Senior Service Charge Accountant
- Recruiter
- Recruitment Genius
- Location
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
- Salary
- £21000 - £27000 per annum
- Posted
- 07 Feb 2016
- Closes
- 06 Mar 2016
- Ref
- 00048737
- Contact
- Recruitment Genius Ltd
- Sectors
- Accountancy
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
This award winning Estate Management company requires an experienced Senior Service Charge Accountant to join their team. With experience in Service Charge Accounts, Year-End Accounting, Accruals and Prepayments, Bank Reconciliations and addition tasks as named below.
The ideal candidate will be attention to detail focused with a head for problem solving and an astute ability to build relationships with people from all levels of seniority and background.
The Service Charge Accountant is responsible for the effective client accounting of a portfolio of managed estates. The Service Charge Accountant is a vital part of the team, working closely with the Estate Manager and may involve client interaction. This is an exciting role which will offer the successful candidate the opportunity to grow.
Responsibilities:
In all areas, you will need to ensure that company policies and procedures are consistently applied to the required standards, delivering on time and with a high degree of accuracy. Duties include but are not limited to:
- Ensure annual service charge budgets are accurate and loaded correctly with correct apportionments
- Periodic billing of service charges, ground rent and other charges to leaseholders
- Prepare end of year service charge accounts within agreed time-frame, before submitting to external Accountants for review
- Deal with complex issues surrounding phased developments still under construction
- Monthly bank reconciliations for client estates
- Produce quarterly management reports, for review with Estate Managers and clients. Analyse the expenditure v budget, arrears and cash flow position, producing a summary report
- Monitor the general health and correctness of the service charge accounts associated with your portfolio, supporting Estate Managers with relevant information
- Corporation tax administration
- Answer leaseholder / client enquiries in a timely fashion
- Handle referred tenant service charge queries to resolution via either telephone or e-mail, or escalate to relevant Estate Manager
- Assist the accounts team with day to day / adhoc duties
Skills & Experience Required:
- AAT qualified
- 5+ years of accounts experience
- Experience in service charge client accounting is desirable but not essential
- Experience with Qube software is desirable but not essential
Hours of Work: 9:00am to 18:00pm
Benefits include: Pension, Holiday Purchase Scheme, Bonus holiday for sickness
The ideal candidate will be attention to detail focused with a head for problem solving and an astute ability to build relationships with people from all levels of seniority and background.
The Service Charge Accountant is responsible for the effective client accounting of a portfolio of managed estates. The Service Charge Accountant is a vital part of the team, working closely with the Estate Manager and may involve client interaction. This is an exciting role which will offer the successful candidate the opportunity to grow.
Responsibilities:
In all areas, you will need to ensure that company policies and procedures are consistently applied to the required standards, delivering on time and with a high degree of accuracy. Duties include but are not limited to:
- Ensure annual service charge budgets are accurate and loaded correctly with correct apportionments
- Periodic billing of service charges, ground rent and other charges to leaseholders
- Prepare end of year service charge accounts within agreed time-frame, before submitting to external Accountants for review
- Deal with complex issues surrounding phased developments still under construction
- Monthly bank reconciliations for client estates
- Produce quarterly management reports, for review with Estate Managers and clients. Analyse the expenditure v budget, arrears and cash flow position, producing a summary report
- Monitor the general health and correctness of the service charge accounts associated with your portfolio, supporting Estate Managers with relevant information
- Corporation tax administration
- Answer leaseholder / client enquiries in a timely fashion
- Handle referred tenant service charge queries to resolution via either telephone or e-mail, or escalate to relevant Estate Manager
- Assist the accounts team with day to day / adhoc duties
Skills & Experience Required:
- AAT qualified
- 5+ years of accounts experience
- Experience in service charge client accounting is desirable but not essential
- Experience with Qube software is desirable but not essential
Hours of Work: 9:00am to 18:00pm
Benefits include: Pension, Holiday Purchase Scheme, Bonus holiday for sickness