Service Charge Accountant

We have an opportunity to join a boutique property company in North London as a Service Charge Accountant. 

As the Service charge accountant you will be joining the firms finance team and reporting directly into the finance manager. The ideal candidate with have knowledge and experience of service charge accounts and finance. 

Service charge accountant Benefits

• Company pension
• Basic salary up to £40k
• Team lunches
• career progression
• Opportunity to take relevant training and qualifications

  Service charge accountant The role

• Prepare income and expenditure reports and associated documents to be sent to external accountant for preparation of service charge accounts.
• Liaise with external accountant to resolve queries.
• Take ownership for ensuring year end service charge accounts are completed on time.
• Assist Property Manager with budget reviews.
• Raise periodic service charge demands and ad hoc recharges to tenants.
• Liaise with external parties including clients, tenants, suppliers to resolve queries.
• Assist with annual audits.
• Assist with collection of service charge arrears.
• Prepare client reports.
• Prepare bank reconciliations.
• Assist with setting up new properties on the system and handovers.
• Ad hoc projects within the Accounts team.

Service charge accountant Experience/skills required:

• Previous experience of working within service charges essential.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good knowledge of Excel.
• Previous experience of using Qube is desirable.
• Able to work in a team and assist colleagues when required

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