Energy Accounts Officer

Job description

Contract terms

Starting salary: PO1 (£40,182 – £42,060)
Work location: Alexandra House, 10 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 7TR
Hours per week: 36 per week
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday, 15th  March 2026 at 23:59
Expected interview date: W/c 30th  March 2026

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

As an Energy Accounts Officer, you will play a key role in supporting the Council’s Energy Team by delivering high‑quality financial, administrative, and data management functions across the corporate, housing, and schools energy portfolios. Your responsibilities will include validating electricity, gas, and water bills, managing the end‑to‑end billing process, analysing consumption data, and identifying opportunities for cost and efficiency savings. You will also investigate billing discrepancies, ensure accurate payments, and support statutory reporting and budget forecasting through the delivery of timely and reliable data.

About the team

You will be part of a collaborative and dynamic Energy Team that works closely with a range of internal and external stakeholders, including utilities suppliers, corporate landlord teams, housing services, schools, IT, finance, and the Council’s third‑party utilities bureau provider. The team manages over 1,800 energy and water supply points and plays a vital role in ensuring the accuracy, compliance, and financial integrity of the Council’s utilities portfolio. Together, the team delivers the Council’s energy management function while supporting wider efficiency projects and operational improvements across multiple services.

About you

You will have strong numeracy, analytical, and IT skills—particularly in Excel—and the ability to investigate data anomalies, resolve queries, and communicate findings clearly. You can work both independently and as part of a team, prioritising workloads effectively in a fast‑paced environment. Experience in utilities, finance, billing procedures, or energy management is desirable, and you will bring strong problem‑solving abilities, attention to detail, and the confidence to liaise with a wide range of stakeholders. A qualification demonstrating strong literacy and numeracy is essential, and you should be comfortable undertaking occasional site visits when required.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.  

Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk