly/Quarterly transfer procedure, ensuring appropriate bills and letters go out to customers in a timely manner.
• Prepare monthly correspondence and email tracking reports.
• Calculate billing adjustments for problem accounts, enter into billing software, and prepare appropriate approval memos and client correspondence while keeping the management team appraised of the accounts in question.
• Exchange, provide or seek data or information from the various City Plumbing Departments or any other source such as a customer when the wastewater class is in doubt.
• Re-classify accounts where new sewer conversions or connections affect the classification of what percentage of waste water based on water usage the customer will be billed and notify the customers with a letter accordingly.
• Process final readings into the billing application and accurately calculate all prorated reads or final error corrections.
• Approve and accurately process refunds, billing adjustments or waiving of penalties as per authority level.
• Process all returned bills and re-issue to appropriate new locations.
• Input any relevant client information into utility billing system as required.
• Monitor the quality assurance reports for inconsistencies or problems and then resolve.
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vision plan (including psychological health coverage) – starting on your very first day!
• OMERS Pension Plan
• 3 weeks of vacation per year
• 3 paid personal days
• Floating holidays
• Flexible hours
• Annual performance reviews with merit increases

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed