Service Charge Accountant
| Posting date: | 25 April 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £27,000 - £40,000 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 May 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester |
| Company: | urbanbubble |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 2973 |
Summary
Role overview
Role Overview:
As a Service Charge Accountant, you’ll find yourself working with a team of talented people who are committed to driving financial
improvement, scalability, and customer experience. As part of the Service Charge team, the role will be varied and challenging,
supporting a large property management team.
You will be required to prepare client service charge accounts for a portfolio of properties, in accordance with current
legislation, regulation and service level agreements, and proactively partnering the Property teams.
This is a fantastic role for someone looking to develop their skills and experience and we are happy to support you if you are
looking to study or complete your qualifications.
What do we offer?
* We offer amazing benefits such as a basic salary of up to £40,000, enhanced family leave policies, cycle to work scheme, season
ticket loan, Pet lovers Friday, enhanced sick pay, study support and much much more.
* We also offer enhanced annual leave, including your birthday day off and a day off when you buy your house - we believe that
you deserve to celebrate special moments with your loved ones. Family always comes first at ub
What will you do?
* Produce annual service charge accounts working with key budget holders and the Group's external auditors; in accordance with
current legislation and industry body requirements.
* Producing high quality Service Charge reporting on a quarterly basis, with valuable variance analysis.
* To partner Property teams and ensure there is a fitting commentary for all accounts that will promote the right level of
customer understanding.
* To attend meetings as required with key parties to share information and resolve any client account queries.
* Liaison and coordination with External parties (including auditors, directors);
* To carryout weekly/monthly reconciliations using the property management system to ensure cleansed data for year-end accounts.
* Resolution of queries from both internal and external stakeholders meeting SLA deadlines, identifying and recommending any
process improvements where appropriate.
* Support the Service Charge Manager by providing information to deal with S20b (late accounts) and requests from customers for
supporting documentation.
What are we looking for?
* Practical experience in core accounting and working as part of a finance team
* Excellent attention to detail and strong organisation skills.
* Great communication skills, particularly in terms of presenting financial information to non-finance people, both verbally and
in writing.
* Flexible with the ability to prioritise a busy workload
* Good time management and organisation skills.
* Able to work on own initiative and manage own workload to strict deadlines.
* IT literate, with particularly competence in spreadsheets/Excel (advanced) and finance systems.
* Strong interpersonal skills.
Desirable Qualification
- AAT/CIMA/QBE
- Service charge accounting experience
- Property Industry experience
We are an equal opportunity employer, and invite applicants to contact us to identify any additional support you may need during
the recruitment process.
urbanbubble requires people who are professional, hardworking, innovative, passionate; who are effective in their roles and who
truly engage with the customer.
INDHIG
Role Overview:
As a Service Charge Accountant, you’ll find yourself working with a team of talented people who are committed to driving financial
improvement, scalability, and customer experience. As part of the Service Charge team, the role will be varied and challenging,
supporting a large property management team.
You will be required to prepare client service charge accounts for a portfolio of properties, in accordance with current
legislation, regulation and service level agreements, and proactively partnering the Property teams.
This is a fantastic role for someone looking to develop their skills and experience and we are happy to support you if you are
looking to study or complete your qualifications.
What do we offer?
* We offer amazing benefits such as a basic salary of up to £40,000, enhanced family leave policies, cycle to work scheme, season
ticket loan, Pet lovers Friday, enhanced sick pay, study support and much much more.
* We also offer enhanced annual leave, including your birthday day off and a day off when you buy your house - we believe that
you deserve to celebrate special moments with your loved ones. Family always comes first at ub
What will you do?
* Produce annual service charge accounts working with key budget holders and the Group's external auditors; in accordance with
current legislation and industry body requirements.
* Producing high quality Service Charge reporting on a quarterly basis, with valuable variance analysis.
* To partner Property teams and ensure there is a fitting commentary for all accounts that will promote the right level of
customer understanding.
* To attend meetings as required with key parties to share information and resolve any client account queries.
* Liaison and coordination with External parties (including auditors, directors);
* To carryout weekly/monthly reconciliations using the property management system to ensure cleansed data for year-end accounts.
* Resolution of queries from both internal and external stakeholders meeting SLA deadlines, identifying and recommending any
process improvements where appropriate.
* Support the Service Charge Manager by providing information to deal with S20b (late accounts) and requests from customers for
supporting documentation.
What are we looking for?
* Practical experience in core accounting and working as part of a finance team
* Excellent attention to detail and strong organisation skills.
* Great communication skills, particularly in terms of presenting financial information to non-finance people, both verbally and
in writing.
* Flexible with the ability to prioritise a busy workload
* Good time management and organisation skills.
* Able to work on own initiative and manage own workload to strict deadlines.
* IT literate, with particularly competence in spreadsheets/Excel (advanced) and finance systems.
* Strong interpersonal skills.
Desirable Qualification
- AAT/CIMA/QBE
- Service charge accounting experience
- Property Industry experience
We are an equal opportunity employer, and invite applicants to contact us to identify any additional support you may need during
the recruitment process.
urbanbubble requires people who are professional, hardworking, innovative, passionate; who are effective in their roles and who
truly engage with the customer.
INDHIG